id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-13185 Thatcher, Mary E. A Candid Critique of Book Publishings (Book Review) 1978-07-01 1 .pdf application/pdf 725 39 60 Composed of twenty short chapters, A Candid Critique begins, logically, with a definition of book publishing and goes on to a discussion of its sirenic attractions with Benjamin's sharp condemnation for the in- dustry's willingness to use a perennial over- supply of job seekers as an excuse for a low pay scale and a tolerance of the inefficiency created by high personnel turnover. Ostensibly written for book publishers, A Candid Critique of Book Publishing should have a much wider readership.-Mary E. Thatcher, University of Connecticut, Storrs. cache/crl-13185.pdf txt/crl-13185.txt