id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-15426 Alexander, Jean M. Hamilton, John Maxwell. Casanova Was a Book Lover and Other Naked Truths and Provocative Curiosities about the Writing, Selling, and Reading of Books. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State Univ. Pr., 2000. 351p. $24.95, alk. paper (ISBN 0-8071-2554-7). LC 99-059582. 2001-01-01 2 .pdf application/pdf 1318 67 62 Among the topics explored are author­ ship as a profession, the economics of book publishing, book reviewing, book market­ ing and sales, literary celebrity, American presidents as authors, stolen books, book dedications, etiquette, self-publishing, ed­ iting, and the universal library. According to John Max­ well Hamilton, “the best way to study books, reading, and people is not to take them too seriously.” cache/crl-15426.pdf txt/crl-15426.txt