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IN OUR MAY 2008 ISSUE :

Beyond Rachel Ray
The debate’s still out on whether America’s officially in a recession, but with food prices rising faster today than they have any time in the past seventeen years, customers may be cutting back on restaurant meals and cooking at home instead. What cookbook will they pick up? Will they pick one up at all? .....

"Jeff, Open the Pod Bay Door!"
Like Dave, the leader of the mission to Jupiter who finds himself alone and locked out of his spaceship (in Stanley Kubrick’s still astonishing 2001: A Space Odyssey), the publishing industry finds itself confronted by a technological marvel, Amazon.com, that has become cold and menacing. Some publishers have, by their account, received the following call: “If you don’t use BookSurge for print on demand, we’ll turn off the ‘buy’ button on your books.....

Search Gets Richer, and Harder
Are you seeing less separation between the Web and your desktop? Are you more likely to answer a question by searching online than in a book? Are you discovering more multimedia in your search results? Are you clicking on it? If so, you’re in good company.....

New York Comic Con: Where's the Chick Lit?
Of course New York Comic Con 2008, held April 18–20 at the Javits Center, was different from other publishing conventions. Attendees included middle-aged guys with little ponytails and hordes of giggling teen girls; a massive Incredible Hulk statue dominated the exhibition hall floor; and free adorable tote bags were virtually nonexistent. Two levels below the expo floor, though, in the fluorescent-lit no man’s land of the Javits Center, comic book publishing professionals revealed concerns that anyone in the book industry will find familiar. Again, though, there was a twist....

International Best: Agencies in Bloom
Spring: A season for new beginnings and big announcements. And apparently this isn’t just a stateside phenomenon. Overseas, the entrepreneurial spirit seems to be in full bloom as well, as a handful of familiar foreign names takie leaps of faith with new endeavors. In this month’s International Best, we see what these old faces in new places have to offer by looking at a sampling of titles from the authors they rep.....

May Bookview
A month after Karen Rinaldi moved from Bloomsbury to Rodale as SVP, GM and Publishing Director, Liz Perl, Publisher at Rodale Books, has left to join S&S as SVP, Marketing for Adult Publishing, reporting to Michael Selleck, EVP Sales and Marketing.....
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Reeling and Dealing
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UPCOMING EVENTS :

Book Industry Study Group (BISG)’s fifth annual Making Information Pay takes place May 9 at the McGraw-Hill Auditorium and will feature speakers from various publishers and retailers and a report on the results of a recent survey on attitudes to experimentation and innova-tion in U.S. publishing. For information and registration, visit http://www.bisg.org

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The IDPF’s Digital Book 2008 Conference takes place on May 14 at the McGraw-Hill Auditorium. The conference will present an update from eBook market leaders and focus on activities and case studies around the IDPF’s epub standard. For information and registration, visit www.idpf.org/digitalbook08.


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HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE ARCHIVE:

2006: eLusive eStats
Digital Publishing Goes Mainstream

2005: Aural Fixation
Audible Braces as MediaBay and Amazon Enter, Growth Continues Across the Board

2004: O'er the Hudson
Far-Flung Regional Houses Hit the Heartland Bull's-Eye

2003: Sunshine and Noir
BookExpo America Lands in LA, with Bouts of 'Book Fair Fatigue'

2002: Price and Prejudice
As Riggio Guns for Lower Prices, There's No Sure Cure for Sticker Shock

2001: It's Your Party
Pass the Chips and Dip, Ya'll. Now Buy Some Southern Living Books