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The Book News is Generally... Good?

The Book News is Generally... Good?

Maris Kreizman Finds Some Silver Linings

By Maris Kreizman | November 7, 2024

Big Lies Need Even Bigger Fact Checking

Big Lies Need Even Bigger Fact Checking

Maris Kreizman on What We Really Need to Do to Combat All the Political Lying

By Maris Kreizman | October 24, 2024

We Can’t Rely on Drug Companies to Keep Insulin Prices Low

We Can’t Rely on Drug Companies to Keep Insulin Prices Low

Maris Kreizman on Living at the Whim of Corporate Pharmaceuticals

By Maris Kreizman | October 18, 2024

Which One of You Sent Me <em>Lonesome Dove</em> in the Mail? Or: Tackling the Great American Western

Which One of You Sent Me Lonesome Dove in the Mail? Or: Tackling the Great American Western

In Which Maris Kreizman Reads Larry McMurtry’s Classic

By Maris Kreizman | October 10, 2024

On the Anxiety of Finally Publishing a Book After Years of Covering Them

On the Anxiety of Finally Publishing a Book After Years of Covering Them

Maris Kreizman Considers the View From the Other Side

By Maris Kreizman | September 26, 2024

Posting Truth to Power: In Praise of a Publishing Gossip Site

Posting Truth to Power: In Praise of a Publishing Gossip Site

Maris Kreizman on the Important Role of Xoxopublishinggg

By Maris Kreizman | September 12, 2024

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Author Profiles Are No Replacement for Book Criticism But I Love Them Anyway

By Maris Kreizman | August 29, 2024

Despite the Chaos of the Presidential Election, There Will Be More Than Enough Books This Fall

By Maris Kreizman | August 15, 2024

On the Making of That New York Times Best Books of the Century List

By Maris Kreizman | July 18, 2024

If You’re Going to Platform Extremists You Should At Least Check Their Facts

If You’re Going to Platform Extremists You Should At Least Check Their Facts

Maris Kreizman on Publishing’s Nonfiction Problem

By Maris Kreizman | July 9, 2024

Do Authors Really Need to Spend Their Own Money to Make a Book Successful?

Do Authors Really Need to Spend Their Own Money to Make a Book Successful?

Maris Kreizman on Independent Publicists, Books Tours, and Vanishing Book Coverage

By Maris Kreizman | June 20, 2024

It’s Time We Added Full Credit Pages to Books

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Maris Kreizman on the Importance of Acknowledging the Labor That Goes in a Single Title

By Maris Kreizman | June 6, 2024

“It’s <em>Out of Africa</em> Meets <em>Pretty Woman</em>!” On the Problem With Comp Titles

“It’s Out of Africa Meets Pretty Woman!” On the Problem With Comp Titles

Maris Kreizman Wishes There Was Another Way

By Maris Kreizman | May 23, 2024

What’s Wrong With PEN America, and Why We Need It To Survive

What’s Wrong With PEN America, and Why We Need It To Survive

For Maris Kreizman, Dissent is Not Censorship

By Maris Kreizman | May 9, 2024

The Problem with Giant Book Preview Lists

The Problem with Giant Book Preview Lists

Maris Kreizman on One of the Necessary Evils of Book Coverage

By Maris Kreizman | April 25, 2024

There Are Too Many Books; Or, Publishing Shouldn’t Be All About Quantity

There Are Too Many Books; Or, Publishing Shouldn’t Be All About Quantity

Maris Kreizman on the Dangers of Mass Production

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