I remember being very shocked when I first found out about the existence of this sort of arrangement in publishing. It is a conspiracy! Sarah Weinman gives the grim details...
I read this story in the "real" Times on the way to work this morning but have only just had the time to post about it. Eventually, I think, they'll just have piles of books for free, all covered in sponsor logos and "placement stickers".
I have published four novels and four books of literary criticism; I'm currently at work on a book called FOR THE LOVE OF BROKEN THINGS: MY FATHER, EDWARD GIBBON AND THE RUINS OF ROME. I teach in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University.
I read this story in the "real" Times on the way to work this morning but have only just had the time to post about it. Eventually, I think, they'll just have piles of books for free, all covered in sponsor logos and "placement stickers".
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