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...early history of do-it-yourself criticism, a signal event was the rise of the paperback Zagat restaurant guides, which compile the opinions of actual customers who replied to questionnaires. Beginning in 1979 with a single volume devoted to New York City, the Zagat empire has expanded to 45 cities and, of course, a website. There is comfort in knowing that the Zagat reviewers are ordinary diners who paid for their meals and had the real experience of a place, not the special treatment accorded to food critics who might be known to the chef. "Some critics sniff, Well, what...
...CALL US; WE?LL CALL YOU: "They?re the canker sore on the lip of humanity," says the publisher. "They interrupt dinners, down time, and always call at the wrong time." Of course, the "they" in question is telephone solicitors. In October, Warner will publish a paperback original, "Fun with Phone Solicitors: 50 Ways to Get Even!" by Robert Harris. The author offers such techniques as: The Telephone Ruse: Pretend to transfer your tormentor and then press several buttons on your phone The Verbatim Variation: Repeat everything the caller says in a sing-song voice The Drop-the-Phone Drill...
...into my environment." That environment included few Asian-American girls like herself. Now, at 26, she is determined to make heard the voices of Asian-American girls. Nam is the editor and moving force behind "Yell-Oh Girls! Emerging Voices Explore Culture, Identity, and Growing Up Asian American," a paperback original just published by Quill/HarperCollins...
...INTERNATIONAL PAPER: Move over, pricey hardcovers. Paperbacks are enjoying a big surge in sales, says PW. "Paperbacks are increasing in number and gaining legitimacy." Paperback originals are a more viable alternative, industry sources tell PW. The reason? As Border's spokesman puts it, "It's the price, stupid." GOING POSTAL: PW is thrilled by 'Family Business: Selected Letters Between a Father and Son' (Bloomsbury; September), giving it a starred review. The letters are a correspondence between the late poet Allen Ginsberg and his poet father, Louis. "Some of the most astonishing correspondence in American literature...
...paperback version of his landmark work, Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community, was published this summer...