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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hamilton, John Maxwell
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2000.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Author's warning
  • An introduction to the proper study of mankind
  • T. Roger Claypool's fish store
  • The art of marketing
  • Artless thank-yous
  • A guide to good book behavior
  • Inglorious employment
  • Literary luck
  • Best stolen books
  • Dear Mr. Politician: please don't write
  • The universal library
  • Book promotion: the business established by the author of our nature
  • Self-publishing: the American dream
  • Four bad mistakes about editing errors.

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