This just in at the PW website:
As part of the sale of its business to business publications, Nielsen Business Media has announced that it is closing its book review publication Kirkus Reviews as well as Editor & Publisher. No details on the closing have been released yet. Nielsen is selling its major publications, including The Hollywood Reporter and Adweek to e5 Global Media Holdings.
Wow. I wonder what that means?
Who will be the reviewers of tomorrow?
Or will it matter?
I was talking with a major non-fiction author the other day, who is also a journalist by trade. He said, “I decided I would never write a book review until I myself had a published book. I didn’t think it fair to comment until I had gone through the process.”
Interesting. Very interesting.
I know that my readers seem to really appreciate Amazon reviews. The reviewers are readers just like they are, so the reviews seem to be more in line with their own personal tastes.
What a watershed moment this is in the publishing industry.
