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Praise for The Business of Books Newsworthy and important, eloquent, smart, thoughtful, and well-presented.A Nation An absorbing account of the revolution in publishing during the last decade.A Financial Times A riveting chronicle of the rise and fall of the American reader.A Village Voice Forceful evidence that corporate insistence on higher profits has been cultural and business folly.A Business Week

André Schiffrin, a distinguished former New York publisher, has been throughout this decade an indispensable, if rather pessimistic, guide to life after a cultural apocalypse, first in the much-admired The Business of Booksand now in Words and Money. There's a lot that's passionate and useful in Schiffrin's anguished analysis. -- Robert McCrum * Observer * A masterful assessment of the media crisis of our times and a roadmap to workable and effective solutions. This elegant essay is intelligent, informed, reasoned, and humane-exactly the book the world needs at this time. -- Robert W. McChesney A utopian vision, to be sure, but a refreshing one. * Le Monde * This book reads like a novel. Schiffrin continues to sow ideas for saving the independence of the press, the cinema, and bookstores. Visionary as always. * Le Magazine des Livres * A lifelong promoter of independent media, André Schiffrin again leads the charge in Words and Money, offering a host of original and valuable ideas about one of the critical challenges of our day-saving books, movies, and news in an era of chains, blockbusters, and the internet. -- Michael Massing Schiffrin shows how media consolidation is pulling the teeth of serious journalism, and how it can get its bite back. * Vanity Fair * Masterfully written and extremely thought-provoking, this work should stimulate a much-needed dialog among those interested in the communications and publishing field. * Library Journal * A sophisticated voice of reason. * Los Angeles Times *

Andre Schiffrin, a distinguished former New York publisher, has been throughout this decade an indispensable, if rather pessimistic, guide to life after a cultural apocalypse, first in the much-admired The Business of Booksand now in Words and Money. There's a lot that's passionate and useful in Schiffrin's anguished analysis. -- Robert McCrum * Observer * A masterful assessment of the media crisis of our times and a roadmap to workable and effective solutions. This elegant essay is intelligent, informed, reasoned, and humane-exactly the book the world needs at this time. -- Robert W. McChesney A utopian vision, to be sure, but a refreshing one. * Le Monde * This book reads like a novel. Schiffrin continues to sow ideas for saving the independence of the press, the cinema, and bookstores. Visionary as always. * Le Magazine des Livres * A lifelong promoter of independent media, Andre Schiffrin again leads the charge in Words and Money, offering a host of original and valuable ideas about one of the critical challenges of our day-saving books, movies, and news in an era of chains, blockbusters, and the internet. -- Michael Massing Schiffrin shows how media consolidation is pulling the teeth of serious journalism, and how it can get its bite back. * Vanity Fair * Masterfully written and extremely thought-provoking, this work should stimulate a much-needed dialog among those interested in the communications and publishing field. * Library Journal * A sophisticated voice of reason. * Los Angeles Times *

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André Schiffrin was, for thirty years, the publisher of Pantheon Books. In 1990 Schiffrin left Pantheon to found The New Press. He is the author of The Business of Books, Words and Money, A Political Education, and Dr. Seuss & Co. Go to War: The World War II Editorial Cartoons of America's Leading Comic Artists. He divides his time between Paris and New York.

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