Distinguished Editors Weigh In: A Pair of Book-Business Books

Book Business: Publishing Past, Present and Future , by Jason Epstein. W.W. Norton, 188 pages, $21.95.

The Business of Books , by André Schiffrin. Verso, 131 pages, $23.

It is often said–usually by disgruntled authors–that book editors are just failed writers. Actually, there are plenty of crossover successes: Think of Toni Morrison, E.L. Doctorow, Read More