Comments on: Man Booker 2008 longlist http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/2008/07/29/man-booker-2008-longlist/ Daily updates from the blog division of Quill & Quire, Canada's magazine of book news and reviews Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:47:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Iden Ford http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/2008/07/29/man-booker-2008-longlist/comment-page-1/#comment-95308 Iden Ford Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:21:33 +0000 http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/2008/07/29/man-booker-2008-longlist/#comment-95308 oops wrong location to post this, oh well. I hate awards and think them completely unecessary. It gives bored people something to do. oops wrong location to post this, oh well.
I hate awards and think them completely unecessary. It gives bored people something to do.

]]> By: Iden Ford http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/2008/07/29/man-booker-2008-longlist/comment-page-1/#comment-95307 Iden Ford Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:18:30 +0000 http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/2008/07/29/man-booker-2008-longlist/#comment-95307 Isn't interesting that publishers don't give a damn about having their authors covers copy someone else's. Apparently this happens a lot. Surely Andrew Taylor's editor could have mad a little more effort over finding another jacket that did not look exactly like Vices of My Blood by Maureen Jennings. Link here to see what I mean http://idenford.blogspot.com/2008/07/im-not-happy-camper-about-this-today.html Isn’t interesting that publishers don’t give a damn about having their authors covers copy someone else’s.
Apparently this happens a lot.
Surely Andrew Taylor’s editor could have mad a little more effort over finding another jacket that did not look exactly like Vices of My Blood by Maureen Jennings.
Link here to see what I mean
http://idenford.blogspot.com/2008/07/im-not-happy-camper-about-this-today.html

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Honours dishonour. Titles degrade. — Gustave Flaubert

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