Literary Criticism

#readingfreude or Jennifer Comes to Jesus

As a book blogger, I have been out of commission pretty much since #franzenfreude hit the fans. I’ve read some tweets and random articles about the brouhaha while I’ve been absent, but by no means have I kept up to date with ruckus. What I’ve read a couple of weeks ago changes my perspective. In [...]

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An Honor

7 Nov By Literate Housewife 2 Comments

An article about the latest trend in providing ARC (Advance Reading Copy) to the general public has been published in this month’s issue of PublishingTrends.com, a marketing newsletter for the publishing industry. Over the past year, publishers have been increasingly providing free copies of books in an attempt to increase overall book sales. The author of the article found this [...]