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Archives: May 2007

We're Headed to BookExpo America

Now Even Amazon Reviewers Got Worry

Ami Greko Jumps to Folio Lit

Homecoming for Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Scene @ Cosmo's Fun & Fearless Fiction Party

It's Official: There Will Be a Harry Potter Theme Park

Publishers Enlarge Print For Boomers' Needs

Random House Films Goes for Infested

We're Doing More Puzzles: USA Today Scores Branding Deals with Multiple Publishers

Scene @ The Floating Island Cruise

Announcing...the Tesco Book Club

Observe the Man Behind the Curtain

First Quarter Results for BAM, Borders

New Boss for HarperCollins UK Children's Division

The Hunting of the Book

Twin Lit

What Did You Get Your Copyeditor?

Networked Books, Tentative and Complete

Atlanta's Weaver Flips to Magazine Pages

It's Not Just a Book Review Crisis

Indie Publishing: On the Ropes or On the Rise?

"Everything Just Goes Bad... And Worse..."

Publicity-Hungry Bookseller Lures AP Reporter to Clearance Sale with Flickering Lights

Literary Superstar Closer To Greenlight

Getting the Comics Out, Large and Small

Review Copy Revenue Stream Moves Above Ground

Happy Memorial Day Weekend

Average American Sequel: "Better and in Heels"

Real-life Abduction Affects UK Novel Promotion Plans

A Party Picture with Little or Lots of Explanation

Life After JT: Laura Albert "Not Sorry," Moving On

What's He Building In There?

Doubleday Posts Summer Fantasy Blockbuster

Rosier Outlook for Canadian Bookbuying

Publishing Vets Join New Venture

Asda Goes Direct for Children's Books

Borat Book Finally Lands at Flying Dolphin

S&S UK to Follow Parent Lead on Contract Changes

Murray Promoted to HC Worldwide President

Design for Publishing

Scene @ HarperCollins Pizza Party

I'm Ready for Satellite Radio Now!

B&N Reports Fairst Quarter Sales

Reich Returns to Head PGW

Davies Snared By Canongate

Blown Book Deal Story Hard to Swallow

Scene @ Eliza Griswold's Wideawake Field Party

So Much for Taking America by Storm

Amazon Buys Brilliance Audio

The Morning After Gotham Book Mart's Auction

CBS Stockholder Deeply Unhappy with Carter Book

Scene @ NYPL Young Lions Fiction Award

It Gives "Get Me Rewrite!" New Meaning

Rehashing Abate vs. ICM

A Perfectly Nice History of the Met

Travel Publisher Makes Good Use of Online Capabilities

Rosie De Courcy Joins Random House UK

Spend All Day Writing for Charity!

Touchstone's 1st Amateur Hour Draws Near

Scene @ Byron Society's Imposture Meeting

Our Exit Interview with Don Weise

Gotham Book Mart Goes to Liquidation

Hillary Books: What's the Rush?

Author Slams Blogs; Publicist Sighs Quietly

Warner Rebrands Business Imprint as Business Plus

"This Is Sorta Like the Blair Witch Project"

Reaching Asian Readers

New Kenyan Library from Online Book Drive

Samsung Tries Out a Digital Audiobook

Carrington's Childhood Sketches on Exhibit

Borders Pulls Out of Miami Airport Bidding

Bookspan Bloodbath

Wait, Rosie Used a Ghostwriter?

Lethem Picks Director to Make "Free" Movie

Mine, All Mine: Novelist Calls for Infinite Copyright

S&S Turns to Public for Help with Book Projects

New Book Prize Honors Romantic Comedy Writer's Memory

Old Man, Look at My Blog: Schickel Mouths Off About Blogs to Larger Audience

Writers Slash Their Not-So Favorite Books Into Pieces

Alison Bechdel Brings Fun Home Art to Lambdas

The Case of the Litigious Ghostwriting Firm

Solidifying Takeover, Perseus Guts Seal Press

A True-Blue Independent Publisher

The Life of Reilly: From Funnies Page to Happy Ending

Publishing Casts Lures to Private Equity

Asda To Add 300 Home-based Stores

Department of Obvious: No New Dan Brown Book in 2007

Cineastes Abuzz for Persepolis Cartoon?

NYT Premium Content? 33-Year-Old Anecdotes

More on S&S's Boilerplate Contract Changes

"JT Leroy" Confronts Readers in Chelsea

A Dangerous Path to Bestseller Status

More Developments in Our Future Hit Show

Oprah? Chabon Refutes (from) Berkeley Thus

Scene @ Thomas Mallon's Fellow Travelers Party

Scene @ Library of American 25th Anniversary

Macmillan Surprised at Viral Campaign Success

OJ Book Can Be Sold, Bankruptcy Court Rules

If We Weren't Blacklisted from Prairie Home Companion Before, We Probably Are Now

A Further Look at Random House Films

Woolworth States Case in Bertrams Takeover

Random House UK to Sell Direct

You Go to Press With the Manuscript You Have?

Controversy Over Changes to S&S's Boilerplate

Scene @ the American Academy of Arts and Letters Annual Ceremonial

Wanted: A Literary Simon Cowell

Douglas Brown's Excellent Marital Sex Adventure

Has Oprah Chosen "Escapist" Literature?

Now Every Writer Will Want Opening Acts!

Disney Publishing Relocates Staff to White Plains

Three Guys Showing Off Their Aural Skills

Harper UK Goes for the Personal Touch

Waterstone's Taps Its Literary Next Generation

Publishing Happenings on Second Life

Bookselling Bulletpoints

Soft Skull Purchased by Winton, Shoemaker LLC

Another Look Back at Alternate History

Split Decision in Cussler/Anschutz Trial

No Half-Measures for Aussie Art Writer's Mainstreaming

Of Course, Why We Need A Second Sequel Is Another Story

Vonnegut's Name Near the Street Where He Lived

Almost Like Beach Reading, Only Further Inland

Carter Memoir to S&S

Another "NetFlix for Books" Idea

Just Nod If You Can Hear Me

B&N Buys Back $400 Million Worth of Shares

Mitt Romney's Adolescent Reading Tastes

Why David Blum Should Get Out More

Lost Girls Collaborators Wed

Sherman Alexie Breaks Book Reviewer's Heart

Audiobook Narrator Takes Name off "7"

Second-Guessing Our Oprah Guesses

Cornwell Sues For Libel

The Slow-Building Success of Debbie Macomber

Scene @ I Love You, Beth Cooper Launch

Spielberg & Jackson Team up for Tintin

Miller Moves from Vintage to Knopf

Slight Q1 Loss for Bertelsmann

Let's Guess What Oprah's Reading Next!

Tara McKelvey, Bane of Memoirists

Twilight of the Idols?: Sci-Fi Pros Consider Market

PEN Gives Short Stories Brief Spotlight

Kyle Smith Changes His Tune on Chabon?

Bloggers Killed Your Reviewers? Let NYT Help!

Scene @ SFWA Nebula Awards Ceremony

Thirteen Moons: The 240,000-Selling Flop?

Scrotum-Fearing Librarians Apparently Unwelcome in the Colbert Nation

After 1,612 Pages, the Same Old Conclusion

Do Normal Women Read Superhero Comics?

The End of Richard & Judy?

Harry Potter and the Illusion of Moneymaking

Publishing Deal Gets Compromised by Ritz-Carlton

Amazon Launches Podcast Network

Informa Buys Datamonitor

Department of Publishing Obvious: Nobody Knows Anything

GalleyCat at City Lit

Advice from Digital Publishing Conferences: Develop Standards, 'Cuz the Boom's A'Comin'

The Last Hottie Post (Until the Summer, Anyway)

Scene @ Not the Man I Married Launch

They Got Their Blurb in Action

When a Literary Event Hits A Bit Too Close

Gargoyle Rep Makes Ugly Face at Pre-emp

Competing on Harry's Turf

One Comics Mega-Series Ends, Another Begins

The Return of the Literary Thriller

Bringing Authors to Inns

Kim Scott Walwyn Prize to Nature

Free Book Scammer on the Loose

Good News for Lagardere

More Confirmation HMV is a Sinking Ship

BREAKING: Massive Reorganization for Perseus

And You Thought Our Hottie Polls Were Suggestive?

Scene @ Dizzy City Pre-Launch

Counterpoint Bought by Winton; New Venture Begins

Apparently, Before Publishers Starved Out Book Review Sections, They Had a Go at Typesetters

The Colbert Report Book Review Debate

Got Some Experimental Fiction You Want Judged?

Your Favorite Authors We Left Out

Gates: "Reading to Go Completely Online"

Perhaps the Coolest Alarm Clock Ever Built

What of the Harry Potter Offshoots?

Selling Books in Lebanon, One Stall at a Time

Analyst Calls for Borders/B&N Merger

Trailers Apply for Book Conferences, Too

Today's Awards Roundup

An Early Morning with Linda Olsson

Book Keeping: Finding the 'Aha' in Bloggy Parenting Advice

Several Figures Directly Included in Speech

Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Hottie of Memoirville

An Author-Surfer Collaboration

Oliver Joins Endeavor Book Division

Wow, A Movie Plays Fast and Loose With History? Who Knew?

3rd Quarter Improvements for HarperCollins

HMV Shares Climb As Takeover Talk Ensues

Aussie Bookseller Weighs in on Romantic Times/Blogger Flare-Up

Who's Coming to the BKLN Book Fest?

Thriller Writers Raise Funds for RIF

Scene @ Leo Lerman's Grand Surprise Party

Michiko Likes Fiction Again!

Scene @ 2007 Triangle Awards Ceremony

Written Interludes

S&S Launches Video Channel

Grammar Girl Sells Audiobooks, Too

Reed Trades Harcourt Education Units to Pearson

Thomson Gets Busy with Acquisition Possibilities

With Friends Like Johnny Knoxville...

New York Exposes the Socialite Rankers

Amy Hempel Has No New Book to Plug, And That's OK

The South Will Rise Again, One Zombie Writer at a Time; Or, Everything That Rises to the Semi-Finals Must Converge

Shriver's Fine Line Between Writing and Reviewing

Romantic Times CEO: "It Probably Is Me," Unless "Someone Hacks Into My Computer"

Joe Eszterhas: Gonif With an Underwood?*

War Over War and Peace

Rager Media Grows its Literary Presence

Are You Ready for the BookExpo?

Hanging Out With Kristen Buckley

Bertelsmann Makes Book Clubs Work in Eastern Bloc

Scene @ Tim Willocks' Religion Party

Headline to Publish Novel Online for Free

Take an Owl Home With You Saturday

Harry Potter and the Continuing Price Wars

Dutton's on Verge of Historic Landmark Declaration

Hudson Booksellers & CNN Partner for Anderson Cooper

The Quills Gets a Serious Revamp

Rounding Up Yet More Awards

Universal Press Syndicate and Lulu Team Up

Knock It Off With Them Negative Waves

The Best Pitch I've Heard All Day

Look What Michael Dirda Done Wrought

Imaginary Babydykes Freak Out Teen's Mom

Ronald Reagan Diaries to be Published

More Adventures in Online Marketing

Wright and Chandrasekaran Divvy Up Prizes

Swiss Government Says "Nein" to Net Book Agreement

But S&S is Doing Just Fine, Thank You

Waterstone Woes Continue

Random House & Asda Team Up for Chantelle Mobile Marketing Campaign

My Blog's So Big, I Need Interns

How Not to Disrupt an Author Event

Book World Editor: I Will Survive

Can/Should Book Reviews Be Saved?

Who Gets to Be A Book Reviewer?

Chronicle Book Review Editor: My Paper's Still Bigger Than Your Blog

Highlights of the BA Conference

Hurin Follows in Tolkien's Bestselling Footsteps

Ego Lands at St. Martin's

Cussler/Anschutz Trial Draws to Close

Campbell Diaries Beat Gag Rush

Good Results for Harlequin; Pearson Shares Up

The Nibbies, Publishing Edition

Riverdeep Cuts Interest Bill

Come Party with mediabistro.com & Sally Koslow!

No "White House Money" for Ex-Spymaster

Blogs Under Fire @ Festival of Books

Scene @ The Salon Launch Party

Scene @ N-YHS American History Prize

Convergence of Chabon

Recommendations for a Better Waterstone's

Wanna See All My Festival Pics?

Take Amazon's First Quarter Success with Grains of Salt

Today's Awards Update

Distributor News: Overseas PGW Sale closes; Fujii and Heinecken Merge

Samedaybooks Agrees to Takeover

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