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BookExpo Panel on the Influence of Blogs: Roundup
Here are a few links about the BookExpo panel I moderated last Friday, “Blogs: Is their Growing Influence a Tastemakers Dilemma?”
Mary Reagan has photos.
Ed Champion has commentary:
“…The feel resembled a twelve-step program. I kept looking around for the bad coffee and the stale donuts.
What I did observe were bloggers who were as professional as professionals and in many ways less abstract in their positions than their print counterparts.”
Sarah Weinman at GalleyCat concluded “Ultimately, if the panel didn’t break new ground, it clarified current concerns, made clear when McNally-Robinson bookseller and blogger Jessica Stockton rightfully wondered “who the enemies really are.”
Fortunately for all of us, Anne Fernald, who was on the panel, posted her introductory remarks at her site Fernham
And in her thoughtful as usual commentary on the panel, she concludes:
“I think that if we’re going to improve the quality of the conversation, we have to stop talking about the conversation itself and start talking about books in a way that makes it clear to others how deeply engaging such talk can be.”
New York Magazine said that “the audience sentiment was firmly on the side of bloggers”, yet…“That’s not to suggest the panel was that combative; after all, everyone basically agreed that book blogs serve readers very well and that they do an excellent job not only reviewing books but also, as Garner said, “stirring the muck” – bringing issues to the fore that major print media sometimes didn’t pick up on.”
The New York Times reported: “A panel sponsored by MySpace.com, the social networking site, drew a standing-room-only crowd, as did another discussion on the influence of literary blogs.” Practically famous.
Living Read Girl said “Naturally,the ongoing feud between online and print reviewers came up,with most everyone there hoping that we could get beyond that and work together.” Apparently, this guy didn’t quite get that.
I think that’s it, although Levi has promised some commentary on his site. A handful of you may know that last year I tried to put together a panel of my own (without being under the auspices of BookExpo) and no one was really that interested in taking a role. I think its worth discussing book blogs if only for the risk that as we barrel along we may lose sight of the fact that what bloggers are a part of has potential, yet could easily be marginalized by our own actions. So let’s keep talking, and as Anne said, “start [keep, I think] talking about books in a way that makes it clear to others how deeply engaging such talk can be.”
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- Posted by: Bud Parr
- Date: June 05, 2007
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