B. Write 10 sentences with the above word combinations.

18. Are these statements true or false? Correct the false ones.

1. The published product is more than the sum total of its constituent parts.

2. Students on editing courses are taught that books are not upholders of civilization.

3. The printed word should be treated differently as it affects the whole question of free speech, debate and argument throughout the land.

4. A book is more than its cover, pages and ink thereon.

5. Writers have a responsibility to question a book's moral impact on society.

Writing a book landed Salman Rushdie with a price tag of 10 million pounds on his head.

6. The role played by publishers in the human rights movement has not been important. F (has been pivotal)

7. The basic work of protecting human rights begins with documentation.

8. The power to communicate applies to books alone.

9. Dictators tried to burn, or the politically correct, to ban books because they smack of permanence.

19. Answer the following questions:

1) How can books change life?

2) What is the real product within the published product?

3) What does the ability to publish provide?

4) What are students on publishing courses taught?

5) Why should the printed word be treated differently?

6) What responsibility do publishers have?

7) Do you agree that the role played by publishers in the human rights movement has been pivotal? Give your examples.

8) What does the basic work of protecting human rights begin with?

9) Does the power to communicate apply to books alone?

10) Why can newspaper articles and television programmes be more immediate in their effectiveness?

11) Why are many media of communication necessarily ephemeral?

12) Why have the dictators tried to burn or ban the books?

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