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:: Thursday, April 03, 2003 ::

Dwindling book reviews hurting publishers
Add this to the growing list of woes for small publishing houses: "The main problem is simply letting the world know that a book exists — there are so many new books coming out, it's a constant struggle," says Douglas Gibson, publisher and chief executive at McClelland & Stewart. "The bad review is better than no review at all. Traditionally the newspaper review has been the main way to alert people and continues to be — that may change over time. The Internet is an interesting new opportunity to get at specific markets."

Ah, yes. The Internet. Scorned by many publishers (including the one who published my first book, which ironically was all about the Internet) as yet another tool of Satan to distract people from reading a good book, perhaps it may now become small publishing's savior. Thank God for reviewers like Jordon Cooper, from whose site I found this article.

It also bugs me that only the behemoths like Zondervan (owned by HarperCollins, which is owned by News Corp., which is owned by Rupert Murdoch, that scion of decency who also owns Fox properties) and Tyndale House (most famous for Left Behind books) are the ones making the rules these days.

Related topic: You are what you read, an enlightening article from World magazine about the reading habits of evangelical Christians, based on the top-selling books in the Christian market. Excerpt: Of the top 100 (Christian) books, only four could be described as even popular theology. ... There are three books of apologetics, dealing with evidences for the faith and how to answer its critics. Those seem to be the only books that are focused on evangelism. Of the top 100 books, only six are about the Bible. (This does not count an additional eight books on "God's Promises" or "Bible Promises," two series consisting of scriptural texts arranged topically and addressed to various issues and stations in life.)

:: Andrew 18:02 + ::
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