Download or read book The Business of Books written by André Schiffrin and published by Verso. This book was released on 2000 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part memoir, part history, Schiffrin's account of the collapsing standards of contemporary publishing offers an engaging counterpoint to recent celebratory memoirs of the industry written by those with more stock options than scruples, warning of the danger to adventurous, intelligent publishing in the bull ring of today's marketplace.