Ever since journalism school, I've tried to weave that word "newshole" into my prose whenever possible. So I was happy to find a piece by David Milofsky of the Denver Post that, while not actually using the word itself, dealt with the painful process of soliciting reviews for your books.

The picture Milofsky paints for newspaper reviews is bleak: a shrinking newshole + thousands and thousands of books = NY firms with muscle get reviewed; small presses usually don't. But then the situation online is far more promising. Online reviews are getting better, and there are plenty of sites devoted to the lit world. A relatively new one is the Barnes & Noble Review, which runs a new 1,000-word review every weekday. Another new entry is the online version of the Kenyon Review, which dedicates a section of its site to book reviews.

Expect more online activity around books. The quickly shrinking newshole (last usage, promise) for literary matters and the skyrocketing supply of books point to plenty of room for growth in litblogs, online reviews et cetera.