What are your reading superstitions?
I don't really have any.

Who is the writer you'd like to meet the most?
either Banana Yoshimoto or Susan Conant.

Some writers auction off characters in their upcoming books
(a character is named after you for a donation to their charity)
Would you?
And how much would you pay?
nope doesn't interest me at all.

What book could you read over and over again?
probably "Fried Green Tomatoes at the whistle stop cafe." by Fannie Flagg.

If you see a movie that was taken from a novel will you go back and read it?
it depends on how interested I was in it in the first place.

Will you see a movie that is made from a book you have read???
It depends on how much I liked the book, and also who is in the movie.

How often does the movie meet your expectation?
not very often. To often they remove parts from the books or adapt it so much that it just doesn't seem the same.

What is your biggest peeve about the book publishing/book sellers world?? hehe considering that I work in the booksellers world I could go on and on about this but I won't.

Just a little info though, it takes a book at least a year to come out in paperback after it's been published in hardcover. I say at least because it all depends on how well the book sells in hardcover. There are some books that do so well in hardcover that it can take over a year to be published. It also depends on the genre of book. Business, history, and Biography books tend not to be published in softcover why I don't know, it could be because the sales of the book aren't good enough to warrant a printing in softcover.

As for the price thing, I know the company that I work for can't do markups or really markdowns on books. Unless the book is on our bestsellers list you're stuck paying the cover price. The reason stores like Walmart and other places are able to sell books at such a discount is because they don't care about taking the loss on the product because they make their money selling other things. Where as bookstores don't get all that much of a discount on the books or really make much of a profit either.