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923.2.7 Book review formatBook reviews are usually short and condensed texts (between 500 (C) and1,000 (E) words), appearing in a separate section at the end of journalissues, separate from the higher status section that includes the researcharticles. In general, no guidelines are provided. The safe way is to analyzetext format of previous editions.The editors were initially asked about the format of the information expected to befound in BR and all three said that the genre usually appears in the form of short texts.[E]I would find it difficult myself to write a book review much shorter than 900words. We’ve talked about changing this length, but there doesn’t seem to bemuch of a pressure to do so.[C]A book review should consist of two pages of double-space typing. But thatvaries with the importance of the book.[L]The length of reviews is limited so that more reviews can be published. There isalso a page limit to the whole issue so that reviews cannot occupy too muchspace.Chen (1976) investigates biomedical, scientific, and technical BRs. Although shedoes not see any correlation between length and ‘the qualitative significance of a reviewmedium’ (ibid.:41), Chen finds that shorter BRs tend to be more general in nature (i.e.,general biomedical) and less comprehensive than longer BRs found in specializedjournals (i.e., anesthesiology).Chen also observes that length correlates with the time lag