Q&A: Ed Ochester's Pitt Poetry Series
Ed Ochester, editor of the Pitt Poetry Series for nearly three decades, talks about the changes in poetry and publishing he's seen over the years.
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The Nothing That Is: A Profile of Matthew Sharpe
In his new novel, Jamestown, small press superstar Matthew Sharpe turns to history—sort of.
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Literary MagNet
Literary MagNet chronicles the start-ups and closures, successes and failures, anniversaries and accolades, changes of editorship and special issues—in short, the news and trends—of literary magazines in America. This issue's MagNet features Document, Doubletake: Points of Entry, Interim, and Poetry Salzburg Review.
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All the Things He Did Not Know: A Profile of Tom Bissell
In ten years, Tom Bissell went from being a directionless dropout to the acclaimed author of four books.
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Coming Attractions: Video Publicity
Taking their cue from the film industry, in which a well-produced trailer is infinitely more valuable than a print advertisement or press release, commercial publishers such as HarperCollins and Houghton Mifflin are taking advantage of new technology to offer promotional videos on their Web sites to augment their traditional publicity campaigns.
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Harpercollins to Publish Slimmed-down War And Peace
In April, the Harper Perennial imprint of HarperCollins will publish a shorter, happier version of Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace. The book, which HarperCollins calls the "original version," is an unpublished first draft completed by Tolstoy in 1866.
Perseus to Take Over PGW
On February 16, a Delaware bankruptcy court approved a proposal by Perseus Books to take over the distribution contracts of over one hundred independent presses formerly distributed by Publishers Group West.
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Library of Congress Enters the Digitization Race
The Library of Congress recently announced that it will digitize thousands of public domain books in its collection, including many that librarians have deemed "brittle" and in danger of becoming unusable.
Associated Press Cuts Book Review Package
The Associated Press (AP) news organization recently announced that it has discontinued the syndicated book review package offered to newspapers through its wire service.
Elie Wiesel Attacked In San Francisco Hotel
On February 1, novelist and political activist Elie Wiesel was attacked and dragged out of an elevator in a San Francisco hotel. Wiesel, the author of the Holocaust memoir Night (Hill and Wang, 1960) and the recipient of the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize, was a participant in a conference on religion taking place at the hotel. Accord
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