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San Francisco, Shame onYou!
Out of all American cities, I thought you could hold on to an independent bookstore.
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Confessions of a Former Screenwriter
Learning to embrace my past, however nonliterary it may be.
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Ghetto (Not) Fabulous
Would the talented new breed of American women writers please stand up?
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The Other Secret
The power of the universe is waiting for you to exploit it.
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Perfect Book Titles
College basketball and book titles may not seem to have much in common, until you lay the best ones out on a page and plot a course to figure out which one should win the title of champion. Duke or Carolina? Good to Greator Miracle Cures? As March Madness office pools heat up, here's a literary take on bracketology.
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Steal This Title
My books' titles may not be unique, but that's all right with me.
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The Way We Were
As book fairs have grown, so has Lonely Planet.
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Sold—and Not Even to the Highest Bidder
Why independent publishers should wise up and chart their own sales and distribution course.
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No Comprendo
Publishers can reach Latinos—just ask a Mexican.
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A Killer Bestseller
Don't blow it when good fortune comes your way.
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Letter from India
Notes from the author of the book launching an American publisher in India.
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Distribution Disaster
With the recent Chapter 11 filing of AMS and its ripple effect on PGW client publishers, dozens of small publishers are trying to figure out how to cope with the bankruptcy of their distributors. I've been there, and lived to tell.
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Naming the Name Book
Naming our new baby-name book should've been the easy part.
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An Interview with the Editor
Nancy Gallt, literary agent, interviews her client, Linda Z., before an audience.
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The Hollywood Effect
What's a YA author to do when book packagers seem to create all the hits?
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Chain of Fools?
Love them or hate them, chain stores are crucial to book sales.
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Just My Pagination
As we enter 2007, persistent problems continue to thwart the publishing industry.
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Let My Santa Go
How I tried to get my not quite out-of-print book out of limbo and into holiday shoppers' hands.
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Edgy, Schmedgy
Remember when Jewish humor books were funny?
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Forget Intuition
Being labeled "women's fiction" may not be such a bad thing.