Can We Learn from Reading “Bad” Writing?

Much has been written about the “tsunami of crap” available now. Sometimes it seems like everyone and their brother thinks they can dash off a book.

Well, technically they can. We could publish our grocery list. But dashing off a book that’s good is an entirely different matter.

Hopefully, the Look Inside and free sample features of most vendors prevent us from making too many purchasing mistakes, but we’re likely to still end up with a dud every once in a while. What should we do when that...