From cancelled books to ‘review bombing’, it might seem as though the website can make or break a career. But how influential is it really?Something dramatic happens on a social media platform every day. On Goodreads, the anachronistically designed website for logging, rating (out of five) and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-02-17 09:00:10 UTC ]
New app provides a social platform for talking about, sharing, and reviewing books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
I don’t have any do’s for writing book reviews on slavery—I don’t have any do’s for writing book reviews, period—but I have a few don’ts, courtesy of the Economist’s now-withdrawn review of The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism, a new book from Cornell... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2014-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]