The Street Adds Book Reviews

The serious reduction in column inches devoted to book reviews in a number of mainstream United States newspapers has been wreaking havoc wherever the conversation turns to books. January recently discussed the unfortunate trend here and here.

But you’ve just gotta love The Street for actually stepping up and doing something. Here’s how Marek Fuchs opens the first installment of “Maven Takes on Business Books”:

Trying to outrun their financial demons, newspapers have been trimming -- or altogether eliminating -- book reviews. As far as investors go, these cutbacks may have limited impact because those dearly departed reviews never looked at books through their eyes anyhow.

In a new column special to The Street, Fuchs will look at books that might be of interest to the publication’s very targeted readership:

Whether an investment advice book, a business leader’s biography, a history tome on a particular Wall Street era or even a financial thriller, a book can either add to or detract from an investor's basic understanding of high finance.

Those preparing to flog a book that falls into one of those categories will want to take note. Fuchs wants to know about your book:

A quick housekeeping note: Authors, readers and even those famously lazy flacks in book publishing, feel free to drop me notes, letting me know of upcoming books.

The Street’s new column, datelined May 19, is here.