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Used book mogul houses newest store in used castle

Toronto used book mogul Patrick Hempelmann doesn't do anything halfway -- for his third book emporium, he's installing 200,000 used books in a restored castle, according to a Toronto Star story. The Hungarian Castle (located ... Read More »

June 13, 2006 | Filed under: Bookselling, Industry news

The long look back: BEA

By Leigh Anne Williams

On the eve of BookExpo Canada (or "BEA Canada," as it was called in today's Publishers Lunch), why not look back into the mists of time to the three-weeks-ago BookExpo America?The Seattle weekly The Stranger ... Read More »

June 8, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

The Graduate author graduates to a sequel… 40 years later

By Cassandra Drudi

Sure, we gripe about the gaps between our fave authors masterpieces, but few can come close to the four decades The Graduate author Charles Webb has made us endure, waiting to find out what happened ... Read More »

June 6, 2006 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

Starbucks ever-expanding media empire continues to inspire fear in indies

By Cassandra Drudi

An article in today's L.A. Times should have indie booksellers quaking in their boots – Starbucks is continuing its slow, inexorable crawl toward becoming a jack-of-all-trades in the media arena with the addition of audiobooks ... Read More »

May 30, 2006 | Filed under: Bookselling, Industry news

Hating The Da Vinci Code, the sequel

By Leigh Anne Williams

In Other Media is not a fan of The New Yorker's funnyman film critic, Anthony Lane, clinging as we do to the idealistic belief that a review should be something more than a preening display ... Read More »

May 23, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Update: California — and America? — one step closer to gaytastic textbooks

By Cassandra Drudi

Last week, In Other Media reported on gay Santa Monica Democrat senator Sheila Kuehl's Bill SB 1437 -- which would pump up the gay, lesbian, and transgender content of Californian textbooks -- passing the Senate ... Read More »

May 17, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

The future of books

By Leigh Anne Williams

On the eve of BookExpo America in Washington, The New York Times Magazine has run a cover story on the future of the book by Wired's Kevin Kelly. He begins with some familiar rhetoric about ... Read More »

May 16, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

The Viswanathanathon goes on and on

By Leigh Anne Williams

In New York magazine, author and media guru Kurt Andersen weighs in on the Viswanathan plagiarism controversy in a very engaging and worthwhile piece.Andersen has some fun with the excuses plagiarists make, noting that Viswanathan ... Read More »

May 11, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Reed sneaks past Frankfurt in London book event race

By Leigh Anne Williams

In a surprise move, Reed Exhibitons has announced that next year's London Book Fair will move to a new location (west-end Earl's Court) and a new time (April 16 to 18). That follows widespread dissatisfaction ... Read More »

May 11, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

American publishing took a nosedive last year

By Cassandra Drudi

Many media outlets, including Publishers Weekly, the L.A. Times, and Yahoo! News, unveiled yesterday the drop in output the American publishing industry showed in 2005. The number of new books and new editions of old ... Read More »

May 10, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

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