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Re: $$ for book reviews

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From: Steve Estvanik
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 00:00
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> If a book is bad, doesn't the reader deserve to be told so just as much
> as if the book is good? The whole point of a review, IMHO, is to be an
> impartial and unbiased judgement of a book.
> 
  Sure, in theory -- but there are millions of books published.   How would
you suggest we go about rating them all?   Given that this is a bookstore,
we're making suggestions and recommendations for GOOD books, rather than
trying to rate all books.   
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From: "Steve Estvanik" <stevee_msn @msn.com>
Subject: Re: $$ for book reviews
Date: 1997/03/24
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