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Archives for June 2009

The Other Side of the Larsson Dispute–And No Fourth Book

June 30, 2009
By Michael Cader

While there are number of issues of contention between the late Stieg Larsson’s heirs (his father Erland and his brother Joakim) and his partner of thirty years Eva Gabrielsson, one matter has unfortunately been resolved. Joakim Larsson tells us “we have an agreement not to publish” the 200 pages of unfinished manuscript for a fourth […]

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Waterstone's Makes Year's Drop in Sales and Profits Sound Strong

June 30, 2009
By Michael Cader

Waterstone’s parent has updated the sparse sales statistics provided in late April with their “preliminary results” for the fiscal year. The basic numbers are the same (comp sales still fell 3.8 percent), though they add actual sales for the year–548.3 million pounds–and profits, at 10 million pounds down 38.5 percent from the previous year. The […]

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People: Weisbach Gets Three New Associates

June 30, 2009
By Michael Cader

Rob Weisbach Creative Management announced a relationship with three new senior associates, Erin Cox, David Groff, and Jake Bauman, who are becoming part of the company’s “virtual team.” (They work collaboratively–“operating independently but in collaboration”–though not from the same physical office space.) Cox will represent authors, offer publicity expertise, and provide publicity and promotion services […]

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Go Ask Alice: Author Hoffman Shows Authors Not to Tweet In Anger, Apologizes

June 30, 2009
By Michael Cader

With one angry electronic outburst novelist Alice Hoffman may have changed how many readers view her. After novelist and longtime critic Roberta Silman wrote a mildly critical review of Hoffman’s THE STORY SISTERS in the Boston Globe, Hoffman reacted with a series of angry tweets. Not just a grumpy post or two, but 27 in […]

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Bookselling News: Praising Politics & Prose; Espresso Self-Publishing; Online Bookstore Dating; BN's App; and More

June 29, 2009
By Michael Cader

A number of interesting stories that first appeared in the PL Automat: – The Washington Post profiles the “doyennes” who “nurture” the “landmark” store Politics & Prose. And they look at the store’s p&l: “After paying $3.9 million for books, $1.6 million for payroll and covering the rest of their expenses, the store earned $73,000 […]

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Google Settlement: The Defense Speaks

June 29, 2009
By Michael Cader

Those in favor of the Google Books legal settlement have started airing their views in public over the last week or so. As linked via the Automat, we’re collecting a number of those pieces here for interested readers. Today Oxford US president Tim Barton has the longest and most nuanced piece of what he dubs […]

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