tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post114684906230077351..comments2023-08-29T02:42:23.063-05:00Comments on ¡Bemsha SWING!: Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-1146852122552151542006-05-05T13:02:00.000-05:002006-05-05T13:02:00.000-05:00Did the books say "as told to Bob Basil"?Did the books say "as told to Bob Basil"?Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-1146851578052920362006-05-05T12:52:00.000-05:002006-05-05T12:52:00.000-05:00Well, if the book says "as told to..." then that m...Well, if the book says "as told to..." then that makes it a little different. Even celebrity memoirs that don't say "as told to" are assumed to be written by ghost writers. At what point does that become simply a convention that doesn't even need to be acknowledged? We just assume that someone else wrote the book unless there's some reason to believe otherwise.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-1146850569009186522006-05-05T12:36:00.000-05:002006-05-05T12:36:00.000-05:00The bottom line: the idea of the integrity of the...The bottom line: the idea of the integrity of the work as piece of writing is devalued. It's easier for a ghost-writer to plagiarize, because that person has less invested in the integrity of his or her word/work.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.com