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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!"

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  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.
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