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Archives: January 2007

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Today in AMS: PGW Clients Get Perseus Offers

Terry McMillan Still Bitter, Like You Care

Sidney Sheldon Crosses to The Other Side

Finding the Perfect Boyfriend with Patricia Wolff and Felicity Huffman

New York Answers Brown Family Complaint

Weisberg Departs from Random House

Fantasy Writer Accidentally Torches His Office

Venue Problems Scuttle Calcutta Book Fair

Simon & Schuster Stays Put in Midtown

RULES Author Sued for Defamation

You'll Believe a Mouse Can Fight

Nicole's Family Steamed Over New York Article

D-Nasty's 1st Serial Goes to Radar

Today in AMS: Annual Meeting Delayed (again), More From Radio Free

The Prospective Banning of Les Miserables II

Making Money from Government Commission Reports

When Politics and Publishing Collide

You Know You Want to Read It:
New York Takes on Judith Regan

Today in AMS: the NoCal perspective, AMS's side of the liquidation story

Haven't You Forgotten James Frey Yet?

Wanna Adapt a Jonathan Lethem Story?

Rafferty's Latest Dobby Horror Show

Expect to Pay at the British Library

Scene @ ALA Mid-Winter Meeting

Now it's Google Book & Map Search

Scene @ Random House Summer Showcase

HMV Stock Woes Continue

Mailer's Hitler Depiction Angers Germans

NYDN Takes Credit for Regan Firing

Today in AMS: Request for Liquidation, Levy Buyout Imminent?

Oprah Dedicates Book Club To Sir, With Love

When's Steve Almond Ever Been
in Jewish Journal, Huh?

I Sing the Typeface Selectric

You Mean There's Interest in a Book By Jenna Bush?

And as for Scott Baio's Proposal-in-Training....

Regan a Clef and More Publishing-Inspired Books

Today in AMS: Court Date Set for February 7, Perseus Court Filing Details

Cuz I'm Not Not Not Not Your Academy

No Paperbacks for Goody "Autobiography"

HarperCollins Makes Disney/Hyperion Distribution Deal Official

Random House Personnel Data Goes Walkabout

Stephen King Comic On Sale at Midnight,
Just Like Harry Potter Novels

Scene @ Grant Stoddard's Working Stiff Party

Scene @ Annabelle Gurwitch's Fired! Party

Drinking and Cooking with Jim Harrison

Scene @ Secrets of the Model Dorm Party

New BEA Website Goes Live

Dream Eaters Gets the Flash Mob Treatment

Text Message Novel Published in Finland

Changes to Bertelsmann Board

Insert Your Own "Starbuck's" Joke Here

Scene @ 92Y Blogger Party

Today in AMS: Consortium has its say, AMS Viability

Michael Chabon Prepares Swashbuckler for NYT

Revamping the Little House on the Prairie

Thriller Giveaway Impresses Marketing Guru

Litvinenko co-author cancels London trip

Analysts Optimistic about WHSmith fortunes

Today in AMS: More on those pesky antitrust issues

Today in AMS: More on Perseus's 'White Knight' Status

Today in AMS: S&S Bid Rejected, Economies of Scale

Norman Mailer Yadda Yadda Yadda

Random House's Longest-Serving Editor Is Feted

Newbery, Caldecott Awards and More from ALA

Yes, It's an Adorable Cat Story, Alright?

A Volatile Time in UK Publishing

WHSmith Had Itself a Dismal Little Christmas

Checking In with Alan Deustchman

Sevier Moves to Dutton

Sci-Fi Press Raises Funds for Boy with Cancer

HarperCollins Sees Yardley's Bad Review,
Raises With Full-Page WaPo Ad

Flurry of Interest in "Dirt Cheap" Amazon Stock

Reaction, New Directions for Google

Today in AMS: WSJ Picks up the Story

Scene @ NBCC Finalists Announcement Party

The New York Times is Trend-Happy

Scene @ Pulpwood Girlfriends Weekend

Oprah's Next Book Club Pick Slated for January 26

Strong Profits for Pearson

Hidden Gems Among the Remaindered

We Asked, We Get More Showtune Parodies

Publishing Unbound, Google-Style

Seeking out Literary Venture Capital

Scene @ Linda Fairstein's Book Launch

Caravan Project Announces Multi-Platform List

Another Entry in the Fake Writer Annals

Art Buchwald, Harry Horse Pass On

We Asked For It: Your Showtune Parodies

Ostrowski Chosen to be Bertelsmann's New CEO

Scene @ Zak Smith's Book Party

Amazon to Donate $5K to 3 Libraries

Dust Settles on the ReganBooks Closing

Harper Gives Mantle Novel Intentional Walk

Reganbooks Dismantling: "From Day 1, we knew we could not be continuing with that name"

Today in AMS: PGW's Rallying Cry, SCB has its say

Scholastic Appoints New CFO/Exec VP

Publishers Sure Like These Doggone Books

Book Awards: Contract Obligations, CIA Connections, and more

Speculation of Pearson Private Equity Buyout

New Children's Books Editor at Raincoast

Mantle Novel Collateral Damage in Regan Closure

ReganBooks Gone, Many LA Staffers Head East

HarperCollins Payment Plan to OJ Simpson Revealed

Big Fantasies Planned @ HBO, Disney

Win a Role in Karen Quinn's Next Novel

The Washington Post Goes Serial

The Branding of Marian Keyes

Karl Lagerfeld's Privacy Not Invaded in France

And Yet More Changes at Borders, Too

Promotions (and a Hire) at IPG, Knopf

Will Dutton's in Brentwood Go Under, Too?

Sci-Fi Channel OKs Neal Stephenson Mini

Bertrams Bought By Woolworths

Today in AMS: Major Shareholder Resigns from Board, PMA Plans PGW Help

Devil Wears Prada: Streep's 6th Golden Globe

How did Peter Kay Revive the Celebrity Memoir?

Canadian Publishers' Pilot Project Merits Further Scrutiny

More Accolades for Robert Anton Wilson

Bertelsmann to pick new CEO

No Profit on Harry Potter for Indie Bookstores

Bookstores Out, Bookstores In

Dying Is Easy, Musical Comedy Is Hard

Scene @ Debut Novelists' Book Parties

Newsweek Teases with a Taste of OJ

The Books You Say You Can't Stand

Today in AMS: PGW Conference Calls, Bankruptcy Court Hearings

UK Publishing Insider Hates Lovely Bones, Others

Dutton's Beverly Hills Closure Plot Thickens

Literary Lovebirds Even Gawker Could Love

Harper Commits Further to Digital Publishing

Controversy for Canadian Publishers Marketing Plan

Robert Anton Wilson, 1932-2007

UK Bookselling Tidbits

The Story Prize Names its Finalists

Pleasant Distribution Switches Are, In Fact, Possible

Decibel Prize Bows to Pressure

Every Woman in Publishing Next Judith Regan?

Today in AMS: Avalon Signs with Perseus

Scene @ Soho House "Enough, Dammit!" Workshop

Touchstone Tries the Contest Thing Again With Gather.com

Author Leads New Orleans Anti-Violence Rally

Starbucks Taps Ex-Child Soldier for Book Sales

Special Topics in Celluloid Physics

Daddies Dish the Dirt on Parenting

HMV and Waterstone's Woes Continue as MD Steps Down

HarperCollins Sues Alleged Ebay Thief

Are Penguins Fighting Over Tom DeLay?

2006 Nebula Prelim Nominees Announced

Tank Girl Rides Again!

Today in AMS: Bankruptcy Court asked to stop publisher claims

Another Theory on the Plame/Crown Fallout

With this much marketing money, Chandra must be profiled everywhere

Marquez, Vargas Llosa Stop Feuding

Boyd, Penney Among Costa Book Award Winners

Borders Joins Forces with Gather.com

Take Two, Jim, This Time in English

Mitch Hoffman Legs Dutton for Warner

Today in AMS: PGW's Official Statement; Publishers Unite to Fight

The Everyman's Library Turns 100

Does the Decibel Award Discriminate Against Whites?

When the Name Game Goes on Overload

Christopher Little Agency Offers Prize to Student Writers

Borders Reports Quarterly Results

Is HarperCollins' Mezuza-Gate Story Even Plausible?

Who's the Lady Writer Melanie Griffith Jilted?

Bad Word-of-Mouth Kills Sobol Prize

AMS To Sell Off PGW?

Hollywood's Love/Hate Relationship with Novelists

Bantam Spectra Dominates PKD Shortlist

A Brief, Somewhat Turbulent History of AMS

Today in AMS: PGW publisher options, legal issues

Suggested Retail Price: 30 Pieces of Silver

Plame Memoir Blocked by CIA?

Author Accuses Small Press of Close-Knittedness

Book Clubs Aren't Just About Books Anymore

Luxury Publishing Gets a Four-Figure Slant

Wolters Kluwer sells Nelson Thorne

And even bigger changes at VNU

Big Changes at Hudson Street Press

Further AMS Bankruptcy Updates

...And They Did It With Expert Timing

Sharpe's Havoc: Can Novel Shake AMS Collapse?

Richard & Judy Select their next Bestsellers

AMS Bankruptcy: Loan Approved, Costco gives okay

Archie Through the Ages

It's As Close as He'll Get to Being President

Books-A-Million's sales dip, too

B&N Dips During Holiday Season

Gawker Tears Traveling Pants Story a New One

Betty and Veronica Revamp Only Temporary

The OED Needs Our Help, Gang!

The Brinkley-Cronkite Report

Fun with Expensively Made Corporate Films

Independent Publishers Get Hurt by AMS Chapter 11 Filing

AMS Bankruptcy: The Canadian Connection

Audiobooks get their downloading due

Tillie Olsen Dies at 94

Simon & Schuster Sets up Shop in India

Another Day, Another Indie Done Gone

Donnelley Spends $412.5M on New Printer

Is Alice Munro Putting Down Her Pen?

Profile Acquires Serpent's Tail

Broome Street Is Jumpin' Tonight

Serial Fiction Website Generates Literary A-List

The Case of the Vanishing Classics

On the Good Ship Reading and Writing

The Mystery of Amazon's Fluctuating Prices

As for OJ, Overseas Looks Attractive

So How Are Things With Judith Regan?

Ask NYTBR And Ye Shall Receive...

The Return of Nasdijj

Richard & Judy's Hitmaking Ability

Last Call for 2 NYC Indie Shops

See a 'Cat in East Texas!

For India, Publishing Finally Hits the Bigtime

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