Subjects:  1. 1936-    2. Cohen, Dan,    3. Confidential communications    4. Constitutional - First Amendment    5. Cowles Media Company    6. Journalism    7. Law    8. Leaks (Disclosure of information)    9. Legal Reference / Law Profession    10. Media & the Law    11. Minnesota    12. Press    13. Press And Society    14. Press law    15. Public Law    16. Taxation    17. Trials, litigation, etc    18. United States    19. Cohen, Dan    20. Communications law    21. Constitutional & administrative law    22. Law / Constitutional    23. Press & journalism    24. USA   

Reviews (3)

horrible writing
The good thing about the book is its abundant information (more than you need, actually).However, the writing is horrible!I can't imagine how a person--a college professor in this case--can come up with such a poor job despite a very clear-cut framework.Redundant and illogical paragraphs are no surprise in this book.The first edition is bad, but believe me, the second one is even worse! Also, be fully prepared for loads of typographical errors and the mix-up of figures.

Extremely informative.
My professor assigned The Book Publishing Industry as a textbook for a graduate-level international publishing course.This book discusses the characteristics of the US book industry, channels of distribution, mergersand acquisitions, business operations, editing, marketing, role of theconsumer, intellectual property and censorship, and the effect ofelectronic development and multimedia.There are plenty of facts andfigures in the forms of charts and tables for those who need them.Thereare samples of book order forms, invoices, and job descriptions in thepublishing field.This book also contains chapter notes, a bibliography,glossary, and index.So, while there is plenty of information, it's nottoo hard to find and understand. THE BUSINESS SIDE OF PUBLISHING
I am a college writing teacher and The Book Publishing Industry is used as a textbook in my classes.It's somewhat like a book for business school, and can be factual to an extreme, but it gives an excellent view of thefinancial underpinnings of this huge industry. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business/Economics    2. Communication    3. General    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Publishers and publishing    6. United States    7. Law / Media & the Law    8. Publishing industry   

Editorial Review

First Amendment specialist Bruce Sanford believes that a tidal wave of antimedia sentiment and distrust is undermining one of the most basic rights of the United States. "Loathed and distrusted by the public they hunger to serve," Read more

Reviews (5)

Well written, but it misses at every point
In this book, "an accomplished press lawyer" sets out to describe what is happening to the press today. Chapter 1 discusses the declining respect for the press that polls show in the 1990s. Chapters 2 through 5 discuss some of the causes for the problem. Chapters 6 though 8 describe the consequences of this dislike of the press. And finally, chapter 9 explains that the press does understand the problem.
sloppy reasoning by a lawyer
I was quite shocked at the amount of sloppy reasoning contained in Don't Shoot the Messenger, given that it comes from supposedly one of the best lawyers in Washington.The author makes the mistake (that lawyers aresupposed to avoid) of accepting his client's position uncritically, in thiscase that "obviously" the press's right to cover news transcendsanybody's right to privacy.He conveniently ignores instances of thepress's greatest and most inexcusable excesses, and ignores the dubiousimplications that many decisions made by newspapers are not made byjournalists based on ethics but by businessmen based on the bottom line. In most cases the media paid out on legal claims against them rather thanfight them in court, yet the author bemoans the fact that the media neverseem to win any cases.How can they when the bean counters always settle? I was looking for a reasoned defense of the media; this book is the whiningof a litigator about why his clients always seem to lose and why it's nottheir lawyer's fault.

why would I want to bother shooting him?
Let me perform a public service and advise any would be buyers of this book to save their money.Ignore the teaser of "How our Growing Hatred of the Media Threatens Free Speech for All of Us," and sendyour money to the ACLU or JPFO instead.You'll be doing more for the causeof liberty, and you won't end up wasting your weekend reading this book. Mr. Sanford is obviously intelligent, and can spin a good yarn.But hejust doesn't seem to get it.I was about halfway through the book when Ifinally figured it out.You see, I hadn't bothered to read the author'sbio.All you really need to know about this book is contained in that bio. Mr. Sanford is an attorney who defends traditional media conglomerates onPlanet Beltway.Naturally he sees the world in light of his day-to-dayexperiences in defending said media conglomerates.And that's basicallywhat this book is; a 255 page defense of the traditional media.What Mr. Sanford either fails to recognize or chooses to ignore is the factthat the traditional media is already largely irrelevant. The "leaderclass" (to use a term from the book) has already migrated to theinternet.Which is not to say that the traditional media is bad, it's justobsolete. And as with any major change, there is going to be somedislocation and a time lag before the new paradigm is accepted.Thetraditional media is struggling with obsolescence.Personally, I'm gladfor change and the improvements that will likely come along with it.Mr.Sanford seems to be having a harder time.I guess we all wax nostalgic attimes, but in the long run, few of us really mourn the loss of the horse asa means of transportation when we have the option of driving a car. Mr.Sanford's analysis would have been improved if he had explored how the newmedia and the new technology is dealing with First Amendment issues.Whatof the libel suits filed against Matt Drudge? Are free speech restrictionseven relevant when a fictitious Libelous News Network (LNN) can beorganized as a Limited Liability Company in Antigua and maintain mirrorsites in the U.S., Netherlands, and Republic of Tonga?Unfortunately Mr.Sanford's treatment of the internet was scant, and almost completelydismissive.Although I didn't think much of this book, I do have to admitthat Mr. Sanford (I think inadvertently) answers the question of how alarge industry copes with being rendered irrelevant by technical and socialchange. The answer is: not very well.Credibility Breakfasts. Committeesof Concerned Journalists.Studies.Foundation grants.Perhaps a bettertitle for this book would have been "The Traditional Media; anIndustry in Complete Denial."The problem then is not the public'slack of affection for the traditional media, but the traditional media'sinability to accept change. All in all, a one star book.Save yourmoney. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Constitutional    2. Constitutional Law    3. Journalism    4. Language Arts & Disciplines    5. Mass Media - General    6. Media & the Law    7. Media Studies    8. Objectivity    9. Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights    10. Politics - Current Events    11. Politics / Current Events    12. Press    13. Press And Society    14. Public opinion    15. Sociology    16. Sociology - General    17. United States    18. Current Events / General    19. Freedom of information & freedom of speech   

Reviews (5)

Ian Myles Slater on: Changes of Title, Varying Contents.
C.S. Lewis's "English Literature in the Sixteenth Century (Excluding Drama)," first published in 1954, was part of a multi-volume series, The Oxford History of English Literature, and perhaps its most distinguished contribution (but see below). It also doubled as an installment in the Clark Lectures series (for 1944), which contributes an additional subtitle in some listings.
Criticism.Pleasure.In the Same Sentence.
One of the primary pleasures of reading literary criticism is to hear someone intelligent talk about books you both have read.This book, then, couldn't be better.Erudite, controversial, innovative--whether you approve of Lewis's opinions or not, they're always good reading.If you're like me, and haven't read many of the sixteenth-century works Lewis discusses, then this literary critical history will give you the related pleasure of hearing someone intelligent talk about . . . anything.Lewis could blow your mind and change your life if he wrote an essay on tying shoes; thankfully, he wrote instead on ideas underpinning the Western world.
C. S. Lewis's radical literary views make this a must have!
Tolkien, in a letter to George Sayer as recorded in his biography JACK: A LIFE OF C. S. LEWIS, says that this is "a great book, the only one of his [Lewis's] that gives me unalloyed pleasure."Coming from Tolkien, this is very high praise indeed.Originally published as ENGLISH LITERATURE IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY EXCLUDING DRAMA and for some inexplicable reason recently renamed, this book, Lewis's longest work, will not be found in the libraries of the causal C. S. Lewis fan for the simple fact that it is a textbook and is aimed not at the general reader but instead the academic world (even in those days there was that damned phenomena of `publish or perish!').For those who are studying this material, however, will find the book a very remarkable one at that.As a previous reviewer noted, Lewis began referring to this text as "O Hell!" as the writing process became very tedious to him.This book was ten years in the writing, and by the time it was ended Lewis wanted to concentrate more on theology and Narnia than this "critical nonsense."The end sections of the book do not shore this weariness, however, so have no fear.Read more

Subjects:  1. English Renaissance Literature (1500-1700)    2. English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh    3. Law    4. Literary Criticism    5. Literature - Classics / Criticism    6. Media & the Law    7. Medieval    8. English    9. Literary Criticism & Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh    10. Literary studies: 16th to 18th centuries    11. Literature/English | British Literature | Renaissance    12. Poetry & poets: 16th to 18th centuries    13. Reference works    14. c 1500 to c 1600   

Subjects:  1. Business / Economics / Finance    2. Economic aspects    3. General    4. Government - Legislative Branch    5. Industries - General    6. Journalism    7. Language    8. Language Arts & Disciplines    9. Mass Communication    10. Mass media    11. Media & the Law    12. Business competition    13. Law / Media & the Law    14. Media, information & communication industries    15. USA   

Subjects:  1. Legal Reference / Law Profession    2. Media & the Law    3. Canada    4. Communications law   

Subjects:  1. Copyright    2. European Union countries    3. France    4. Great Britain    5. Intellectual Property - Copyright    6. International    7. Law    8. Legal Reference / Law Profession    9. Media & the Law    10. Motion pictures    11. Patent, Trademark, Copyright    12. Copyright--Motion pictures--European Union countries    13. EU law: intellectual property, copyright & patents    14. Europe    15. Performing Arts / Film / General   

Subjects:  1. Civil Procedure    2. Law    3. Legal Reference / Law Profession    4. Media & the Law    5. Communications law    6. USA   

Subjects:  1. Civil Procedure    2. Communications    3. Freedom of the press    4. Law    5. Law and legislation    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Mass media    8. Media & the Law    9. Press law    10. United States   

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Excellent Guide for legal issues of Internet Publishing/Use
We used this text in a recent graduate seminar in Internet Law at the University of Kansas. I found it indespensible. Easy to read, well-designed, and written for both legal and non-legal professionals alike. A must-have for anyone who uses the Internet regularly for anything from publication to commerce. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Communications    2. Intellectual Property - General    3. Intellectual property    4. Internet    5. Law    6. Law and legislation    7. Legal Reference / Law Profession    8. Media & the Law    9. Patent, Trademark, Copyright    10. Practical Guides    11. Science & Technology    12. United States    13. Web publishing   

Subjects:  1. Censorship    2. Constitutional    3. Media & the Law    4. Obscenity (Law)    5. Pornography    6. Social aspects    7. Sociology    8. Philosophy   

Subjects:  1. Criminal Law - General    2. General    3. Law    4. Media & the Law    5. Psychology    6. Crime & criminology    7. Criminal law    8. Criminal or forensic psychology    9. USA   

Subjects:  1. Criminology    2. Journalism    3. Journalism, Legal    4. Language Arts & Disciplines    5. Law    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Mass Communication Media And Society    8. Mass media    9. Media & the Law    10. Public Affairs Reporting    11. Taxation    12. United States    13. Law / Criminal Procedure   

Reviews (2)

No good deed shall go unpunished
What started out as a worthy effort by a small press to collecthard-to-find stories by one of the great American writers of this centuryresults in bitter lawsuits, huge costs, a lesser book, and an unfortunatelesson in the realities of publishing today. Hooray for those intrepidsouls like the Millers who toil in literary vineyards for the love of theart more than financial gain.

Fascinating behind the scenes publishing legal battle
In 1987 an agent for Academy Chicago Publishers suggested it publish the Uncollected Stories of John Cheever.When his widow signed the agreement, it looked like a coup for this small publisher.But when the number ofstories greatly exceeded what Mrs. Cheever expected, she and her childrentried to call off the deal.A legal battle quickly began in Chicago andNew York courts.Anita Miller does a superb job of recounting the behindthe scenes legal wrangling and disastrous courtroom scenes, at the sametime providing many insights into the publishing industry.A must read forfans of lawsuit accounts like Civil Action, and for those interested inpublishing and publishing law. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. American - General    2. Law    3. Literature - Classics / Criticism    4. Media & the Law    5. American history: postwar, from c 1945 -    6. Intellectual property, copyright & patents    7. Literary Collections / American / General    8. USA   

Subjects:  1. Competition    2. Deregulation    3. European Union countries    4. Government monopolies    5. International    6. Law    7. Law and legislation    8. Legal Reference / Law Profession    9. Media & the Law    10. EU business law    11. Law / International   

Subjects:  1. Law    2. Media & the Law    3. Media Studies   

Subjects:  1. Law    2. Media & the Law   

Subjects:  1. Legal Reference / Law Profession    2. Media & the Law   

Subjects:  1. Business Ethics    2. Journalism    3. Journalistic ethics    4. Language    5. Language Arts & Disciplines    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Mass media    8. Mass media and public opinion    9. Media & the Law    10. Media Studies    11. Moral and ethical aspects    12. Popular Culture - General    13. United States    14. Cultural studies    15. Ethical issues & debates   

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A Fantastic Eye-Opening Book that Would Benefit Anyone to Read
This is a fantastic in-depth book covering the ins and outs of media law. From "Fair Trial-Free Press Conflicts" to `Closed Courtrooms", `Gag Orders on the Media" it really shows the ins and outs about the media and the law, along with how the public can in essence become the jury in a sensational, high profile case.
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Subjects:  1. Law    2. Media & the Law    3. Communications law    4. Intellectual property, copyright & patents    5. Media, information & communication industries    6. USA