Profiles and news of small presses and independent publishers.
Groups Urge Injunction Be Vacated in Salinger Case By Andrew Albanese - 08/07/2009
A number of high profile organizations, including major media companies like the New York Times, the Associated Press, Gannett, and Tribune, as well as librarians, free speech advocates, and legal scholars, have filed amicus briefs urging the Appeals Court to overturn judge Deborah Batts’ injunction barring U.S. publication of Fredrik Colting's 60 Years Later: Coming Through the Rye. More
RWA, MWA and SFWA Angered by Harlequin's New Self-Publishing Imprint By Lynn Andriani - 11/20/2009
Romance Writers of America and other writer associations yesterday spoke out against the announcement earlier this week that Author Solutions had teamed up with Harlequin to form Harlequin Horizons, a new imprint for self-published romance authors. RWA has deemed Harlequin no longer eligible for RWA-provided conference resources—meaning the publisher is not entitled to enter any award competitions.
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New Investor Makes Loan, Considers Stake to MacAdam/Cage By Calvin Reid - 11/17/2009
After more than a year of layoffs and complaints of nonpayment from creditors as it struggles to restructure, San Francisco-based independent publisher MacAdam/Cage has secured a new investor who is offering an immediate loan and an offer to buy a 30% stake in the house.
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Small Montreal Publisher Is Back in Spotlight With New Jolie-Pitt Tell All By Rachel Deahl - 11/10/2009
Transit Publishing, the small Montreal-based house that made headlines for selling the rights to Ian Halperin’s now-bestselling Michael Jackson biography Unmasked, is looking to get back in the headlines with another Halperin tell-all, this one about Hollywood power couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
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National Bookstore Day: The View from Southern California by Wendy Werris - 11/09/2009
Skylight Books of Los Angeles held a wine and cheese reception that brought together many of the areas independent bookseller who shared stories of the art of bookselling. Diesel Books said National Bookstore Day turned into National Reader Appreciation Day.
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