Comments on: Newspapers Report Decline of Reviews in Newspapers http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/05/02/newspapers-report-decline-of-reviews-in-newspapers/ Behind the Book Reviews--The Official Blog of Booklist Online Sat, 30 Mar 2013 16:38:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Likely Stories » Blog Archive » Are we all just getting along? http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/05/02/newspapers-report-decline-of-reviews-in-newspapers/comment-page-1/#comment-48375 Likely Stories » Blog Archive » Are we all just getting along? Mon, 14 May 2007 17:29:14 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/05/02/newspapers-report-decline-of-reviews-in-newspapers/#comment-48375 [...] As the dust settles in the newspapers-versus-blogs punchup, the L.A. Times (”Battle of the book reviews,” by Josh Getlin) explores the common ground: The accusations flew back and forth. But now there is a growing sense that enough is enough — and that the friction between old and new book media obscures the fact that the two are in bed together now, for better or worse. Often the same people who churn out literary blogs are reviewing books for mainstream reviews. (Champion, for example, has a review appearing in this week’s Los Angeles Times Book Review.) [...]

]]> By: maggie http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/05/02/newspapers-report-decline-of-reviews-in-newspapers/comment-page-1/#comment-47283 maggie Sat, 05 May 2007 03:25:14 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/05/02/newspapers-report-decline-of-reviews-in-newspapers/#comment-47283 Scrap the above crap. I’m merely filler; eventually, liner. :)

Sorry, The Commercial Appeal changed their format about a year ago, and I love it! Prior to the change, we might get a couple of fiction reviews. Now, we get a mix of 3-4 F/NF, plus local signing news. I’ve sold out! :(

]]> By: Keir http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/05/02/newspapers-report-decline-of-reviews-in-newspapers/comment-page-1/#comment-47256 Keir Fri, 04 May 2007 16:22:22 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/05/02/newspapers-report-decline-of-reviews-in-newspapers/#comment-47256 Maggie, I’m glad to hear that the book review is alive and well where you’re living. I hear more and more that small-town newspapers are losing local content because they’re getting gobbled up by chains that want them to use wire copy whenever possible–limiting outlets for local writers even more. I’ve seen an occasional book review in my hometown paper, The Missoulian, but it’s not like they make a habit of it. Maybe you could syndicate?

]]> By: maggie http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/05/02/newspapers-report-decline-of-reviews-in-newspapers/comment-page-1/#comment-47212 maggie Fri, 04 May 2007 03:45:35 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/05/02/newspapers-report-decline-of-reviews-in-newspapers/#comment-47212 In my neck of the woods, let’s say Red Neckville, the book review is hardly dead. Maybe, b/c news travels slowly to Red Neckvillians or possibly b/c we read the local stuff first and ask for the WSJ or NYT when moving, that we still have reviews. Heck, in one of my Red Neckvillian hollars, Tate Co. Democrat, competition is heated amongst reviewers. “Book Talk” and “Book World” run neck and neck about once a month. Note: I write weekly, while she “chews and spits” monthly.

As for The New York Times and The Chicago Tribune, wad’em up! My local drawl appears in The Tunica Times and The DeSoto Tribune. ;D

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