more bad news for books

[ellen_datlow]

The rumours from the past week re: The Washington Post Book World were true:
the WASHINGTON POST has today announced that as of 22 February, 'Book
World' will cease to exist as a separate entity, and will instead be
incorporated into the 'Outlook' and 'Style' sections. This means that
while the POST will continue reviewing new titles, the total number -
currently some 900 books a year - will decrease. Pulitzer Prize winning critic Michael Dirda's column will still be run in the Style section.
links here Media Bistro and here Washington Business Journal

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book review space

[lisatuttle.livejournal.com]

The Times (talking about London here), after swimming against the tide by launching a separate Saturday Books section two years ago (more or less), changed this past Saturday (24 Jan) to incorporating book coverage in a general Review section. The first one seems to have the same amount of reviews as in the Books section, but then it would, since those were already all scheduled to go. The weeks to come will tell what it really means. (And I'll be reviewing SF/fantasy only every OTHER month instead ofmonthly. Taking turns with poetry...hmmm....)

Re: book review space

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

Sorry to hear that. It sucks.