Wasserman Says Farewell

The San Francisco Chronicle gives oddly extensive coverage to Steve Wasserman’s resignation as LA Times Book Review editor. Chronicle book critic David Kipen writes an appreciation of Wasserman’s tenure, and a long feature story discusses the departure, adding some not-widely-reported background to his resignation– Wasserman was rankled because the LAT cut costs by discontinuing mailing out complimentary LATBRs to influential bookish types. Wasserman heard about this from “the guy in the mailroom.” Excerpt after the jump: