Job Moves: March 1, 2012

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International Bestsellers: February 2012

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Taipei International Book Exhibition Concludes Busy 20th Event

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Obituary: Jan Berenstain

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F+W Launches Prologue Books for Out-of-Print Digital Novels

F+W Media has announced the acquisition of more than 250 out-of-print novels, spanning from 1940 to 1970, to be re-issued as e-books under the new imprint Prologue Books.
Tracking Amazon: Hunger Games Dominates Amazon's February P&E Charts

For the second straight month, the Hunger Games trilogy took the top three spots on both Amazon's physical top 10 and Kindle top 10 for February.
Twelve Releasing Three Out-of-Print Hitchens Books In Build-Up to Author's Posthumous Memoir

Twelve, which is publishing Christopher Hitchens's posthumous memoir Mortality in the fall, has announced a publication date for the anticipated title, as well as plans to release new editions of three out-of-print titles by the author, who succumbed to esophageal cancer on December 15.
iStoryTime Releases First Wee Sing App

iStoryTime and Wee Sing have announced their first education app, called Wee Sing & Learn ABC.
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This week, we take a look at libraries, say goodbye to Barney Rosset, talk to Jeanette Winterson and more.

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Sniper by Nicolai Lilin
The Russo-Chechen conflict of the 1990s is the setting for this grim, powerful novel that reveals the savagery and futility of war. Lilin (Siberian Education) fought in Chechnya as a sniper in the Russian army, giving this graphic story an autobiographical feel in its stark and unvarnished portrayal of men in a vicious war where no quarter is expected and none is given. more...
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Columbia University to Host ‘Comic New York’ Symposium in March
Acclaimed longtime X-men comics writer Chris Claremont will give the keynote address at “Comic New York,” a two-day symposium at Columbia University, to be held March 24 and 25, to study the history and development of American comics in New York City.

Job Moves: March 1, 2012
Jessica Deutsch, marketing director, is leaving Coffee House Press at the end of this week. Tricia O'Reilly, currently their publicist, will take on the duties of interim marketing director.

PubWest Announces "Publishing's New Model" as 2012 Theme
From acquisitions to marketing, “Publishing’s New Model” will explore through fascinating case studies how publishers big and small are reinventing how they make and sell books.

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