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Date Posted: 11:18:37 08/22/08 Fri GMT-5
Author: DianeG (relieved)
Author Host/IP: bas1-kitchener06-1096764470.dsl.bell.ca / 65.95.76.54
Subject: Re: Globe Books section reply from Globe
In reply to: Lori 's message, "Globe Books section" on 22:03:01 08/19/08 Tue GMT-5

It's a two week pause before the busy autumn season, according to the reply I received.

Diane
Hi, everybody:
>
>I'm taking the liberty of passing on this e-mail from
>Jim Bartley, one of
>the Books Section editors at the Globe and Mail. For
>anyone who noticed the
>absence of the Globe Books section this week,
>apparently they are
>considering scrapping it altogether, as Mr. Bartley
>explains. So unless we
>want to see book reviews completely dry up and blow
>away in this country, we
>have to let them know what we feel about it. Please
>join me in taking a
>moment to e-mail the editors at the addresses below.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Lori
>
>Re: Globe and Mail Books "taking a break."
>
>Dear book lovers,
>
>I don't know about the rest of you, but I've been
>doing a slow burn since I
>was deprived of my ritual scattering of toast crumbs
>onto the Globe and Mail
>Books section this morning. Three online reviews (and
>a paean to Isaac
>Newton) is not an acceptable Saturday book effort.
>Next weekend we'll get
>the same skimpy web offering --- which I personally
>consider an insult to
>the diligent toilers of CanLit and to all dedicated
>readers.
>
>I have heard this is officially a "cost cutting"
>measure. Can this be more
>ominous? A Globe source tells me that the senior
>editors (this does not
>include Martin Levin of Books) are testing the waters.
> They want to know if
>we care about Globe Books in its paper format and,
>apparently, if we
>consider a few online reviews per week to be a
>respectable alternative.
>
>Please join me in proving that we care. Below is a
>Globe contact list of
>senior editors from the masthead, beginning with the
>Editor-in-Chief. I'd
>suggest a single "Dear Globe Editors" email to the
>bunch, with a cc to
><letters@globeandmail.com>.
>
>Please do not copy or forward my words to Globe
>editors, but send a message
>in your own words. Just a sentence or two will be
>enough.
>
>Edward Greenspon <egreenspon@globeandmail.com>,
>Sylvia Stead <sstead@globeandmail.com>,
>Neil A. Campbell <nacampbell@globeandmail.com>,
>Colin Mackenzie <cmackenzie@globeandmail.com>,
>John Stackhouse <jstackhouse@globeandmail.com>,
>Cathrin Bradbury <cbradbury@globeandmail.com>,
>Adrian Norris <anorris@globeandmail.com>,
>Angus Frame <aframe@globeandmail.com>
>
>Thanks so much for your interest!
>
>Best regards,
>
>Jim

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