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Publishing world shake-up

Apr 07 2008: Robert S. Miller, founder and president of Hyperion, announced on Thursday that he was leaving the company to head up a new imprint for HarperCollins. The new division will reportedly focus on publishing short, “popular-priced” books; pay authors low advances—or none at...

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Kindle boosts e-book market

Apr 04 2008: The Associated Press reports that, more than four months after Amazon.com released the Kindle, the jury is still out on whether the latest e-book reader is really hot - or not. But publishers believe that the Kindle has helped, if not revolutionized, the tiny electronic...

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Edith Wharton's house faced with foreclosure

Apr 03 2008: The Lenox, Mass., estate where Edith Wharton wrote The House of Mirth and other novels is faced with imminent foreclosure due to financial difficulties. Trustees have launched a fundraising campaign with $3 million needed before April 24. Pledges can be made at www....

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'Beneath a Marble Sky' selected by Costco

Mar 31 2008: Costco have picked Beneath a Marble Sky by John Shors as their April pick. First published in 2004 (and strongly recommended by BookBrowse at the time), the book tells the story of the building of the Taj Mahal through the eyes of the Emperor's daughter. BookBrowse ...

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Amazon to Encourage POD Publishers to Use BookSurge

Mar 31 2008: On 3/28 Publishers Weekly reported that BookSurge, Amazon’s print-on-demand subsidiary, is making an offer that most publishers would like to refuse, but don’t feel they can. According to talks with several pod houses, Amazon has told them that unless their titles are ...

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Oddest Book Title award winner announced

Mar 31 2008: The winner of the Diagram Prize for the oddest book title of 2007 has been announced. The winner is the self-help manual "If You Want Closure in Your Relationship, Start With Your Legs", which took an impressive one-third of the 8,500 votes cast. The runner up, "I was ...

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Booksellers incensed over sexual content law

Mar 26 2008: A new state law in Indiana that requires sellers of adult material to register with the state has bookstore owners fuming about government censorship and threatening a legal challenge. "This lumps us in with businesses that sell things that you can't even mention in a ...

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The Seven Deadly Words of Book Reviewing

Mar 26 2008: The New York Times blog "Paper Cuts" offers an amusing piece on the Seven Deadly Words of Book Reviewing ....

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