By: Joe Strupp The Washington Post is apparently the latest daily paper to kill its standalone book review, with the paper?s Book World section reportedly being shuttered after its Feb. 15 issue.
The New York Times reported Wednesday the Post would relocate book reviews to space inside two other sections of the paper.
?According to reports from Book World employees, the last issue of Book World will appear in its tabloid print version on Feb. 15 but will continue to be published online as a distinct entity,? the Times Web site reported. ?In the printed newspaper, Sunday book content will be split between Outlook, the opinion and commentary section, and Style & Arts.?
It also added that, ?Under the new arrangement at Book World, the combined pages allocated to books in the two sections will be equivalent to about 12 tabloid pages, down from the 16 published in the stand-alone section. The staff of Book World, already shrunk dramatically from its peak, will remain intact.?
The Times did not quote any current Post staffers, but spoke with recently departed former Book World editor Marie Arana, who said ?I think it?s going to be a great disappointment to a lot of readers. I just hope that there?s enough coverage and emphasis and attention given on the pages where Book World will now appear in print in Outlook and Style and Arts to satisfy those readers.?
Post Executive Editor Marcus Brauchli and Publisher Katharine Weymouth could not immediately be reached for comment Wednesday.
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