News Briefs: Week of June 16, 2014

Bookstore sales fell 1.3% in April and more in this week's publishing news briefs. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

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BEA 2014: Alan Cumming: A Life Revealed

Watching the charismatic actor, Alan Cumming, on the CBS television show, The Good Wife, or PBS’s Masterpiece Mystery, seeing him in films or on the stage, where he’s currently getting raves on Broadway as the emcee in Cabaret, you’d be looking at the picture of success. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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BEA 2014: Clients’ Needs First at Zenhancer

Having its start in the financial typesetting segment has given RS TechnoMedia, called Zenhancer Technologies in the U.S., plenty of experience in projects with very short turnaround time and zero-error margin. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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BEA 2014: Little Booth, Gigantic Books

Even with all the celebrity authors wandering around Javits, it’s impossible to overlook two monumental South Dakota Historical Society Press books about larger-than-life subjects: Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography of Laura Ingalls Wilder, edited by Pamela Smith Hill, and Love Letters... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Job Moves: May 29, 2014

Riverdale Avenue Books has named Joseph Pittman editorial director of Dagger, Riverdale’s new mystery and thriller imprint. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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BEA 2014: The Strength of Friendship: Robyn Carr

Robyn Carr, a New York Times bestselling romance novelist, has returned to women’s fiction with Four Friends (Mira, Mar.), the story of 40-something women living in the affluent suburban San Francisco neighborhood of Mill Valley. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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BEA 2014: 'New York Times' Sportswriter: Harvey Araton

With a byline long familiar to readers of the New York Times sports pages, Harvey Araton is also the author of six critically acclaimed nonfiction sports books, most recently the New York Times bestseller Driving Mr. Yogi: Yogi Berra, Ron Guidry and Baseball’s Greatest Gift. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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BEA 2014: Tristan’s Expansion

At a time when many publishers are cutting back, tiny Tristan Publishing is expanding—and how. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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BEA 2014: Bookstores in Manhattan

To choose among the dozens of bookstores in the city, we asked several authors and booksellers to be our guide. Here it is again for those who might have missed the feature and want to check out some of these fabulous stores. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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BEA 2014: Wondering On: R.J. Palacio

Wonder, R.J. Palacio’s 2012 debut novel about Auggie, a fifth-grade boy born with a facial deformity who’s attending mainstream school for the first time, made a critical and commercial splash. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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BEA 2014: Quarto: Poised for Growth

With the addition of both a gift line and a children’s book imprint to its already diverse publishing program, the Quarto Group will have a strong presence at BEA as one of the leading illustrated book publishers and distribution groups in the world. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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BEA 2014: Uncovering Family Secrets: Garth Stein

The last time Garth Stein was at Book Expo it was 2008, and he admits he was happy to get “spill” from Tom Wolfe’s (I Am Charlotte Simmons) autographing line. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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BEA 2014: At Home with Science

Black Dog & Leventhal, whose mission is to publish original nonfiction that brings complex subjects to a mass audience via experts in their fields, has two books on its fall list that the editors are particularly enthusiastic about. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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BEA 2014: Gardners Muscles Up

The U.K. wholesaler Gardners is fielding its strongest team yet at BEA as it promotes its new U.S. shipping service. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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BEA 2014: Michael Cho

Author and artist Michael Cho will be promoting his first full-length graphic novel, Shoplifter (Pantheon, Sept.), at BEA. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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BEA 2014: Christian Children’s Books Sell More Widely, Publishers Say

For publishers of religion books aimed at young readers, it's easier than ever to find readers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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BEA 2014: Say No to Stress

When New Zealander Paul Huljich, author of Stress Pandemic: Nine Natural Steps to Break the Cycle of Stress and Thrive (Midpoint Trade, June), struck it rich in 1993 after selling his successful organic food company, Best Corporation, to Dannon for $100 million, he had every reason to be a... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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BEA 2014: Shambhala Boosts Its Roost Line

While Shambhala Publications’ giveaways at BEA this year include Writing from the Senses by Laura Deutsch, The Authentic Life by Ezra Bayda, and other titles reflecting the heart and soul of the company’s spiritual origins more than 40 years ago, the company is also spotlighting Roost, its... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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BEA 2014: Now Go Grab a Drink!

Looking to create some post–literary conference drama in the name of legendary writers like Poe, who whacked his head with a bottle of whiskey in front of a mirror? Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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BEA 2014: A Civil War Female Voice: Laird Hunt

An obscure but fascinating aspect of the Civil War, when hundreds of women disguised as men enlisted in the army as Union soldiers to fight, is at the heart of Neverhome (Little, Brown; Sept.) by Laird Hunt, the author of five novels and a collection of short stories and a two-time finalist for... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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BEA 2014: Books, Champagne, Therapy

Cleis Press, founded nearly 30 years ago in Berkeley, Calif., by Felice Newman and Frédérique Delacoste, and its Viva Editions imprint are offering a wealth of author events, signings, and promotional activities. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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