Nimble Books LLC » book reviews http://www.nimblebooks.com/wordpress Timely, colorful, thought-provoking and concise Fri, 28 Nov 2008 20:56:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en LA Times Book Review Joins Other Dinosaurs http://www.nimblebooks.com/wordpress/2008/07/la-times-book-review-joins-other-dinosaurs/ http://www.nimblebooks.com/wordpress/2008/07/la-times-book-review-joins-other-dinosaurs/#comments Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:21:16 +0000 admin http://www.nimblebooks.com/wordpress/2008/07/22/la-times-book-review-joins-other-dinosaurs/ The LATBR was painfully thin and not especially insightful twenty years ago. The only wonder is that it’s taken this long to happen.

The best (only) good thing about the NYTBR now is the Bauman Rare Books ad on the back page.

LA Times to Fold Standalone Book Review - 7/21/2008 12:28:00 PM - Publishers Weekly

According to a former staffer, the Los Angeles Times is folding its standalone Sunday book review section, laying off two dedicated book editors.

Despite the folding of the section, the longrunning Los Angeles Times Festival of Books is expected to continue, but Wasserman observed that without the Book Review itself, “the book festival will be a hollow joke.” He urged readers and writers “to join with us as we protest this sad and backward step.”

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