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Re: Book-A-Minute books
Posted By: Nyperold, on host 205.216.76.250
Date: Tuesday, January 18, 2000, at 14:37:11
In Reply To: Re: Book-A-Minute books posted by Sam on Wednesday, August 19, 1998, at 19:47:56:

> > So do you guys actually READ the books that
> > are abbreviated in the Book-A-Minute section
> > or do you just write the summarizations
> > based upon the titles?
>
> Hi! Good question, and good to see you here.
>
> We read them, which is why it only gets updated
> every two weeks with two or three new
> condensations between the two of us (Dave and I).
>
> However -- and I shouldn't admit this -- we're
> cheating a little with the upcoming Book-A-Minute
> Classics. Since this page will cover works so
> well known they are almost "common knowledge,"
> we're writing some condensations based on
> faithful film versions and literary analysis
> and so forth. Even so, we've still read more
> than half of them between us.

Interesting. A year and a third later, is this still how Classics are done?

Nyperold

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