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Random pondering: can people take quotes way out of context and use them on book covers? For example, if I wrote a review that said \u201cSimply nothing worth reading in this book\u201d, could the author publisher write \u2018\u201cWORTH READING\u201d \u2014 Andrew Doran\u2019 and slap it on the book?<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Random pondering: can people take quotes way out of context and use them on book covers? For example, if I wrote a review that said \u201cSimply nothing worth reading in this book\u201d, could the author publisher write \u2018\u201cWORTH READING\u201d \u2014 Andrew Doran\u2019 and slap it on the book?<\/div>\n<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"status","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":null,"activitypub_content_visibility":null,"activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"federate","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11526","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-status","6":"category-snippets","7":"post_format-post-format-status","8":"h-entry","10":"hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1016,"url":"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/2017\/06\/08\/mary-maclane\/","url_meta":{"origin":11526,"position":0},"title":"Mary MacLane","author":"Andrew Doran","date":"8 June 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"I stumbled across Mary MacLane's first book on the Melville House Publishing website where it features as part of their Neversink Library series. 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There is much more substance and detail here than in Steinbeck Remembered, another\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Books"","block_context":{"text":"Books","link":"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/category\/books\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DraggedImage.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DraggedImage.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DraggedImage.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DraggedImage.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DraggedImage.png?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3497,"url":"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/2017\/09\/09\/the-devil-in-the-flesh\/","url_meta":{"origin":11526,"position":2},"title":"The Devil In The Flesh","author":"Andrew Doran","date":"9 September 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"A really good read, particularly when put in context of the author\u2019s short life and the time it was written. 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All three shows would be filmed by Barry Chattington.\u201d \u2014 The McCartney Legacy by Allan Kozinn and Adrian Sinclair","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DraggedImage.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DraggedImage.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DraggedImage.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DraggedImage.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":13297,"url":"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/2026\/02\/01\/indie-microblogging\/","url_meta":{"origin":11526,"position":4},"title":"\ud83d\udcda Indie Microblogging","author":"Andrew Doran","date":"1 February 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"I\u2019ve just finished reading Indie Microblogging by Manton Reece. This book covers a lot of ground, including plenty of detail on the philosophy behind the Micro.blog platform, as well as broader IndieWeb thinking more generally. Reading about these ideas a few years ago, and setting up an account on Micro.blog,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Books"","block_context":{"text":"Books","link":"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/category\/books\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"\u201cIf you stop reading after this page, here's what you need to know: Publish short posts and photos to your own website, at your own personal domain name. Make sure your web site has an RSS or JSON feed, and add it to communities like Micro.blog. If you want to participate in larger social networks, post to your own site first and then copy the post to Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. Massive centralized platforms create problems for society. 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