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Article #50Re: $$ for book reviews
From: The Shoe
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 00:00
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 00:00
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I think the sematics have caused the controversy. Had you advertised for people who would like to help sell books by writing advertising copy, I doubt anybody would object. But "Book Review" has a lot of inherent or implicit connotations. The term assumes an objective appraisal. If I "review" a piece of trashy literature but I recognize a commercial value, I will not write objectively if I stand to make money on it. I do not think there is anything wrong with what you are doing but you really should qualify the term "Book Review" in your initial pitch. You are re-defining the term. But then again, it's a free country and I guess you can say what you like. > we're making suggestions and recommendations for GOOD books, rather than > trying to rate all books. > >
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 11441b,c45bf0c62b9123bb X-Google-Attributes: gid11441b,public X-Google-Thread: 100911,c45bf0c62b9123bb X-Google-Attributes: gid100911,public X-Google-Thread: 10bcdc,c45bf0c62b9123bb X-Google-Attributes: gid10bcdc,public X-Google-Thread: feca3,c45bf0c62b9123bb X-Google-Attributes: gidfeca3,public X-Google-Thread: 11431d,c45bf0c62b9123bb X-Google-Attributes: gid11431d,public X-Google-Thread: f5f75,c45bf0c62b9123bb X-Google-Attributes: gidf5f75,public X-Google-Thread: fd5e9,c45bf0c62b9123bb X-Google-Attributes: gidfd5e9,public X-Google-Thread: 109838,c45bf0c62b9123bb X-Google-Attributes: gid109838,public From: "The Shoe" <ldshoe@mindspring.com> Subject: Re: $$ for book reviews Date: 1997/03/25 Message-ID: <01bc38b4$e8f880c0$29f845cf@default> X-Deja-AN: 228091961 References: <01bc30ff$c66c20a0$d2a6b5c7@ingwe-p120><MPG.d9bb7bbc48809619896a5@news.dgsys.com><01bc35d2$7785e840$d2a6b5c7@ingwe-p120> <3332C621.309B@earthlink.net><01bc3656$4cda6600$d2a6b5c7@ingwe-p120> <gMghv1A1SPNzEwpB@chrism.demon.co.uk> <01bc38a0$98528940$d2a6b5c7@ingwe-p120> Organization: The Shoe Newsgroups: alt.comp.shareware.programmer,alt.games,alt.history.living,aus.games,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.misc,rec.games.miniatures.historical,soc.history,soc.history.ancient,soc.history.medieval,soc.history.science,soc.history.war.misc,soc.history.war.us-civ