Comments on: Karen Holt: Who Needs Journalistic Ethics at PW?

By: C-Monster

C-Monster — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 18:21:22 +0000

um, i didn’t know PW qualified as “journalism.” i always read it as a trade publication: good for the headlines, but inextricably beholden to the industry is covers.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 13:52:53 +0000

I second that. It’s always a wonder to me why PW covers some authors and houses above others. (Do they really need that many pages on Penguin and Knopf?) No wonder the smaller presses are struggling, they can’t buy Karen Holt lunch!

By: Matthew da Silva

Matthew da Silva — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 13:52:03 +0000

A bit harsh, Ed?

By: Lyn LeJeune

Lyn LeJeune — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:21:37 +0000

Thank you so much for this report. I’ve long thought the same thing. After reading it, I tried to make a list of book reviewers that adhere to the journalist ethics you admire – - ummmmmm. okay, I’m jaded as can be. There is you of course and…. There are many, really, there are. But it is valuable to point out what you just did. Are book reviewers turning into celebrity journalists? And is this what books are about? How are readers influenced? What role to authors play in this?
Ford and others went along with Holt.
Lyn LeJeune