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“Honestly, all you need to do is be good. If you’ve got well-written, well-illustrated books, they will find an audience. Gimmicks are gimmicks. Gimmicks only last for a short amount of time. My favorite books are the ones that have good artists and are telling a solid story,” Grimshaw said.

“Cher: The Memoir, Part One,” is a fun read, a candid and well-written book that will justifiably make her legion of fans excited for the release of the second volume.

Despite the declining demand for travel books in the face of competition from free websites like TripAdvisor, Mr. Frommer continued to believe that there was strong demand among travelers for original, high-quality, well-written research.

In an interview with The Washington Post, Mark Krikorian, the Center for Immigration Studies’ executive director, denounced Crusius’ killings, but he described his manifesto as “remarkably well-written for a 21-year-old loner.”

Set in a Perth suburb in 1979, “The Last Days of the Space Age” has something of the vibe of American dramedies of the 1990s — “Picket Fences” or “Northern Exposure,” though not as quirky or well-written — flirting with serious subjects but in such a way that you note the seriousness without taking it seriously.