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December 4, 2009By Michael Cader

BN Review Editors' Picks

December 4, 2009By Michael Cader

Barnes & Noble’s online Review magazine–which has commissioned a lot of quality reviewing this year–lists their top 10 fiction and 20 nonfiction picks: FictionThe Anthologist, by Nicholson BakerWolf Hall, by Hilary MantelFinch, by Jeff VandermeerThe Collected Stories of Lydia Davis, by Lydia DavisWhite Is for Witching, by Helen OyeyemiAsterios Polyp, by David MazzucchelliBlame, by Michelle HunevenFlying, by Eric KraftEvery Man Dies Alone, by Hans FalladaBrothers, by Yu Hua Click through for the nonfiction

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December 4, 2009By Michael Cader

Bookselling: Common Language Seeks Supports; Sony Spurns ABA Members; UK Sales Down; CreateSpace's Simple Deal with Lightning Source; Americans Buy Overseas Releases

December 4, 2009By Michael Cader

Ann Arbor’s LGBT bookstore Common Language has “made a life-or-death appeal to the community” for support. This weekend they are holding a Book-a-Palooza fundraising sale of 5,000 donated used books. The owners indicate to AnnArbor.com “they will stay alive at least through the winter semester textbook season, and access sales after that.”AA Meanwhile, an ABA initiative announced in August to make it possible for to independent booksellers to obtain Sony Readers to sell in their stores has come up empty as Sony has now spurned “direct orders for small quantities.” The association tells members in Bookselling this Week, “work is […]

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December 4, 2009By Michael Cader

People

December 4, 2009By Michael Cader

Elsevier vice chairman Youngsuk “Y.S.” Chi has been named ceo of Elsevier’s Science & Technology Division, reporting to Reed Elsevier ceo Erik Engstrom. He takes over from division ceo Herman van Campenhout, who is leaving to run another Dutch company. “We wish Herman every success in his new job and thank him for his contributions,” said Reed Elsevier CEO Erik Engstrom. Agent Don Congdon, 91, died Monday at his home in Brooklyn. As the NYT notes in their obituary, he “spotted the talent of Ray Bradbury early in both their careers [and Bradberry remained his client from 1947 on] and […]

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December 3, 2009By Michael Cader

More Best of Lists: LAT's Top 25s

December 3, 2009By Michael Cader

Their fiction list includes three collections of poetry: FictionThe Angel’s Game by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Anthologist by Nicholson BakerThe Book of Genesis Illustrated” by R. CrumbAsterios Polyp by David MazzuchelliBoth Ways is the Only Way I Want It by Maile MeloyThe City & The City by China MievilleThe Collected Stories of Lydia Davis by Lydia DavisEverything Matters! by Ron Currie Jr.The Financial Lives of the Poets: A Novel by Jess WalterInherent Vice by Thomas PynchonIt’s Beginning to Hurt by James LasdunLark & Termite by Jayne Anne PhillipsLove and Summer: A Novel by William TrevorLove in Infant Monkeys by Lydia MilletThe […]

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December 3, 2009By Michael Cader

More Hunger Games Set for August

December 3, 2009By Michael Cader

Scholastic announced the third book in Suzanne Collins Hunger Games trilogy, following this September’s release of Catching Fire, will be published on August 24, 2010. They will issue a trade paperback version of the first book, The Hunger Games, on July 6, 2010. So far, the first two hardcovers have over 1.5 million copies in print.

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December 3, 2009By Michael Cader

Ferris Tops January 2010 Indie Next List

December 3, 2009By Michael Cader

The Unnamed: A Novel by Joshua Ferris (Little, Brown, $24.99, 9780316034012)Remarkable Creatures: A Novel by Tracy Chevalier (Dutton, $26.95, 9780525951452)Alice I Have Been: A Novel by Melanie Benjamin (Delacorte, $25, 9780385344135)The First Rule: A Joe Pike Novel by Robert Crais (Putnam, $26.95, 9780399156137)Thereby Hangs a Tail: A Chet and Bernie Mystery by Spencer Quinn (Atria, $25, 9781416585855)The Breach by Patrick Lee (Harper, $7.99 paper, 9780061584459)The Red Door: An Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery by Charles Todd (Morrow, $24.99, 9780061726163)Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace With Marriage by Elizabeth Gilbert (Viking, $26.95, 9780670021659)Shades of Grey: A Novel by Jasper Fforde (Viking, $25.95, 9780670019632)Bloodroot […]

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