In an era of paper-covered hardbacks and paperback books, there is also the
competitive question: What else if not a blurb?
Art?
White/colored paper?
A note from the Author (eg. This paperback edition, and no other, has been
authorized ... JRR Tolkien)?
In Slovakia (like the Czech Republic), we
Hello list,
Erik Burns wrote
how many negative blurbs have you seen?
To which I can only say: Some, and they are often more telling - and
certainly more amusing - than the positive ones.
Right now I must admit that I cannot remember any books, but the blurbs of
two LP covers spring into mind:
could anyone signpost me to what the main different sub-sections of this
area involve:
For example, Shiller seems to be about how groupthink -and the emotional
fashion that builds up over time - can overtrump rational individual
decision-making in marketplaces
but for example: are there
FYI, Robert Reich has an excellent op-ed in today's WSJ. The title
gives it away: Subsidies Aren't A Wartime Necessity.
Check it out.
Carl
