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Allworth Press: Helping Artists Live in the Real World
Writers and artists don't always have their heads in the clouds—sometimes they need real world advice. At least that's the premise on which Tad Crawford founded Allworth Press in 1989. From its inaugural title, Legal Guide for the Visual Artist, Crawford explained, “I wanted to create a company to give practical advice to the creative professional.
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Participant Media Adds Book Arm
Participant Media's tagline is “entertainment that inspires.” Founded in 2004, the production company has released a wide swath of films, both documentaries and features, from Al Gore's green call to arms, An Inconvenient Truth, to Stephen Gaghan's thriller about the global hunt for oil, Syriana.
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Sedaris Small City Tour Playing Big
David Sedaris is drawing big crowds at the small cities he is hitting as part of his tour for the paperback release of When You Are Engulfed in Flames.
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Simon & Schuster in Deal with Scribd to Sell E-books
Simon & Schuster has entered into an agreement with Scribd through which the online company will host 5,000 S&S titles. The books will be available for online viewing and for sale as e-books or print books. Most books will be priced at a 20% discount to list.
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Brenda Burchard Wins Jan Nathan Scholarship
Brenda Burchard manages Safer Society Press, an arm of the Safer Society Foundation, a non-profit that provides resources for the prevention and treatment of sexual abuse. Burcard said she plans to use the knowledge she gains at Stanford to generate revenue for the press and market titles using social media.
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Sourcebooks Adds to New York, Connecticut Offices
The Illinois-based publisher has hired four new employees in its East Coast offices.
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Osprey Up in 2008
Results at the military publisher Osprey rose 16% in 2008 with U.S. revenue up 4%.
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Arcade Publishing Files Chapter 11
The respected literary house Arcade Publishing has filed for Chapter 11 five months after the death of cofounder and president Richard Seaver. The company hopes to be able to reorganize.
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Dover Introduces Flat Discount for Booksellers
Independent booksellers that do $2,500 in business with Dover will receive a flat 50% discount.
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Big Third Quarter Loss for Reader’s Digest; Search for Stevens Buyer Continues
A $527 million charge and declining sales results in an $535.9 million operating loss in the third quarter at Reader's Digest. The company said that there is "doubt" it will find a buyer for Gareth Stevens, its library publishing operation.
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Industry Stocks: May Performances
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Rand Expands, Hires Writers Via Contest
Rand Publishing is adding a new title every month or so, with the goal of publishing 25 to 35 books in the next year. CEO Katie Rose Hope said the house is finding writers by word of mouth and online. It is also seeking new writers via a writing contest.
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PoliPoint Enters Downloadable Audio Market
The indie house is testing the downloadable waters with two titles.
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HMH Forms Centralized Digital Strategy Group
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has announced the formation of a new digital strategy planning group within its trade and reference division.
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Amazon’s Kindle DX Available June 10
Amazon's Kindle DX wireless digital reading device will begin shipping on June 10.
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New Approach, New Look from Baker & Taylor
Baker & Taylor has mounted an all-out effort to position itself to become a major player in the digital distribution of content. Beginning earlier this spring and running through last week, B&T completed a series of deals designed to align the wholesaler with leading companies in the digital space.
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BookExpo America 2009: Nash and Felman’s Open House
The ideal publisher in the age of e-community? The e-community itself.
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Ingram Survey Finds Half of Respondents Will Use E-Catalogues
Almost 60% of the 2,000 Ingram customers who responded to the survey reported that they have at some time recently reviewed book titles via an e-catalogue, and 49% of them said they would be willing to use e-catalogues, as long as the electronic versions were easy to use with “shopping list” functionality and POS download capabilities.
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Baker & Taylor, Donnelley in Print-on-Demand Pact
Baker & Taylor has formed a partnership with R.R. Donnelley in which Donnelley will establish and manage a print-on-demand center in B&T's Momence, Ill. distribution facility.
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James King Wins Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award
A freelance corporate writer has won this year’s Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. James King, author of Bill Warrington’s Last Chance, landed a $25,000 contract with Viking. “This is an unbelievable feeling,” King said to the small crowd gathered at Battery Gardens restaurant in Manhattan this morning. “It’s a dream come true.”
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