A Work in Progress

Panel: Alvaro Zinos-Amaro, Mari Kotani, D. Douglas Fratz, Moshe Feder, Liza Groen Trombi

This was a somewhat disappointing panel, chiefly because I expected more of a "here are the elements of a good book review" and it turned into more of a discussion of reviewing styles and how/why reviews are done.

Other Notes

• Use reviewers to guide us to authors and new and interesting work
• For new authors, or someone reviving their careers, it's a way to see what's going on
• There's too much out there
• Reviewing is a service industry
• Write a review enjoyable to read for its own sake
• Reviewing can be an art form in itself
• Something that makes me want to read something I otherwise wouldn't have
• Context in the field is important
• Reviewers should have a point of view
• No publicity is good publicity for some books