Embarrassing errors in books is red meat to the New York Times in the same way that sloppy articles about book publishing are reliable grist (and often gristle) for Lunch readers. It was the Times that correctly and laudably first exposed author of Last Train from Hiroshima Charles Pellegrino’s errors on February 21 in a prominent page one article that was surely read by far more people than the 7,000 or so who had purchased the book prior to Holt’s announced cessation of publication. Today they circle back to remind readers of the paper’s general contempt for book publishers. You’ve […]
