The LAT runs an appreciation of reprint lines published by the New York Review of Books, Europa Editions, Hard Case Crime, and Persephone Books. There are no actual facts here, but the conclusions are grand: “The publishers specializing in reprints have become increasingly important to the people who haunt bookstores searching for the next great read. For some, these reintroduced books are as eagerly awaited as any mainstream house’s seasonal list.” True to journalistic formula, it remains impossible to admire the small without indicting everyone else, as specious conclusions abound: “Whether the increasing number of reprints is because of reader […]
