tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-121649472180371405.post6307985904417118305..comments2024-01-07T00:08:50.346-06:00Comments on Literary License (short reviews, real opinions): Say Goodbye to Book WorldGwen Dawsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02802377594686973300noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-121649472180371405.post-63015511799289012652009-01-29T11:15:00.000-06:002009-01-29T11:15:00.000-06:00Ok, here's a radical idea. Rehire the established ...Ok, here's a radical idea. Rehire the established critics to write literary obituaries! Somehow, the obituary pages for famous people don't get squeezed out. Updike's death was pretty much covered everywhere.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-121649472180371405.post-32196202755787323752009-01-29T11:13:00.000-06:002009-01-29T11:13:00.000-06:00As inevitable as this is, I have to feel for Yardl...As inevitable as this is, I have to feel for Yardley and Dirda. It's becoming harder to be a book critic these days and get a little remuneration.<BR/><BR/>Really Washington Post (and the Houston Chronicle, etc) should hire three or four book bloggers, pay them a reasonable salary to litblog (reasonable by New Media standards anyway). One problem with NYT and probably Washington Post is that the RSS feeds are not full feeds and are impossible to download without visiting the actual site. Which really defeats the purpose.Robert Naglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244278749337954786noreply@blogger.com