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...independents have reason to worry about a different kind of temptation. It is called The Reader's Catalog, a large-format, 1,382-page paperback ($24.95) describing more than 40,000 books in print, covering 208 categories ranging from Egyptian literature to sports. Readers can order selections by mail, toll-free telephone or even fax machine. The Catalog is the brainchild of Jason Epstein, editorial director of Random House, who is publishing it privately. The idea, says Epstein, arose out of his own frustration: "There wasn't enough shelf space in the stores." He is counting on the convenience...
Interview Format: It can range from a very structured, direct interview in which the interviewer has prepared questions, to an indirect interview in which the interviewer sits back and lets the conversation follow its own course...
Choose the format that best communicates your qualifications. Design your resume for two types of readers: the reviewer who scans your resume to learn your academic degrees, job titles, special experience, or skills; the reviewer who reads your resume for valued information about you and to receive an impression of your competencies and your personal qualities...
...better format for a debate, the letter suggests, would be to invite all the candidates and to have members of the press ask questions on a variety of issues...
...potential buyers will have a plentiful supply of entertainment software to play on their new machines. After buying CBS Records in 1987, Sony swiftly began converting the vast CBS library of popular albums by such artists as Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen and Barbra Streisand to the booming compact-disc format. Along with the wave of CDs from other companies, the CBS discs helped boost sales of Sony CD players from 2.9 million machines in 1987 to an estimated 6.5 million this year. Sony expects its musical gold mine to give the same boost to its new digital audiotape players...