Though the book publishing industry seems relatively healthy, there has been a serious bloodletting in book media in recent months, especially at newspapers.
Both The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and The News & Observer in Raleigh have let go of their book section editors, while the Chicago Tribune recently announced it was shifting its weekly book section from Sunday to Saturday. Even the Los Angeles Times recently ended its stand-alone Sunday book section, merging it in with Op-Ed coverage.
All these moves have ...