Casanova Was A Book Lover : And Other Naked Truths and Provocative Curiosities about the Writing, Selling, and Reading of Books /

Everyone knows which books people buy; they can just look at the best-seller lists. But who knows which books people steal? Who, for that matter, knows that authors ruin the book market by writing too much? Or why book critics are not critical? Or why librarians need to throw out more books? Who, in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Hamilton, John Maxwell
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2000.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Publishers and publishing.
Books and reading.
Authorship.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Books & Reading.
authorship.
Art d'ecrire.
Livres et lecture.
Publishers and publishing > United States.
Books and reading > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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