http://blog.booklistonline.com/2006/05/12/175-words/ Behind the Book Reviews--The Official Blog of Booklist Online Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:12:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2006/05/12/175-words/#comment-189 Likely Stories » Blog Archive » Typograpical Erors Fri, 18 Aug 2006 17:43:08 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2006/05/12/175-words/#comment-189 [...] It’s probably a moot point, because Booklist reviews are so short that, if I do quote from the book, it’s usually only a phrase, or a sentence at most. And if I suspected anything was funny with the quote (”ran a digger through the paper,” for example) I’d call the publisher first. They’re probably more worried about long-form reviewers - yep, critics - who like to quote and quote and quote. [...] […] It’s probably a moot point, because Booklist reviews are so short that, if I do quote from the book, it’s usually only a phrase, or a sentence at most. And if I suspected anything was funny with the quote (”ran a digger through the paper,” for example) I’d call the publisher first. They’re probably more worried about long-form reviewers - yep, critics - who like to quote and quote and quote. […]

]]> http://blog.booklistonline.com/2006/05/12/175-words/#comment-187 Likely Stories » Blog Archive » The Review Remains the Same Fri, 18 Aug 2006 17:41:32 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2006/05/12/175-words/#comment-187 [...] As I’ve said, it’s tough to do that when you’re a book reviewer (writing 175-word reviews) and not a book critic (800 words and, often, many many more). But-and I suspect I speak for many of my colleagues-I do take pride in being able to say a lot with 175 words. I have definitely read longer pieces elsewhere that didn’t add much to what our reviewers have said. [...] […] As I’ve said, it’s tough to do that when you’re a book reviewer (writing 175-word reviews) and not a book critic (800 words and, often, many many more). But-and I suspect I speak for many of my colleagues-I do take pride in being able to say a lot with 175 words. I have definitely read longer pieces elsewhere that didn’t add much to what our reviewers have said. […]

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