Jim Gilley wrote: > Trouble is, how do you call a book a POS without being sued? Why would a magazine run a bad review, knowing full well it would lose an advertiser? I DO have some very strong opinions on a couple of books that are in need of review. Trouble is, I'm too much of a weenie to say anything in public.
Youve got to be kidding me! When was the last time a fan publication was sued for a bad review? [let alone offered one?] Most of the rail texts Ive seen of late don't really have that much to review--there's no real reading involved, as what we're talking about [for the most part] are picture books. The roughest thing I've heard of late is that the layout was a little off, or there weren't enough maps included. It goes without saying that when someone produces one of these things, usually retailing at the $50 and above range, they're going to include photos from competent sources. Given that, there really isn't all that much left to critique, as most of the text is in the form of captions. There are exceptions of course. A few books a year come out from university or more main stream presses--such as Malone's Hill biography. I suspect interest in more scholarly tomes like these is a bit less than a new book on the last clean warbonnet shots ever taken. Finally, feel free to excercise your first amendemnt rights at any time, they're yours you know. 73s, JP -- Tell Tale News | http://pw2.netcom.com/~whstlpnk/telltale.html Northern Pacific | http://pw2.netcom.com/~whstlpnk/np.html Historical Assoc. | http://www.employees.org/~davison/nprha/nprha.html --> SPORRS: Serious Photographers of Railroad Related Subjects --> SPORRS: Serious Photographers of Railroad Related Subjects X-Mozilla-Status: 0011 Content-Length: 1129
