Comments on: Dear CBC, Regarding books: please get it together http://www.bookninja.com/?p=5579 The deadliest book site on the web. Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:21:04 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Michael Bryson http://www.bookninja.com/?p=5579&cpage=1#comment-392654 Michael Bryson Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:15:11 +0000 http://www.bookninja.com/?p=5579#comment-392654 Whetter knows that Milgaard didn't do it, right? Whetter knows that Milgaard didn’t do it, right?

]]> By: Jenipher http://www.bookninja.com/?p=5579&cpage=1#comment-392645 Jenipher Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:35:28 +0000 http://www.bookninja.com/?p=5579#comment-392645 Totally agree. I miss Ian Brown and his round table. Shelagh Roger's show is just about Shelagh more than anything else. I wish Book Time/Between the Covers was back on the radio and not just on satellite/podcast. I hardly ever listen to CBC any more. Totally agree. I miss Ian Brown and his round table. Shelagh Roger’s show is just about Shelagh more than anything else. I wish Book Time/Between the Covers was back on the radio and not just on satellite/podcast.

I hardly ever listen to CBC any more.

]]> By: Lemon Hound http://www.bookninja.com/?p=5579&cpage=1#comment-392640 Lemon Hound Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:24:33 +0000 http://www.bookninja.com/?p=5579#comment-392640 Bad commentary doesn't make for an interesting review. Neither does good commentary. Commentary isn't interesting. The National Post blog is doing a good job these days with the buy it/skip it, as well as ongoing author interviews etc. And not just the predictable big press line up either. Nice to see. Bad commentary doesn’t make for an interesting review. Neither does good commentary. Commentary isn’t interesting.

The National Post blog is doing a good job these days with the buy it/skip it, as well as ongoing author interviews etc. And not just the predictable big press line up either. Nice to see.

]]> By: michelbasilieres http://www.bookninja.com/?p=5579&cpage=1#comment-392631 michelbasilieres Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:07:07 +0000 http://www.bookninja.com/?p=5579#comment-392631 that's not really true. Every writer I know has trashed another writer in a review. It doesn't _always_ come back to bite you. Sure, stuff happens, but most writers know and accept how it works. Many of us are adults, you know. that’s not really true. Every writer I know has trashed another writer in a review. It doesn’t _always_ come back to bite you. Sure, stuff happens, but most writers know and accept how it works. Many of us are adults, you know.

]]> By: Dave http://www.bookninja.com/?p=5579&cpage=1#comment-392630 Dave Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:37:18 +0000 http://www.bookninja.com/?p=5579#comment-392630 Agreed! Current book reviews are kind of smoke and mirrors anyways. Since most of the reviews we read are done by other authors (as noted by the small, italicized print at the bottom of the review which says "Tony James is the author of Where to Eat in Hell When Passing Through") they are loathe to give out bad commentary. Heck if Tony James says something critical about the book he reviews, then he can pretty much count on getting the same back for his next book. And who the heck wants that kind of karma? Agreed!

Current book reviews are kind of smoke and mirrors anyways. Since most of the reviews we read are done by other authors (as noted by the small, italicized print at the bottom of the review which says “Tony James is the author of Where to Eat in Hell When Passing Through”) they are loathe to give out bad commentary. Heck if Tony James says something critical about the book he reviews, then he can pretty much count on getting the same back for his next book.

And who the heck wants that kind of karma?

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