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   carolfresia | Mar 29, 2004 03:16pm | #1

   Hi, Jennie,

   I'm a bookaholic, too, esp. when it comes to sewing and fiberarts books. We'll continue to review books, though in the future books will be included in the "Tools of the Trade" department.

   Carol

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   Jennie | Mar 30, 2004 07:52pm | #2

   Does this mean you'll be publishing more or fewer book reviews?

   Thanks,

   Jennie

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   carolfresia | Mar 30, 2004 08:35pm | #3

   Almost certainly fewer for the time being; we're going to share space between book reviews and tool/equipment reviews, so everything will get a little less room, unfortunately. We're also discussing making book reviews a web-only feature.

   Carol

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   SewNancy | Mar 30, 2004 10:30pm | #4

   I too enjoy the book reviews.  I hope that you will not make them available only on the web. 

   Nancy

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   Elisabeth | Mar 31, 2004 12:01am | #5

   It seems to me a little odd to have books reviewed online only. For those of us who love books, magazines are a natural companion to books, a pleasant form of the printed word to curl up with in a comfy chair. Reading reviews of delicious books online (if I remembered to go do so) would definitely not have the same appeal to me.

   E.

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   carolfresia | Mar 31, 2004 04:15pm | #6

   I come from the world of "hard copy" reading, too, and like to have my reading material in the form of actual pages, rather than on screen. The idea of putting book reviews online was one that came up when we realized that we were running out of space in the magazine to keep printing as many reviews as we had. This isn't something that's been decided, however.

   Carol

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   Iris_Colo | Apr 02, 2004 06:27pm | #7

   This seems pretty obvious to me... but I'm going to throw it out there anyway....

   How about making the magazine a little bigger/longer/more pages?  You certainly won't get any complaint from us, the subscribers!!!  We would love to see more in every issue!

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   miriam | Apr 06, 2004 03:14pm | #8

   Carol, I like the idea of having book reviews on the website (though I'd hate to see them left out of the magazine).  I use patternmaking software and have noticed using it  motivates me (and other users) to buy books on pattern drafting and also on sewing techniques. Buying books online is convenient, but to have a book review to look at first would be useful.

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   Jennie | Apr 07, 2004 09:44pm | #9

   But as far as I remember the book reviews were only a couple of pages per issue even when there was a regular book review column. Perhaps some other articles could be shortened to allow two pages of book review column?

   Jennie