The Anthropology Book Forum (https://anthrobookforum.americananthro.org) was founded by the American Anthropological Association as an experimental digital platform aimed at accelerating the scholarly book review process and expanding conversations around newly published work. Based on the idea that book reviews are not just summaries of academic texts, but engagements with scholarship, ideas and authors, the Forum seeks to facilitate connections and exchange between authors and readers within and outside of anthropology. In 2022, the Forum was awarded the GAD New Directions Award (group category) for its sustained efforts towards transitioning to new modes of book reviews as well as to more diverse and accessible formats. In recent years, the Forum has sought to encourage and host new configurations of the book review, including visual, audio, and video formats that can reach a broader public both within and outside of academia. This roundtable seeks to host a conversation around the book review in transition, its role in contemporary scholarly exchange, and how it is evolving in the current era. Toward this end, this roundtable brings together authors who engage with reviews of their recently published work to reflect on the value of the book review, the role reviews play in reaching larger audiences, and what an author can learn about their work by engaging with reviews. It similarly highlights the ways in which different modes of review can provide a medium for early career scholars and graduate students to engage with disciplinary conversations, while also thinking about the value of reviews for larger audiences beyond anthropology.