Chicago Tribune Introducing New Book Section as Premium Paid Content

Slated to roll out next month, “Printers Row” will feature 24 pages of book reviews, author interviews and Chicago-focused literary news, along with a weekly bonus book of short fiction. The journal will be delivered with the Sunday paper and online beginning Feb. 26 to Tribune subscribers who pay an additional $99 per year. Subscriptions also will include access to member-only book events, such as the Tribune series of author conversations, and discussion groups.

Asking subscribers to pay $2 extra per week for a books section may seem like a gamble, but Kern said he is banking on pent-up demand among