Marc Nash | How Do I Choose Books? @MarcNash | Uploaded June 2023 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
A question I' asked a lot is how do I know I'd like an author or a book I've not come across before? Well, I'm never sucke(re)d in by the cover, but a title can always pique my interest. A word, or a theme or idea suggested by the title is the first point of call. Here I recount a recent browse through one publisher's backlist, writing down 16 of the titles that most reached out to me and only then did I read up their blurbs to whittle the list down to 7 books which I then ordered. A process that began simply from their titles.
The publishers in question was Dalkey Archive, who mainly reprint books that they feel need to still be in print and read. A lot of books in translation.
Beating Around The Books Booktube channel youtube.com/@beatingaroundthebooks
Other videos mentioned:
Don't Buy A Book On its Cover youtube.com/watch?v=VDfvp5cR8sk&list=PLlDkd9_8tUE0yo23Bjtzcj-TXbUuzkwvJ&index=6
Zabor - The Book Of Psalms by Kamel Daoud youtube.com/watch?v=rKnYozENwA0
Transcript - Heimrad Backer youtube.com/watch?v=6M0U_G8Yw5c&t=12s. 9mins 21 secs in
The System Of Vienna - Gert Jonke youtube.com/watch?v=9R-fP0nJgVI 6mins in.
A question I' asked a lot is how do I know I'd like an author or a book I've not come across before? Well, I'm never sucke(re)d in by the cover, but a title can always pique my interest. A word, or a theme or idea suggested by the title is the first point of call. Here I recount a recent browse through one publisher's backlist, writing down 16 of the titles that most reached out to me and only then did I read up their blurbs to whittle the list down to 7 books which I then ordered. A process that began simply from their titles.
The publishers in question was Dalkey Archive, who mainly reprint books that they feel need to still be in print and read. A lot of books in translation.
Beating Around The Books Booktube channel youtube.com/@beatingaroundthebooks
Other videos mentioned:
Don't Buy A Book On its Cover youtube.com/watch?v=VDfvp5cR8sk&list=PLlDkd9_8tUE0yo23Bjtzcj-TXbUuzkwvJ&index=6
Zabor - The Book Of Psalms by Kamel Daoud youtube.com/watch?v=rKnYozENwA0
Transcript - Heimrad Backer youtube.com/watch?v=6M0U_G8Yw5c&t=12s. 9mins 21 secs in
The System Of Vienna - Gert Jonke youtube.com/watch?v=9R-fP0nJgVI 6mins in.
