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		Book Publisher Slams Oprah 07-31-2007 7:00 pm - C-SPAN2 James Frey and Nan Talese, his publicist, discussed Frey's book "A Million Little Pieces" on the Oprah Winfrey Show in January 2006. Talese said Oprah exhibited "fiercely bad manners."


		NAACP Publisher: Obama ‘Black Enough’ 06-19-2007 6:59 pm - Fox News At the Take Back America conference in Washington, DC today, the publisher of the NAACP journal "Crises," introduced Barack Obama by assuring the crowd that the candidate is "black enough."

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Networks Ignore Story of Publisher Caving to Fear of Radical ...
Two weeks ago, my colleague Matthew Sheffield noted an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal about a publishing company going back on its agreement to publish a historical fiction/romance novel centered around Aisha, a wife of the Prophet ...

When Is a Book Acceptable, and Who Says So?
The acceptability provision of a book contract can be summarized as follows: A publisher engages an author to write a book, stipulating in the contract that if the manuscript is not acceptable in the publisher's sole discretion, ...

Once more about publishing
I recently had an email exchange with a young colleague who asked for some advice about publishers. I realize that I've gone on about this at length before, but it is an important topic, so here's what I wrote to her: ...

Agent or Publisher?
Fewer and fewer publishers accept 'slush pile' material, ie, unsolicited submissions of manuscripts. More and more, they will only take agented material. Even those that still do look at your work without an agent expect you to send a ...

Recorded Books Not for Sale…for Now
The sales process for audiobook publisher Recorded Books will resume when conditions improve in the capital markets, parent company Haights Cross Communications said. The company pulled the company off the auction block at the end of ...

BAM's Results Tumble
The difficult economic environment and no book to compete with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows dropped sales 7.5% at Books-A-Million in the second quarter with comp sales falling 10.4%.

Publisher class postponed
FYI, the MS Publisher class scheduled for 8/22 at the Biomedical Library is postponed and will be rescheduled at another time.

‘Data Breach' of Publisher's Server Exposes Personal Info
Dominion Enterprises, the Virginia-based publisher of several consumer enthusiast and trade magazines, announced that a computer server within its InterActive Financial Marketing Group was hacked into and illegally accessed by an ...

Forbes edition in Turkey changes to new publisher
The announcement stated, “Turkuvaz Gazete Dergi Basim Anonim Sirketi, a division of Calik Holding AS, has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with Forbes to continue publishing the leading business magazine in Turkey. ...

Dial-A-Book Goes to the UK
Dial-A-Book is expanding its book excerpt program to the UK through an agreement with the British wholesaler Gardners.

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