id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-16121 Alexander, Jean M. Books for Sale: The Advertising and Promotion of Print since the Fifteenth Century. Eds. Robin Myers, Michael Harris, and Giles Mandelbrote. New Castle, Del.: Oak Knoll Press, 2009. 191p. alk. paper, $49.95 (ISBN 9781584562658). LC 2009-046880. 2010-11-01 2 .pdf application/pdf 1230 71 64 A snobbish prejudice against book jackets held sway among publishers. “Advertising is part of life,” asserts Mi- chael Harris in an essay on the selling and promotion of books. cache/crl-16121.pdf txt/crl-16121.txt