The Business of Books, (Paperback)

from trav

This book isn't exactly brimming with piz-zazz. As utterly fascinating as the subjects are it reads like a scholarly journal for most of it. The best parts are where Schiffrin gives personal insights into the lives and personalities of some the great book publishers. There is no doubt in my mind ...

from stillatim

When I searched for this book on goodreads *by its title*, the first two suggestions were a freakonomics sequel and a Malcolm Gladwell book, which more or less proves that Schiffrin is right and large publishing conglomerates who expect each individual book to make a profit, and each publisher to...