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.136).Hunt also emphasizes the need to analyze the technique of the artist when considering classical music and opera.This is, of course, applicable to performance of established works.A particular challenge, he says, is new works.Changes in styles, techniques, and even instrumentation are worthy of your attention.The information box for a record review usually contains some or all of the following information: 1.Name of album and artist or group.2.Record, tape, and CD label and catalog number.3.List price of record, tape, and CD.4.Release date (if appropriate).5.Reviewer/critic rating of the recording.Book Reviews/CriticismIf you enjoy reading, writing book reviews may be an easy extension of that pleasure.There are a large number of daily newspapers and weekly or monthly magazines and newsletters that regularly publish book reviews.These books are often mass market, or trade, books found in most bookstores.There is wide interest in them.On the other hand, there is also a growing market for specialists who write for more specialized magazines, newsletters, journals, literary reviews, bulletins, quarterlies, and other publications with readers interested in the latest book news and reviews.There are numerous local outlets for book reviews.The leading ones are Sunday newspaper book sections and magazine book departPage 250ments.Specialized publications such as business magazines often devote considerable space to reviews of books relating to the industry, so do not ignore this potential market.Smaller publications do not ask as much of their reviewers as do larger publications and are good places to start.For instance, established magazines and larger daily newspapers often use other authors or individuals with advanced academic credentials to freelance their reviews.The Washington Post, for instance, uses other authors for major reviews for its weekly books supplement, Book World.Novelist Carol Shields wrote a 1998 review of popular novelist Toni Morrison's new book that spring, Paradise.This is how the review began:Toni Morrison's fiction sends readers and reviewers diving for definitions.The enigmatic word "powerful" is almost always brought up, since a seismic shift of sensation is what we feel as we reach the conclusion of one of her books.Our bones have been rearranged, and our notions of history disordered.Traditional critical standards seem suddenly irrelevant.We don't know quite how Toni Morrison does what she does, but we do know we are left shaken as readers and, to a profound degree, changed.Morrison's work is often troubling, dense, difficult to grasp and hold in the mind, and clouded by private and cultural references, consistently, book after book, she remakes the novel as we know it.It is as though she has learned the rules, then triumphantly, or perhaps even nonchalantly, rejected them.For this reason a new book by this Nobel Prizewinner is cause for celebration.And her novel Paradise has been launched with a remarkable first printing of 400,000 copies.(Shields, 1998, p.1) Poet, novelist, playwright, and essayist John Updike knows something about writing and, of course, book reviewers and critics.Updike once gave the art of book reviewing some thought in one of his essays, the foreword to PickedUp Pieces (1976).His five rules of book criticism included: 1.Try to understand what the author wished to do, and do not blame him for not achieving what he did not attempt.2.Give enough direct quotation—at least one extended passage—of the book's prose so that the review's reader can for his own impression, can get his own taste.Page 2513.Confirm your description of the book with quotation from the book, if only phraselong, rather than proceeding by fuzzy precis.4.Go easy on the plot summary, and do not give away the ending.5.If the book is judged deficient, cite a successful example along the same lines, from the author's oeuvre or elsewhere.Try to understand the failure.Sure it's his and not yours? (pp.xvi–xvii)Updike also recommends not accepting review assignments you might be predisposed not to like or to like.There are many reasons for either stance.Furthermore, it is important to note that some newspapers, magazines, and newsletters will not solicit or accept reviews of second or subsequent editions of books.These may seem new to the author and the publisher, but most publication editors prefer to use reviews of completely new books.Exceptions are possible, of course, when a major change occurs in the new edition.For the most part, individuals new to book reviewing are best advised to work on first editions unless an editor specifically assigns a later edition.You may discover a similar attitude often accompanies sequels to books.These are more likely to be reviewed than second editions, but they will be less sought after than reviews of the first book in a series.Book reviewers and critics, like other reviewers and critics, must keep up with new developments in their field.Following the book industry is relatively easy if you look in the right places.Book publishing industry organizations, such as the American Booksellers Association (ABA), or writers' groups, such as the Authors Guild, keep members informed of developments.Their publications are helpful to monitor also.The ABA publishes American Bookseller magazine, and the Authors' Guild has an extensive newsletter issued regularly to members.Other publications are Publishers Weekly, The New York Review of Books, and The New York Times Book Review, commonly available to the public by subscription or at newsstands.There are many others of course, both designed for industry insiders and for the bookbuying public [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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.136).Hunt also emphasizes the need to analyze the technique of the artist when considering classical music and opera.This is, of course, applicable to performance of established works.A particular challenge, he says, is new works.Changes in styles, techniques, and even instrumentation are worthy of your attention.The information box for a record review usually contains some or all of the following information: 1.Name of album and artist or group.2.Record, tape, and CD label and catalog number.3.List price of record, tape, and CD.4.Release date (if appropriate).5.Reviewer/critic rating of the recording.Book Reviews/CriticismIf you enjoy reading, writing book reviews may be an easy extension of that pleasure.There are a large number of daily newspapers and weekly or monthly magazines and newsletters that regularly publish book reviews.These books are often mass market, or trade, books found in most bookstores.There is wide interest in them.On the other hand, there is also a growing market for specialists who write for more specialized magazines, newsletters, journals, literary reviews, bulletins, quarterlies, and other publications with readers interested in the latest book news and reviews.There are numerous local outlets for book reviews.The leading ones are Sunday newspaper book sections and magazine book departPage 250ments.Specialized publications such as business magazines often devote considerable space to reviews of books relating to the industry, so do not ignore this potential market.Smaller publications do not ask as much of their reviewers as do larger publications and are good places to start.For instance, established magazines and larger daily newspapers often use other authors or individuals with advanced academic credentials to freelance their reviews.The Washington Post, for instance, uses other authors for major reviews for its weekly books supplement, Book World.Novelist Carol Shields wrote a 1998 review of popular novelist Toni Morrison's new book that spring, Paradise.This is how the review began:Toni Morrison's fiction sends readers and reviewers diving for definitions.The enigmatic word "powerful" is almost always brought up, since a seismic shift of sensation is what we feel as we reach the conclusion of one of her books.Our bones have been rearranged, and our notions of history disordered.Traditional critical standards seem suddenly irrelevant.We don't know quite how Toni Morrison does what she does, but we do know we are left shaken as readers and, to a profound degree, changed.Morrison's work is often troubling, dense, difficult to grasp and hold in the mind, and clouded by private and cultural references, consistently, book after book, she remakes the novel as we know it.It is as though she has learned the rules, then triumphantly, or perhaps even nonchalantly, rejected them.For this reason a new book by this Nobel Prizewinner is cause for celebration.And her novel Paradise has been launched with a remarkable first printing of 400,000 copies.(Shields, 1998, p.1) Poet, novelist, playwright, and essayist John Updike knows something about writing and, of course, book reviewers and critics.Updike once gave the art of book reviewing some thought in one of his essays, the foreword to PickedUp Pieces (1976).His five rules of book criticism included: 1.Try to understand what the author wished to do, and do not blame him for not achieving what he did not attempt.2.Give enough direct quotation—at least one extended passage—of the book's prose so that the review's reader can for his own impression, can get his own taste.Page 2513.Confirm your description of the book with quotation from the book, if only phraselong, rather than proceeding by fuzzy precis.4.Go easy on the plot summary, and do not give away the ending.5.If the book is judged deficient, cite a successful example along the same lines, from the author's oeuvre or elsewhere.Try to understand the failure.Sure it's his and not yours? (pp.xvi–xvii)Updike also recommends not accepting review assignments you might be predisposed not to like or to like.There are many reasons for either stance.Furthermore, it is important to note that some newspapers, magazines, and newsletters will not solicit or accept reviews of second or subsequent editions of books.These may seem new to the author and the publisher, but most publication editors prefer to use reviews of completely new books.Exceptions are possible, of course, when a major change occurs in the new edition.For the most part, individuals new to book reviewing are best advised to work on first editions unless an editor specifically assigns a later edition.You may discover a similar attitude often accompanies sequels to books.These are more likely to be reviewed than second editions, but they will be less sought after than reviews of the first book in a series.Book reviewers and critics, like other reviewers and critics, must keep up with new developments in their field.Following the book industry is relatively easy if you look in the right places.Book publishing industry organizations, such as the American Booksellers Association (ABA), or writers' groups, such as the Authors Guild, keep members informed of developments.Their publications are helpful to monitor also.The ABA publishes American Bookseller magazine, and the Authors' Guild has an extensive newsletter issued regularly to members.Other publications are Publishers Weekly, The New York Review of Books, and The New York Times Book Review, commonly available to the public by subscription or at newsstands.There are many others of course, both designed for industry insiders and for the bookbuying public [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]