Obituary: Glenn Goldman, 58
Book Soup founder and owner Glenn Goldman died January 3, four weeks after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He was 58. After attending UCLA's Graduate School of Management, Goldman opened Book Soup in 1975 and the store quickly became a Los Angeles fixture. Goldman was active in the industry, serving on the board of directors of ABA and also as president of the Southern California Booksellers Association. Two days before he died, Goldman announced that Book Soup was for sale. It was a move intended to ensure a more comfortable future for his sons Joe, 16, and Sam, 10, who survive him, as does Adrian Newell of Warwick's Books in La Jolla, Calif.
Obituary: Richard Seaver, 82
The founder and president of Arcade Publishing, Richard W. Seaver, died last week after suffering a heart attack. Seaver, who was 82, was instrumental in introducing such authors as William Burroughs and Samuel Beckett to American readers. Seaver worked at Grove Press through the 1970s and then founded his own imprint at Viking before launching Arcade in 1988. A memorial for Seaver is being planned.
Obituary: Harvey Ginsberg, 78
Harvey Ginsberg died on December 30. He was 78. Ginsberg worked in publishing for over 40 years, at G.P. Putnam's Sons, Harper and William Morrow, among other houses, and edited such authors as John Irving, Saul Bellow, Caleb Carr, Howell Raines and Russell Baker. A graduate of Harvard, where he was president of the Harvard Advocate, Ginsberg won the Roger Klein Award for Lifetime Editorial Achievement in 1988.
