Publishers Weekly Rethinks Its Blogging Position
By Jane • Mar 3rd, 2008 • Category: 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.
Jane is a long time romance reader whose passion is, you guessed it, reading. Jane also does not like to talk about herself in the third person, but apparently this is the way that this biography thing works (although in a true biography, someone else would be writing this blurb). Anyway, currently Jane loves urban fantasy authors Patricia Briggs and Ilona Andrews. She's really excited about this year's crop of historicals including Joanna Bourne's The Spymaster's Lady and Sherry Thomas' Private Arrangements and the upcoming Loretta Chase Her Scandalous Ways.
She's looking for a good contemporary author. Email her with a recommendation!
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I read the ebook blog and saw that post today. I thought it was unfortunate .
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.