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Faint Praise

Gail Pool

University of Missouri Press

2910 LeMone Boulevard, Columbia, MO 65201

9780826217288, $19.95 www.umsystem.edu/upress 1-800-828-1894

Informed and informative, "Faint Praise: The Plight Of Book Reviewing In America" by Gail Pool (a freelance journalist, reviewer, and review editor based in Cambridge, Massachusetts) is an impressively insightful, deftly written, accessibly articulate, expertly knowledgeable, and decidedly analytical survey of the multifaceted and complex world of book reviewing today. Getting a book reviewed can result in prestige for authors and their publishers, improved sales, and a ...

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