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Encyclopedia of Country Living Lives On
Talk about a long tail: Seattle independent Sasquatch Books posted a 14% growth last year, and the driving force behind that increase was not a new book, but an old one—a very old one—about living off the land. The Encyclopedia of Country Living is now in its 10th edition, and has sold 650,000 copies to date. It’s a happy success story, and one many publishers, big or small, would envy.
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Two New Orleans Cookbooks for Fall
Cookbook publishers have long mined New Orleans’s famous cuisine, releasing books on its classic restaurants and legendary chefs. Although most don’t become national bestsellers, last year's Cooking Up a Storm was nominated for a James Beard Award. This fall brings two more New Orleans-focused cookbooks, DamGoodSweet by David Guas and Raquel Pelzel (Taunton Press) and My New Orleans by John Besh (Andrews McMeel Publishing).
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Review: Real Food for Mother and Baby
Nina Planck, an expert on whole, unprocessed, local, traditionally produced food, practices what she preaches in this memoir cum guidebook. Her food guidelines for fertility, pregnancy, nursing and young kids propose a wide variety of whole grains, seasonal vegetables and fruits, and raw milk and organic animal fats necessary for healthy pregnancies and fetal and childhood development--instead of skim milk, “carbage”(junk carbohydrates) and trans-fats.
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Short Order: June 8
The popular blog Cake Wrecks celebrate cakes inspired by children's books (recognize that hungry caterpillar?), the Lee Bros. host a kickin' fiesta at BEA, David Bouley cooks a meal inspired by Tom Standage's new book, Slate highlights international cookbooks, and Top Chef's new show features chefs who've written books.
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Cooking the Books with Celia Sack
Celia Sack opened Omnivore Books on Food in San Francisco last November. Her 560 square-foot space carries a mix of old and new books (but not many by Food Network authors) and has already hosted signings by Ruth Reichl, Deborah Madison, Molly Wizenberg and other heavyweights. Sack talked to Cooking the Books about her first six months in business.
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Fiction Book Reviews: Week of 6/8/2009
Reviewed this week, the new Stieg Larsson, A.S. Byatt, Stephen White, Joyce Maynard and indie sensation Muriel Barbery. Plus, country music star Sara Evan's inspirational romance, playwright Victor Lodato's smashing debut and Colombian author Juan Gabriel
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Children's Book Reviews: Week of 6/8/2009
This week's reviews include picture books from Arnold and Adrianne Lobel, Alison McGhee and Kathryn Lasky; new fiction from Kate Thompson, Andrew Clements and Francine Prose; not to mention a roundup of some gift books perfect for graduations, birthdays and other occasions.
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PW's Pick of the Week: Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon
Three disparate characters and their oddly interlocking lives propel Await Your Reply, an intricate novel about lost souls and hidden identities from National Book Award—finalist Dan Chaon (You Remind Me of Me).
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Minotaur Moves Beyond Genre
Andrew Martin is a man on a mission, a mission to change the industry's perception of the mystery imprint he's been heading for the last three years. Martin, as publisher of Minotaur Books, which releases some 140 titles annually, is pushing a message to the publishing community that his imprint is about more than strong, small-run backlist genre mysteries, it's also about “big, noisy blo...
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Rizzoli and Empire Open Hamptons Store/Gallery
Rizzoli and Empire Gallery in Sag Harbor, N.Y., are joining forces to open the Rizzoli Bookstore at Empire Gallery at 197 Madison Street, Sag Harbor, this summer. The hybrid bookstore/art gallery will sell more than 90 new Rizzoli titles and will host author events throughout the summer.
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BookExpo America 2009 Remains Strong for Comics Publishers
The book publishing industry may be in a crisis over the future of BookExpo America, but you couldn’t tell that from talking to comics and graphic novel publishers at the show. Comics publishers big and small seemed to have nothing but praise for this year’s BEA, citing a steady stream of foot traffic, meetings, deals and new opportunities during the show.
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Q&A: Geoff Johns Prepares for 'Blackest Night'
One of DC's biggest sales successes is the revitalization of their space-bound hero Green Lantern. Driven by fan-favorite writer Geoff Johns, test pilot Hal Jordan and his fellow Green Lanterns square off against an army of multi-colored Lantern Corps in the epic Blackest Night, and Johns opened up about building an accessible mythology with an emotional base and Green Lantern's potential for success as a Hollywood blockbuster.
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Archaia: Back In Business
Best known as the publisher of David Petersen’s Mouse Guard, Archaia Studios Press is back in the publishing mix after being acquired by Kunoichi Inc., an American media and entertainment company, late last year.
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Life in Comics: Taking Some Quiet Time Before the Con
Whether you're a fan or professional, sometimes you need a Fortress of Solitude to get away from all the hype.
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Comics Briefly
IDW Announces Robert Bloch Collection; Tezuka’s Swallowing the Earth; The Original Human Torch; IFC, Dash Shaw Web Animation; Alan Moore's Future Shocks on iTunes; Madman Atomic Comics to End; Cartoon Art Museum Classes; Comics @ Impact University; This Week @ Good Comics for Kids; Gerberg Wins; Reuben; and This Week @ The Beat
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PhotoMania: BookExpo America 2009
BookExpo America 2009 received and enthusiastic response from comics publishers and here are a few photographs of comics artists and publishers at the show..
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Death & Laughter: A Conversation with Jonathan Tropper
Jonathan Tropper follows a tumultuous week in the life of Judd Foxman as he confronts a dying marriage, a dead father, infertility and infidelity in This Is Where I Leave You. It's funny.
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Children's Book Reviews: Week of 6/1/2009
This week's reviews include a new picture book from Neil Gaiman, fiction from Francesca Lia Block and Alex Sanchez, and a collection of summer board books for youngest readers.
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Soapbox: Come Out, Wherever You Are
When I moved to New York City from Atlanta, one of the first things I wanted to do was visit the Oscar Wilde Bookshop in Greenwich Village, believed to be the country's first bookstore dedicated to gay and lesbian authors. I was dismayed to find a sign on the door announcing the store was closing, citing the down economy.
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Fiction Book Reviews: Week of 6/1/2009
Reviewed this week, new novels from Lisa Tucker, Robert Ferrigno, Kris Radish, Sarah Dunant and David Rosenfelt. Plus, Jeanette Walls follows up The Glass Castle with a "true-life novel" about her grandmother, Eugenia Kim gets a star for her debut, and Jason Starr is as good as ever.
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