Bookmarks (magazine)

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Bookmarks
EditorJessica Teisch
CategoriesLiterary/Entertainment
FrequencyBimonthly
PublisherJon Phillips
First issueSummer 2002
CompanyBookmarks Publishing, LLC
CountryUSA
Based inLanghorne, Pennsylvania
LanguageEnglish
Websitebookmarksmagazine.com
ISSN1546-0657

Bookmarks is a bimonthly American literary magazine dedicated to general readers, book groups, and librarians. It carries the tagline, "For everyone who hasn't read everything." Launched in 2002,[1] Bookmarks summarizes and distills published book reviews and includes articles covering classic and contemporary authors, "best-of" genre reading lists, reader recommendations, and book group profiles. It was named a "Best New Magazine" shortly after its debut by Library Journal.[2] Bookmarks magazine is based in Langhorne, Pennsylvania.[3] It was previously headquartered in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.[4]

Kurt Vonnegut also weighed in on one of the earlier issues; the September/October 2003 issue, which featured a profile on Vonnegut's life and works, prompted him to describe Bookmarks as "the first publication to summarize my career as a writer." "I am beguiled by your physical beauty," he continued, "and I am moved by how head-over-heels in love with books you are. And nowhere else have I found such thoughtful and literate reportage on the state of the American soul, as that soul makes itself known in the books we write. News of the hour indeed!"

References

  1. ^ Steve Black (2009). "Life spans of Library Journal's "Best Magazines of the Year"". Serials Review. 35 (4): 213–217. doi:10.1080/00987913.2009.10765248. S2CID 60969160.
  2. ^ Michael Colford (May 1, 2003). "Best Magazines 2002". Library Journal. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved July 25, 2013.
  3. ^ "Contact Us". Bookmarks. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  4. ^ "Book Reviews Magazines". Book Market. Archived from the original on May 13, 2019. Retrieved February 1, 2016.