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Uncollecting Cheever
Anita Miller
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Description for Uncollecting Cheever
Hardback. In the late 1980s, publishers, authors, scholars, and the reading public watched the results of two lawsuits involving the family of John Cheever, short story writer, and Academy Chicago Press. At stake was not only a collection of short stories, but also the definition of intellectual property. Num Pages: 384 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; LNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 708.
Ten years ago, publishers, authors, scholars, and the reading public watched anxiously the results of two lawsuits involving the family of John Cheever, famed short story writer, and Academy Chicago Publishers, a small publishing house. At stake was not only a collection of Cheever's lesser-known short stories, valued for their literary merit and historical value, but also the definition of intellectual property. In a dramatic re-telling, Anita Miller draws us into the case, creating vivid portraits of the participants and the tensions between them while also shedding light on key issues of our time.
Ten years ago, publishers, authors, scholars, and the reading public watched anxiously the results of two lawsuits involving the family of John Cheever, famed short story writer, and Academy Chicago Publishers, a small publishing house. At stake was not only a collection of Cheever's lesser-known short stories, valued for their literary merit and historical value, but also the definition of intellectual property. In a dramatic re-telling, Anita Miller draws us into the case, creating vivid portraits of the participants and the tensions between them while also shedding light on key issues of our time.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780847690763
SKU
V9780847690763
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About Anita Miller
Anita Miller, Ph.D., is president and editorial director of Academy Chicago Publishers, which she and her husband founded in 1975. She resides in Chicago, Illinois.
Reviews for Uncollecting Cheever
Uncollecting Cheever stands as ominous testament to the vulnerability of small presses—the last refuge for provocative books—in an era of growing corporate power. Those who want to know just how brutal today's publishing biz can become should read about how Academy Chicago Publishers got into the business.
The Boston Globe
Uncollecting Cheever is the publishing industry's version of Jonathan Harr's A Civil Action.
The Wall Street Journal
[Miller] offers important insights into the vagaries of both the publishing industry and the legal system.
Jim G. Burns
Library Journal, December 99
Uncollecting Cheever gets behind the scenes to explain legal strategies, quoting particpants in their own words. With events bouncing from high drama to black comedy, the effect is at once tragic and funny. The book is an informative, fascinating revelation of American publishing, law and human greed.
James A. Cox, Editor and Chief, Wisconsin Bookwatch
Midwest Book Review, Vol 9, No.5, May 99
Anyone who enjoys courtroom repartee will rejoice in this book.
Publishers Weekly
Here is an egregious case of a small press bullied into defeat. Its importance is italicized by the takeover of independent publishers by conglomerates. The small press has become one of the few sources for serious books.
Studs Terkel Who says that litigation is dull? Every publisher, every author—indeed every reader—will gain insights and be fascinated by Anita Miller's book.
Former U.S. Senator Paul Simon Well-documented and written with restraint and balance.
The Instrumentalist
Anita Miller offers important insights into the vagaries of both the publishing industry and the legal system and reminds us that real David's victory over Goliath was truly a major upset that isn't recreated evry day.
Jim G. Burns
Political Science
The book is energized by the Miller's indignation and disbelief as the case begins to go awry, and it is interlaced with wicked humor.
Joseph N. Welch II
Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, January 14, 1999
Anita Miller tells the story directly from the legal record...filled with dramatic events, suspense, and passion...Must reading for authors, editors, agents, and anyone concerned withthe publishing process.
Grant Barnes, Director Emeritus, Stanford University Press Uncollecting Cheever is the autobiography of a lawsuit...This fascinating and well-written work will appeal to anyone who is interested in the workings of today's publishing world, our legal system and how that system affects the people caught up in it.
Ronald Rotunda, Albert E. Jenner Jr Professor of Law, University of Illinois Uncollecting Cheever is a tour de force...an unprecedented insight into present day publishing procedures...It is at once horrifying and hilarious.
Marion Boyars, President, Marion Boyars Publishers, Inc. Anita Miller's important but disturbing new book is a brilliantly told story...a cautionary tale about a dead author's family's effort to stop the presses from printing a valuable book already under contract.
Daniel J. Kornstein, Kornstein Veisz & Wexler, New York City
The Boston Globe
Uncollecting Cheever is the publishing industry's version of Jonathan Harr's A Civil Action.
The Wall Street Journal
[Miller] offers important insights into the vagaries of both the publishing industry and the legal system.
Jim G. Burns
Library Journal, December 99
Uncollecting Cheever gets behind the scenes to explain legal strategies, quoting particpants in their own words. With events bouncing from high drama to black comedy, the effect is at once tragic and funny. The book is an informative, fascinating revelation of American publishing, law and human greed.
James A. Cox, Editor and Chief, Wisconsin Bookwatch
Midwest Book Review, Vol 9, No.5, May 99
Anyone who enjoys courtroom repartee will rejoice in this book.
Publishers Weekly
Here is an egregious case of a small press bullied into defeat. Its importance is italicized by the takeover of independent publishers by conglomerates. The small press has become one of the few sources for serious books.
Studs Terkel Who says that litigation is dull? Every publisher, every author—indeed every reader—will gain insights and be fascinated by Anita Miller's book.
Former U.S. Senator Paul Simon Well-documented and written with restraint and balance.
The Instrumentalist
Anita Miller offers important insights into the vagaries of both the publishing industry and the legal system and reminds us that real David's victory over Goliath was truly a major upset that isn't recreated evry day.
Jim G. Burns
Political Science
The book is energized by the Miller's indignation and disbelief as the case begins to go awry, and it is interlaced with wicked humor.
Joseph N. Welch II
Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, January 14, 1999
Anita Miller tells the story directly from the legal record...filled with dramatic events, suspense, and passion...Must reading for authors, editors, agents, and anyone concerned withthe publishing process.
Grant Barnes, Director Emeritus, Stanford University Press Uncollecting Cheever is the autobiography of a lawsuit...This fascinating and well-written work will appeal to anyone who is interested in the workings of today's publishing world, our legal system and how that system affects the people caught up in it.
Ronald Rotunda, Albert E. Jenner Jr Professor of Law, University of Illinois Uncollecting Cheever is a tour de force...an unprecedented insight into present day publishing procedures...It is at once horrifying and hilarious.
Marion Boyars, President, Marion Boyars Publishers, Inc. Anita Miller's important but disturbing new book is a brilliantly told story...a cautionary tale about a dead author's family's effort to stop the presses from printing a valuable book already under contract.
Daniel J. Kornstein, Kornstein Veisz & Wexler, New York City