There are some good essays in this collection, but the emphasis here is on the "literary" aspect of publishing. It is less practical than I had hoped when I bought it. Many of the contributions are on journal publishing rather than book publishing, so my use of the book in a book publishing class was less than ideal. I did, however, enjoy the pieces by Saxe Commins and Maxwell Perkins on Horace Liveright and Thomas Wolfe, respectively.

Please note that this collection was originally published in 1980, then reissued in 1995. It contains some good material, but it you are looking for information on the contemporary publishing scene, this will help you only marginally. ( )