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In a Darker Mood: Fall 2007 Religion Listings
It says something about America today that some of the bestselling books on religion were written by atheists. After years of enormous sales for self-help religion tomes, the mood of the country has darkened, and with it the attitudes of many toward faith. It was just a year ago we spotted this trend (“New in Religion: Anti-Religion,” July 10, 2006), though the debate has so domina...
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Northwest Noir
Chelsea Cain’s Heartsick, the first book in a new thriller series to feature Portland, Ore., police detective Archie Sheridan, introduces an unforgettable—and frighteningly plausible—serial killer, Gretchen Lowell.
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Children's Notes
AND THEN WHAT HAPPENED? Favorite characters make a triumphant return in these summer sequels. The Land of the Silver Apples by Nancy Farmer, second in a trilogy that began with The Sea of Trolls, revisits siblings Jack and Lucy. (In a starred review of the first book, PW wrote, “Fans of Viking and adventure tales will be up late nights to discover Jack's fate.
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SF/Fantasy/Horror Notes
AUGUST PUBLICATIONS Sides, the first collection of nonfiction from bestselling horror master Peter Straub, is a mixed bag. While the two decades’ worth of introductions and speeches include some intriguing material, the quirky and self-deprecating short essays by the author’s alter ego, fictional critic and academic Putney Tyson Ridge, provide little insight into Straub’s appr...
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American Born Chinese Wins Best Album Eisner
Gene Yang, Bill Willingham, Paul Pope, Darwyn Cooke and Alison Bechdel all took home awards at the 2007 Will Eisner Comics industry Awards ceremony held at the San Diego Comic-con.
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San Diego Comic Con Photo Mania
Photos from SDCC.
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CLAMP Inks Dark Horse Deal
CLAMP, Japan’s superstar all-female manga team, has signed a groundbreaking deal with Dark Horse Books to produce an original manga series beginning in 2009.
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Kodansha Wants More Global Manga
In light of the success of their first international manga contest, Kodansha, one of Japan’s biggest publisher of manga, has decided to hold a second competition, making their international competition a twice yearly event.
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Vertigo Plans Neil Young Graphic Novel; New Minx Titles
DC Comics will publish a graphic novel created by acclaimed musician Neil Young through its Vertigo imprint and also released plans for new graphic novels from Minx, its comics imprint for teenage girls.
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Manga in San Diego
Viz Media has big plans for their Shonen Jump anthology magazine including launching the serialization of the popular ongoing series Bleach in November.
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Girl Power Gets Daring
The Daring Book for Girls is a companion to The Dangerous Book for Boys—but it’s hardly "a pinkified version with tea party stuff instead of Navajo talking code," say the authors.
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Harry's Last Hurrah
At last! The loooong wait is over. Harry Potter and his cohorts finally made their literary entrance at the appointed hour of 12:01 AM on July 21.
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Three Harry Potter Fans Discuss Book Seven
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Fans Jam Comic-con Preview
Comic-con opened to the usual mob scene last night, with fans clamoring for books and industry people unveiling several movie and graphic novel deals.
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Harry Potter Trivia Book on the Block
Two weeks ago when a home-schooling mom of three sent a query about The Absolute Best Harry Potter Trivia Challenge manuscript she was working on to the Los Angeles-based agent Sharlene Martin, Martin knew she was interested and knew she wanted to send the proposal out this Monday, two days after HP7’s lay-down date.
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Books Inc Raises Over $17,000 in Potter Proceeds for Local Schools
Knowing that it could never compete with chains when it came to discounting Harry Potter #7, Books Inc. did what it did with #6, and gave 20% of pre-sales and party sales to seven schools located in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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First Benoit Book Out from ECW in October
On June 24, 2007, WWE wrestler Chris Benoit murdered his wife Nancy and 7-year-old son Daniel in their Fayetteville, Georgia, home before committing suicide. On October 1st, Toronto-based publisher ECW will publish Benoit: Wrestling with the Horror that Destroyed a Family and Crippled a Sport.
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With HP7 Less Doesn't Mean More
Some enterprising people are looking to sell a few defective copies of Harry Potter as collectable items. Early reception has been cool.
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Cagney & Lacey Producer Rethinks Publishing On Demand
Emmy Award-winning producer Barney Rosenzweig recently published his memoir, Cagney & Lacey and Me, through the Print On Demand publisher iUniverse. He explains the process and why he will go the traditional publishing route next time.
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Comics Briefly
Slate To Serialize Reagan Graphic Bio; CBLDF San Diego Auction; Virgin Comics on Myspace; DC To Publish WoW Comic; Hollow Fields Goes Back to Press; PW The Beat On SDCC ‘07 and PW Comics Weekat San Diego



