WaPo Book World In Trouble?
by Eric Banks | Jan-16-2009
God, let’s hope this isn’t true, but a reliable source at the Washington Post passes along the scary word that among the budgetary recommendations new editor Marcus Brauchli is making to his board is the elimination of Book World. More details TK.
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As a DC resident and Washington Post reader, as well as an NBCC member, I would be appalled if this comes to pass.
If the NY Times Book Review is the last one standing (and if then, for how long?), the public at large will have an even narrower exposure to serious writing than it already does.
The book blogs are doing fine things, but they are more likely to be visited by confirmed and habitual readers rather than individuals who might be willing to give a book or an entire body of work a chance.
If the Post is to maintain any pretension of being a serious national newspaper it must back away from any temptation to eliminate Book World.
– J.D. Smith (01/16 at 16-Jan 16:33 -05:00)