http://blog.booklistonline.com/2009/01/16/buying-reviews-and-undropping-f-bombs/ Behind the Book Reviews--The Official Blog of Booklist Online Sat, 30 Mar 2013 16:38:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2009/01/16/buying-reviews-and-undropping-f-bombs/comment-page-1/#comment-331170 James Aach Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:00:50 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/?p=1566#comment-331170 Very interesting. With the conglomeration and contraction and copycatting of publishing, it can be very difficult for a new writer or someone with a different approach to get a “mainstream publisher.” And without that, a “real” review is almost impossible to get, which practically dooms a book to obscurity. So the Kirkus approach, however risky, is bound to intrigue many. James Aach, author of “Rad Decision: A Novel of Nuclear Power”

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