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Archives: August 2007
Bongos and Catcher's Mitts, Put to Uses God Never Intended
Sex Advice Expert Demands Bigger Trailers
Book Parties No Longer Dead, Just Bloated
Robert Barnett's Multimillion Dollar Advance Touch
Seeking Eyeballs, Thriller Writer Turns to Cable
"The Big Read" Goes to XM Radio
Richard and Judy Focus on Kids' Books
Kerry's Hedge Fund Mistress Wants to Disappear
Could a Borders-B&N Merger Be Possible?
Waterstone's Offers Details on New Supply Plans
Channel 4 Chief Inches Closer to Borders UK Deal
B&N Will Carry If I Did It Now
25K More Copies of If I Did It: Why?
Lamott Disinvited, then Invited to Speak in Omaha
Further Ruminations on "Hot Young Author Chick Syndrome"
New Orleans Author Nearly Blows Oprah Moment
CJR Rejects Fear of a Blog Planet
Harper's Roth-Ey to London as Morgan's Desk Expands
Running with Scissors Lawsuit Settled
Hamill Finds Disturbing Similarities Between His Book and Fox TV Show
Greenspan's Buzz Kicks In 60 Minutes Before Today
Maybe We Should Watch Slunch More Closely
Publishing in China, Part I: Penguin Launches Bilingual Website & Blog
Publishing in China, Part II: HarperCollins Acquires Bestselling Series
Blackwell Sale Means Profits for Informa
Another Drib from the Clapton Memoir
Book Culture Walks Out of the Labyrinth
NBCC: "No Blogger-Critics Chosen?"
B&N Still Sees Little Interest in OJ Tell-All
Top Books Left Behind in UK Hotel Rooms
Vigilance Against Gay Penguins Remains Strong
Another Successful Edinburgh Book Festival
Quick Update on the End of the World
Literati Relive Painful Adolescence
Borders UK Eyed by Channel 4 Chief
Bertelsmann to Restructure Direct Group Unit
Denise Brown Ditches Oprah's If I Did It Show
Canada's Literary Doctor Ready for US Debut
Newsroom Assistant Lands Sunday Feature, Book Deal
How Tana French Hit the Bestseller List 3 Months Later Than Expected
Star Reporter Catches No Breaks at B&N
Cabbing Down NYC's Mean Streets
NBCC Plans Long Weekend of Self-Reflection
Random House Donates $1M to First Book
Sameday Acquisition of Countrybooks Collapses
Waterstone's Founder Named University Chancellor
Quarto Makes US Buy, Gets Hit By Returns
Beaufort Preps 125,000 First Run for If I Did It
Brown-Bagging It? Maybe There's a Prize for You
So Much for the Death of Reading
Shriver Takes UK TV Diet to Task
Former Childhood Pals Reunite As Newfound Authors
B&N Satisfied With Online Orders, Won't Put OJ in Stores
Friends Will Tour for Halberstam's Final Opus
McCarthy Nabs UK's Oldest Literary Prize
Pearson Cleared by OFT for Harcourt Education Acquisition
Oh Noes, Peoples Stopped Reading! We Is Doomed!
This Novel Has Readers Climbing the Walls
Amazon/Humane Society Lawsuit Still Simmering
Elsewhere on mediabistro.com: Paul Hoffman's Gambit
Publishing's Whiter Shade of Pale
Tony Blair to Meet Publishers This Fall
Kids' Books Pop Up To Snare Kids
Russian Tycoons Clamor for World's Most Expensive Book
Penguin UK Goes Retro with Covers
Nobel Peace Prize Winner Sued by Potential Co-Author
Patterson Partners for Games Based on Novels
Grace Paley Dies at the Age of 84
Goldmans, Denise Brown Face Off on Oprah
NYT Road Trips With Laura Albert
If You Like Your E-Books Smelly, Have We Got the Product for You
Liberals Bury Their Noses in More Books
S&S UK's Gordon Becomes a Literary Agent
Bertrams Merger Backed By Indie Bookseller
Borders Wants UK Deal By Autumn
Q2 Results for Books-A-Million
Department of Non-News: A Quarter of Americans Don't Read
If I Did It Publisher: It's the Real Deal
America's Readers a Pack of Bloodthirsty Ghouls
Bantam Dell Doubles Paperback Format Fun
France Shocked that Former Prez's Daughter Fictionalizes Gruesome Murder
Footprint Bought by Globe Pequot Press
No Charges for Russian Novelist Facing Libel Accusations
B&N Rejects OJ Book; Borders Lukewarm
New Yorker Festival Pairs Off Literati
JK Rowling is Not Writing a Mystery
TV Talent Pool Vies for Book Humor Prize
Checking In on the Harlequin-Nascar Partnership
Going to a Town, Feelin' Like a Criminal
Book Deal For Ousted US Attorney
Memoirist's Annual Manhattan Pit Stop
Author, Panned by Blogger, Files Lawsuit
Of Course Robert Harris Isn't Writing About Tony Blair - It's Fiction!
Taylor & Francis Plans US Expansion
Edges Moves Closer to Big Screen
Passing the Time with Caprice Crane
Two Denise Browns, Each With Her Own Tragedy
New Zealander Wins 1st Scottish Book Prize
Russian Fiction Writer Faces Libel Charges
Authors Pick Up Pieces After Small Publisher Bankruptcy
The Return of Isobella Jade, Again
Despite Adversity, Hilma Wolitzer Keeps Writing
Paper of Record Takes Note of OJ Book
One School's Way to Combat Rising Textbook Prices
LongPen To Debut in Bookstores
Tesco and Asda Under Competition Commission Scrutiny
Will 2nd Weekend Be the Charm?
Over-Analysis of Comedy Is, Itself, Comedic
Viking Penguin Unveils "Book Club" Catalog
Author Pretends to Be On Oprah, Gets Called On It
Antarctic Photographer Wins IPA Book Prize
Blair Picks Barnett to Broker Book Deal
Scene @ Blood Passion Launch Party
Book Publishing Made Sweeter The Second Time Around
Sales Jump After the Author Dies
Egmont Guns for US Kids' Market
Rona Jaffe Prize Announces 2007 Winners
Profit Spike for Random House UK
Sierra Club Partners with Counterpoint
New Publisher Of OJ Simpson Book Offers Details
Judith Regan Still Attached to OJ Book Gossip
Does Your Book Trailer Have an '80s Cult Band?
More Author Interviews on mediabistro.com
Talk About Dangerous Books for Boys (& Girls)
OJ Book Deal Met With Resounding Meh
Stephen King Mistaken for Book Vandal
Puff the Magic Dragon, the Book Prepares to Launch
Bangladeshi Author Attacked, Then Arrested
Costumed Characters Help Spain Promote Reading
Sainsbury Aims for Major Book Growth
SSE Names Carl Raymond Associate Publisher
B&N Shares Increase After Founder Reveals Stock Buy
Publishers Downplay the Menace of Paper Cuts
Fred Goldman Is Not Self-Publishing OJ's Confession
Somehow I Don't See This Catching On With Amtrak
Folksinger Bio Is Labor of Love
Scene @ The Great Man Launch Party
The Philosophy of a Bestseller
HarperCollins Partners with iPhone for Book Excerpts
US Steps Up Fight Against Chinese Piracy
BREAKING: Beaufort Lands The OJ Book
She Provides Celebs With Beach Reading
OJ Publisher Announcement Delayed till Tomorrow...For Now
Nat'l Book Critics Circle Retreats into Past
Blog Sank Teeth into Vampire Book/Film Deal Story
Robert Gray Wins New Yorker Caption Contest
Should Amazon Sell Dogfighting Materials?
Celebrity Authorship with Group Effort
Ravenous Co-Publisher Shrugs Off Insult
Finnish Booksellers Get in on Co-Op Game
Borders Wants to Make An Employee an Author
Profile Reports Best-Ever Results
WHSmith Beats Analyst Expectations
Literary Dispatches from the Women's Magazines
Who's Publishing If I Did It Now?
Bookstores Still Not Catching Retail Wave
When Successful Authors Can't Get Published At Home
Hollywood Turns to Literati for Franchises
A Late Straggler to the GalleyCat Army
Running the Numbers: Stardust vs. Ladyhawke
Calder Picks Authors and Sticks With Them
Publisher Plays Hide and Seek Game in London
God Losing to Skeptics in Battle for Book Sales
BISG and Green Press Initiative Tackle Environmental Issues in Publishing
China Has Highest Online Book Purchasing Rate
Gay Talese's Ordinary, Conventional Marriage
The Gay KISS Comic That Never Was
If the WSJ Says Stephenie Meyer is the Next Big Thing, It Must Be True
How Retailers Are Handling the Booker Prize
Scene @ Career and Corporate Cool Launch
Wobbly News on the Baker & Taylor Front
The Angus & Robertson/Australian Publisher Fight
WHSmith to Bid on Borders UK Stores?
Granta Joins Independent Alliance
Wasserman Opens Up on Truthdig Gig
Hachette Continues Exec Hiring Spree
Another "Unexpected" Publishing Success Story
Steve Wasserman Goes Blogwild for Lit Crit
Settlement Reached for Lost Buck Manuscript
The Bookshelf at Your Fingertips, Literally
Wooden Personality Dominates Stace's Latest
Book Fair Snubbed By Spanish Writers Over Language Row
Quercus Confident Despite First Half Losses
Orion Injects Music Into Rebus Marketing Campaign
Profits Fall But Sales Up for HarperCollins Q4
Dzanc Hires Publicist & Art Director
Harry Potter Ending Causes Consternation for Bookies
Starbucks Selection #3: Oral History
Who's Trying to Derail Sharkey's Machine?
TNR's Wood Moves to New Yorker
A Year After the Booker, Kiran Desai Reflects
Teen Auteur Crafts Winning Book Ad
Don't Look for Miles Franklin Prize Winner in Aussie Bookstores
Travel Publisher Plugs Guides Into Mobiles
Paglrave Macmillan to Partner with BFI
The Longlist is a Man Booker's Dozen
The Dawn of the Pass/Fail Focus Group
Pam Houston: Not Making It Up As She Goes Along?
CIA Unhappy with Legacy of Ashes
Recovered Buck Manuscript Up for Big Fight
Surprise! One More LOLGalleyCat
Remembering the Bookseller to the Stars
Dangerous Book for Boys To Be Filmed
Beth Ford Tapped for Hachette COO Job
See, Not Everyone in Publishing Vacations in the Hamptons
New Website Instantly Tracks Meaningless Amazon Rankings
Nation Books Publicist Now At New Press
One Aspiring Author, 10 Weeks, 290 Pages
British Council Ripped for Pouring Energies Into Middle East
We're Gonna Need a Bigger Kennel...
Amazon Offers Early Galleys, Online Payments
A Dog Tries for a Sheepish Grin
Bloomsbury Spends Big Money for Financial Database
Reading Our Way Through the Dog Days
So Much for the Industry's Famed Collegiality
The June Numbers Are In, Still Up
Morgan Spurlock, Eat Your Heart Out
She Left Out the High Alcoholism Rate
Yes, Virginia, Harry Potter Changed the Publishing Industry
Best Literary Retreat Drama Ever
Bookstore Sues Over Paula Deen Visit
Walker Doubles Picture Book Output
GalleyCat Army Bunks Down for the Weekend
Australasian Book Chain Re-Enters Online Retail
It's Simic's World, We Just Live in It
She's Run Away With the Yachting Type
Andrew Sullivan's Agent Needs Maalox
Austenmania Goes Stratospheric Starting Now
Of Course Jane Friedman Would Think the Book Business is "Healthy"
B&N's Upscale Erotica Suppliers
Audiobooks, Not Blogs, Killing Literature Dead
Boy Wizard Causes Big Trouble in Literary China
Even More on the Espresso Book Machine
Musicians Design Book Covers for Penguin
Cambridge UP to Pulp Book on Saudi Banker
Pensive GalleyCat Is... Pensive
No Word Whether the LongPen Will be Used
Increasead Indigo Revenue Slashes Q1 Losses
Harlequin Sees Small Increase in Q2
JT Leroy "Fraud" Tab Raised by $350K
Book Keeping: Bouncing Back from Rejection
NZ Prizewinners Soon in US Bookstores
Verso Posts Record $394K Profit for '06
Talese Takes on Oprah: Here's the Footage!
The IF I DID IT Saga Continues
GalleyCat Dogs Eschew Poker for Literature
Introducing the GalleyKittens!
The NYT Discovers the Skinny Bitches After Everybody Else
Patricia Wood wins the Publishing Lottery
Nina, Dollie and Cutie: Three More GalleyCats
S&S Crows About 2nd Quarter Gains
