LAW
363 Pages, 6.5 x 8.5
Formats: Trade Paper, PDF, EPUB, Mobipocket
Trade Paper, $18.95 (US $18.95) (CA $22.95)
Publication Date: December 2009
ISBN 9780897335935
Rights: WOR
Chicago Review Press (Dec 2009)
Academy Chicago Publishers
eBook Editions Available
Will it work on my eReader?“An almost unbelievable—though not unfamiliar—story of a literary enterprise quashed by money and ‘the law.’” — Kirkus Reviews
“[This story] . . . has never been told with the exhaustive yet endlessly fascinating detail to be found here . . . all described in the liveliest manner by Miller, and anyone who enjoys courtroom repartee will rejoice in it.” — Publishers Weekly
“Well-documented and written with restraint and balance, Uncollecting Cheever is an absorbing and sometimes unsettling tale of the perils of litigation, especially for a small press, in a time of declining civility, big money and conglomerate power in the publishing world.” — Washington Post Book World
“Anita Miller quotes copiously from court transcripts and notes, creating an amusing though disgusting picture of a court system ruled by mediocre, star-struck judges manipulated by lawyers who have little regard for grammar, let alone argument . . .” — The Boston Globe
“Uncollecting Cheever is a droll, excruciating crash course in publishing and law . . . vividly evokes the Kafkaesque hell of a long and frustrating lawsuit.” — Chicago Tribune
“Law students and legislators will learn a lot from Uncollecting Cheever . . .
a case study of the insidious effects of litigation on the human psyche.”
— The New York Times Book Review
“. . . [Miller] offers important insights into the vagaries of both the publishing industry and the legal system and reminds us that the real David’s victory over Goliath was a truly major upset that isn’t re-created every day.” — Library Journal
Anita Miller is president and editorial director of Academy Chicago Publishers, Ltd, which she founded with her husband in 1975. She has written or edited over seventy-five books.