Monthly Archives: September 2012

Authors, Editors and Reviewers on the Art of Reviewing, Part 4: Michael Erard

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Ed Battistella

From Michael Erard author of Babel No More: The Search for the World’s Most Extraordinary Language Learners, (Free Press, 2012) and Um…: Slips, Stumbles, and Verbal Blunders, and What They Mean (Pantheon, 2007). I think the best review is a … Continue reading →

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Authors, Editors and Reviewers on the Art of Reviewing, Part 3: Kelli Stanley

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Ed Battistella

From Kelli Stanley, an award-winning author of City of Dragons and City of Secrets and of The Curse-Maker and Nox Dormienda. Good reviews should encapsulate the plot points without giving away spoilers … if the book has a surprise twist … Continue reading →

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Authors, Editors and Reviewers on the Art of Reviewing, Part 2: Alisa Bowman

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Ed Battistella

From Alisa Bowman, author of Project: Happily Ever After, Dangerous Instincts, (with Mary Ellen O’Toole), and 30 other coauthored books including seven NY Times bestsellers. In today’s online world, I think of book reviews differently than I did years ago. … Continue reading →

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Authors, Editors and Reviewers on the Art of Reviewing, Part 1

Posted on September 5, 2012 by Ed Battistella

Last term, my History of Publishing class talked about the gatekeeper role of publishers and how they select and develop books, ideas and authors. As you might expect, we noted that as large publishers consolidated, they’ve invested less in authors … Continue reading →

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