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Poetry Heaven at Poets House
The annual showcase at Poets House puts indie press books up front and face out.
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Terrorism Thriller Is Third B&N Recommends Pick
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid, published by Harcourt, is the third pick for the Barnes & Noble Recommends program.
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Archipelago Books To Move
Archipelago Books, the Brooklyn nonprofit independent literary press, is looking for a new home.
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Novelist Launches Indie Press
In response to what she perceives as a lack of interest by major trade publishers in serious black writing, novelist Tina McElroy Ansa has now become a publisher, launching DownSouth Press, an independent house committed to serious contemporary African-American literature by established and new authors.
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Is the Universe Expanding or Contracting?
Robert J. Sawyer knows a thing or two about the future. "It's here," says the Hugo Award—winning author of 18 science fiction books.
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Borders Changes Loyalty Program
Borders has moved quickly to fulfill one of the things it said it would do to improve its financial performance—revamp its customer loyalty program, Borders Rewards.
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Booksellers Make Friends With MySpace
While others stake out space on the social networking site hoping to attract like-minded cyberpals, booksellers go in trolling for book buyers. It's an age-old strategy adapted for the Internet era--instead of waiting for customers to come to them, retailers are going to the customers.
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Former GMA Producer Will Fill Regan Role
Lisa Sharkey, president of Al Roker Entertainment and former senior producer for ABC's Good Morning America, has been hired to acquire current events and personality-driven books for all HarperCollins general book imprints, stepping into a void left by the ouster of Judith Regan.
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Wiley Claims to Be First in Second Life
It looks as though Bantam Dell isn’t the first North American publisher to open a bookstore in the popular online virtual world Second Life.
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Wiley Buys Anker Publishing Assets
John Wiley has acquired the publishing assets of Anker Publishing Company, a publisher of books and periodicals for professionals in higher education.
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B&T Buys AMS's Book Club Wholesaling Assets
Following court approval of its purchase of AMS’s book club wholesaling assets, Baker & Taylor has created Baker & Taylor Marketing Services and, beginning today, has resumed shipping new titles to the warehouse clubs.
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Regan and News Corp. May Head to Court
Judith Regan and News Corp.could be headed to court after talks aimed at avoiding a lawsuit between the embattled former publisher and her ex-employer broke down, sources say.
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Square One Adds Health Publisher
One of PGW’s smaller former clients, Professional Books Inc., has been acquired by Square One Publishers.
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Indies Group at AWP Meet
Thirty years ago, if you were in a creative writing program, in all likelihood you were a Stegner Fellow at Stanford or you were sitting in Iowa City feeling grateful to Frank Conroy.
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Batting Cleanup, #7…
The Mick, civil rights pioneers and a horse named Barbaro.
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Random House Introduces the Audio Widget
Audio clips from more than 2,200 titles published by the Random House Audio Group can now be cut and pasted by users for sampling on any Web site.
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Teri Kelly to Step Down at Houghton Mifflin
After 25 years with Houghton Mifflin--the last five as senior v-p of the trade and reference division--Teri Kelly is planning to leave the company once her replacement is found.
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Basic Launches New Imprint
Basic Ideas is the newest imprint from the Perseus Books Group.
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Distribution Deals: Hachette 2, NBN 1
Hachette Book Group has kept a former sister company in its distribution circle, while adding a client from its new corporate parent.
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No Fantasy: Home for the Midlist Author
Jason Williams isn't the first person to face a crossroads in life and choose publishing—James Laughlin, for example, could've settled on being a playboy instead of founding New Directions.
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