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Publishers Weekly Rethinks Its Blogging Position

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Tagged: Barbara Vey, David Rothman, Publishers-Weekly, Teleread
Filed under: Publishing News

Publishers’ Weekly is up on the auction block and its causing some internal turmoil. David Rothman of Teleread.org got the notice that the ebook blog will be put on hold. A few months ago, PW blogger, Barbara Vey mentioned that her editor got laid off, and now I wonder how long Ms. Vey’s Beyond Her Book will remain a part of PW. I think it was awfully nice to have a blog on PW dedicated to romance books so we’ll see where this takes us.

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Jane is a long time romance reader whose passion is, you guessed it, reading. She's currently loving contemporary authors like Sarah Mayberry and Kristan Higgins but her first love will always be the historical. Some of her old time favorites are Amanda Quick and Johanna Lindsey and some of the new favorites are Sherry Thomas, Joanna Bourne and Claudia Dain. Email this author | All posts by Jane

2 comments to “Publishers Weekly Rethinks Its Blogging Position”

1. 1	by Angela James March 3rd, 2008 at 4:16 pm I read the ebook blog and saw that post today. I thought it was unfortunate . Reply

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   by Leah March 4th, 2008 at 12:57 pm I was so happy to find out that PW was finally reaching out to readers instead of just industry people through blogs like Barbara’s. It would be very unfortunate to lose that connection. I think Barbara brings a real sense of community to PW’s site–and, I’m sure even more importantly to the higher-ups, a number of loyal return visitors. Reply