Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Great Regulars: As for his qualifications,

[Sandford] Thatcher feels his 40 years of working in publishing give him the knowledge to choose the right books and the people to write about them.

However, he down plays the obvious objection to his role--conflict of interest. As head of the academic press association, he represents vested interests. "Might you be suspected of favoring those interests?" I asked him.

from Bob Hoover: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: One man's plan to rescue book reviewing

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