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
Tomorrow Is National Bookstore Day 11/06/2009
More than 140 independent bookstores around the country have signed up to participate in National Bookstore Day, a PW-sponsored initiative to get customers into bookstores tomorrow.
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Story Plant Revamps Model by Calvin Reid - 11/02/2009
Founded in 2008 by two veteran publishing professionals—former Berkley publisher Lou Aronica and literary agent Peter Miller—Story Plant is a publishing venture originally intended to focus on a list of hardcover genre fiction. But after releasing its first two hardcover books last fall, Aronica acknowledged that he and Miller have had to rethink the whole venture.
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Independents Plan Events for National Bookstore Day 11/02/2009
More than 100 bookstores across the country are planning to participate in the PW-sponsored event National Bookstore Day this Saturday, November 7. Event organizers are hoping promotions tied to the day will attract local and national media coverage—and, in turn, draw new customers into bookstores.
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Soapbox: Now More Than Ever by Carl Lennertz - 11/02/2009
There's been some talk recently about the future of the fall regional association trade shows: GLiBA, MBA, MPIBA, NAIBA, NEIBA, NCIBA, PNBA, SCIBA and SIBA. Every August and September, I curse these shows.
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Phaidon Opens Temporary Store in Manhattan By Lynn Andriani - 10/28/2009
Phaidon Press is opening a “pop-up” store in Soho, New York City, next week. The 2,500-square-foot store, at 100 Wooster Street, will be open from November 2 through January 2010. Store hours will be 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Sunday.
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Interlink Kilimanjaro Book Begins Climb By Judith Rosen - 10/29/2009
Interlink founder Michael Moushabeck's book about his expendition to Mount Kilimanjaro is building up sales.
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The Gen Z Reader: Finding Profits in an Elusive Market By Wendy Werris - 10/29/2009
Kristen McLean, executive director of the Association of Booksellers for Children, presented a detailed outline of the technological challenges facing the teen book market at the fall meeting of the Southern California Independent Booksellers Association on October 24. After commenting on the proliferation of teen Web sites, blogs, and social networks and how they are transforming the way books are read...
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