Newspapers turn the page on book sections?
Posted by Jean Yves Chainon on March 7, 2007 at 2:22 PM
Newspapers’ book sections are suffering from lack of advertising, which may even threaten their existence. In recent years, book publishers have preferred to buy ostensible locations in bookstores rather than single ads in a newspaper’s book section.
“A book-review section is a small but important symbol of the support of literacy," says Jim Warren, Chicago Tribune's managing editor/feature.
For many large US newspapers, such as the Los Angeles times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune and San Francisco Chronicle, the book section is facing eventual suppression.
The Los Angeles Times is expected to announce this spring that it will replace its Sunday book review with a mixed opinion-book section.
A decade ago, there were more than 10 major newspapers published nationwide that featured a separate book-review section. There could be only five left once the LA Times folds its own.
Source: Wall Street Journal via the Los Angeles Times News Alert
For many large US newspapers, such as the Los Angeles times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune and San Francisco Chronicle, the book section is facing eventual suppression.
The Los Angeles Times is expected to announce this spring that it will replace its Sunday book review with a mixed opinion-book section.
A decade ago, there were more than 10 major newspapers published nationwide that featured a separate book-review section. There could be only five left once the LA Times folds its own.
Source: Wall Street Journal via the Los Angeles Times News Alert
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