Article: Book covers.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)

I read with interest and approval "Goodbye to All That" by Steve Wasserman on the importance of literary journalism for newspapers (CJR, September/ October). It is mystifying why publishers don't appreciate the connection between serious books coverage and readership. Though a good paper devotes resources to court reporting, it never attempts to dispense with it because it doesn't attract advertisers. So it should be with book reviews.

When I was working in London in the early 1990s, The Independent got Anthony Burgess to write a book review every week. I heard the paper paid Burgess a thousand pounds for each review--if so, it was money well spent. I always bought The ...

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