Comments on: How To Kill A Book Club With Cynicism http://booksquare.com/how-to-kill-a-book-club-with-cynicism/ Dissecting the publishing industry with love and skepticism Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:02:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Booksquare http://booksquare.com/how-to-kill-a-book-club-with-cynicism/comment-page-1/#comment-118275 Booksquare Thu, 02 Feb 2006 01:45:14 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2006/02/01/1786/#comment-118275 This is common practice, unfortunately. Numbers must go up. I think there's an economic theory supporting this. Someone pushed the envelope too far. Another major settlement and things might return to normal. Yes, that was optimism. Thought I'd try it to see how it feels. Oddly, not as good as you'd think. This is common practice, unfortunately. Numbers must go up. I think there’s an economic theory supporting this. Someone pushed the envelope too far. Another major settlement and things might return to normal.

Yes, that was optimism. Thought I’d try it to see how it feels. Oddly, not as good as you’d think.

]]> By: SusanGable http://booksquare.com/how-to-kill-a-book-club-with-cynicism/comment-page-1/#comment-118272 SusanGable Wed, 01 Feb 2006 20:50:37 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2006/02/01/1786/#comment-118272 Wow. I find that distressing. As a former teacher, I always worked with Scholastic, handing out their fliers in my classroom. Long before that, I BOUGHT books (okay, my parents BOUGHT the books!) from those little fliers in my classroom. Well, I hope they clean up their act. Wow. I find that distressing. As a former teacher, I always worked with Scholastic, handing out their fliers in my classroom. Long before that, I BOUGHT books (okay, my parents BOUGHT the books!) from those little fliers in my classroom.

Well, I hope they clean up their act.

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