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May 03 2006: John Kenneth Galbraith has died at the age of 97. He is the author of titles such as The Great Crash, 1929; The Affluent Society; The New Industrial State; The Anatomy of Power; The Culture of Contentment; and The Good Society. As the New York Times said in ...
May 03 2006: RainToday.com conducted a survey of 200 authors of business books, and concluded that those who invested some of their own money to promote their books did substantially better than those who didn't. 51% of those who took part in the survey invested their own money ...
Apr 20 2006: Sebastian Junger and his publisher Norton are confronting angry claims from the daughter of a woman whose murder he examines in his newest book, A Death in Belmont (just released in hardcover), in which he examines the 1963 murder of Bessie Goldberg, ...
Apr 20 2006: Publishers Weekly (the USA's leading publishing industry trade magazine) recently published its annual summary of book sales for the previous year - and the overall winner in adult titles, with a massive 3.7 million hardcover copies sold, was not by Grisham, ...
Apr 07 2006: The 2006 Book Sense Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The winner in the Children's Literature category is Inkspell by Cornelia Funke (Scholastic/Chicken House), and the winner in the Children's Illustrated category is Zen Shorts by Jon J Muth (Scholastic).&#...
Apr 07 2006: Barnes and Noble plan to open 30-40 superstores in 2006 (including upgrades) and will close 15-20, for a net gain of about 20 stores. Borders plans to open 35 superstores in the USA and 10-15 overseas.
Apr 07 2006: The Campaign for Reader Privacy, the joint initiative of the American Booksellers Association, PEN American Center, the American Library Association, and the Association of American Publishers, is accusing President Bush of undermining the privacy safeguard amendments...
Apr 07 2006: April 12th is National Drop Everything and Read Day" in the USA, organized by Harper Collins and several other organizations, in honor of author Beverly Cleary's 90th birthday. The initiative is meant to encourage families to enjoy books together. Cleary's ...
L.A. Women by Ella Berman
Two ambitious writers in 1960s LA face betrayal when one writes a novel based on the other's life.
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