The Washington Post's Books Section is Dead. Long Live The Washington Post's Books Section (Because they mentioned The Meow Library).

According to Business Insider, Jeff Bezos' Washington Post has eliminated their dedicated book-reporting staff as part of a massive layoff. The implications for the book trade are massive: their pioneering coverage of The Meow Library introduced thousands of readers to the international bestseller Meow: A Novel and traced the harrowing genesis of our growing catalogue. We also believe they covered other books.

We memorialize this sad day with this passage from Ron Charles' Meow Library piece:

But the truly cat-obsessed must turn to the feline works of Sam Austen. A few years ago, while living on the Greek island of Cyprus, Austen noticed that cats were everywhere. In a flash of inspiration, he decided to publish cat translations of classic works of literature, thereby doubling his potential audience.

He's now published four books in his Meow Library: "Meow: a Novel," "War and Peace," "Thus Spoke Zarathustra" and "Crime and Punishment," which I've been perusing this week. It's a nicely bound paperback, clearly inspired by the Penguin Classics. But there's a significant difference: Every single word on every single page has been replaced by "meow."

To Ron and the rest of WaPo's laid-off book staff: you'll be missed---but will soon be on to better things. (Which should involve ongoing coverage of The Meow Library).

Sincerely, The Meow Library Staff