Books are not shopping
The Art of the Deal
NYTimes Editorial
June 17, 2006
Groundbreaking Team Extends the Storytelling of Groundbreaking Novel - "Cathy's Book" . . . captures the weird coalescence of the shape-shifting culture adolescent girls live in, where the borders between advertising and literature, podcast and sitcom, novel and lipstick go unpatrolled.
Publisher Inks Product Placement Deal for Young Adult Book
Book Review Editors Asked Not to Review 'Cathy's Book'
Running Press Book Publishers :: 'Cathy's Book' Publisher Supports Authors', Reviewers' and Readers' Rights
Product Placement Deals Make Leap From Film to Books
By MOTOKO RICH
NYTimes
June 12, 2006
I hate to be a genderist, but maybe this is connected to why boys leave school not reading.
The Gender Gap at School
David Brooks
NYTimes
June 11, 2006