Brad Vice Finds a New Publisher for His Controversial Story Collection
Brad Vice’s short story collection, The Bear Bryant Funeral Train, was recently published—again.
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Kansas City Bookseller Burns His Books in Protest
A used bookstore owner in Kansas City, Missouri, began burning his collection of books yesterday, the Associated Press reported.
NJIT Grads Launch Bookswim: Think Netflix Without the Flix
George Burke and Shamoon Siddiqui recently launched Bookswim, an online operation that allows readers to rent books much the same way Netflix allows people to rent movies. The two graduates of the New Jersey Institute of Technology posted a beta version of the Web site at www.bookswim.com.
Bertelsmann Makes Changes to Newly Acquired Bookspan
German media conglomerate Bertelsmann AG recently initiated major changes to Bookspan, the company responsible for Book-of-the-Month Club, that it acquired from Time, Inc., last month.
Small Press Center Changes Name, Logo, Web Site, and More
The Small Press Center, the nonprofit organization in New York City that has sponsored Small Press Month in March for the past eleven years, recently announced that it will change its name to the New York Center for Independent Publishing (NYCIP).
Lethem Chooses Filmmaker for You Don't Love Me Yet
Jonathan Lethem, author of the recently published novel You Don't Love Me Yet (Doubleday), yesterday chose to give away the novel's film adaptation rights to Greg Marcks.
Soft Skull Joins Counterpoint in Latest Round of Acquisitions
Richard Nash announced yesterday that Soft Skull Press, the independent publisher based in Brooklyn, plans to be aquired by Winton, Shoemaker & Co, the same company that last week acquired Counterpoint Press from Perseus Book Group. Nash, the publisher of Soft Skull, will become editorial director of Perseus's new Soft Skull imprint as well as executive editor of the Counterpoint imprint.
Buzzell's Iraq Memoir Wins $10,000 Lulu Blooker Prize
The digital print-on-demand service Lulu.com announced yesterday that Colby Buzzell, a former U.S. machine-gunner in post-invasion Iraq, has won the Lulu Blooker Prize for his memoir My War: Killing Time in Iraq (Putnam, 2005).
Perseus Phases Out Two Imprints, Lays Off 24, Sells Counterpoint
As part of Perseus Books Group's integration of Avalon—a merger that was announced earlier this year—Perseus has formed six publishing divisions and in the process eliminated at least twenty-four positions.
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Lucille Clifton Wins $100,000 Ruth Lilly Prize
The Poetry Foundation recently announced that Lucille Clifton will receive this year's Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize. The annual award honors a U.S. poet "whose lifetime accomplishments warrant extraordinary recognition."
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