More than a third of consumers in London and southeast England bought a
book "solely to look intelligent," according to a poll in the U.K.
reported by the Guardian. Many reached for shortlisted prize titles to accomplish this feat; older readers were less likely to buy a book for show.
Some respondents read two books simultaneously: a book for status and another for pleasure. On a more sane note, 40% of the respondents choose books based on recommendations from friends and family.
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On the eve of the author's appearance today on Oprah, Anchor Books happily updated the world on A Million Little Pieces, the James Frey memoir that Oprah selected for her book club.
Some 1.7 million copies are in print, up 1.1 million since Oprah's announcement, and it is apparently appealing to men and woman. Vintage and Anchor v-p and publisher Anne Messitte said, "It's clear that A Million Little Pieces is on its way to becoming the top-selling selection" of any Oprah title.
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More on titles having to do with Rosa Parks, who died on Monday:
Next month, just before the 50th anniversary of Parks' arrest, which started the Montgomery bus boycott, Sports Publishing's Spotlight Press imprint is releasing They Walked to Freedom: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1955-56 by Kenneth M. Hare and Jim Earnhardt ($24.95, 1596700106). The authors are editor of the editorial page and assistant editor, respectively, of the Montgomery Advertiser.
"A tribute to Ms. Parks and the impact her stand against inequality had on civil rights," the book is illustrated with stories and photos from the newspaper's archives.
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The Association of American University Presses's Books for Understanding program, an online bibliography of u.p. titles addressing current events and news issues, has updated its listing for Kashmir, which was originally compiled in 2002. It now has "the most recent scholarship on the long simmering conflict in the region and inclusion of newly republished classic travelogues which document this beautiful and dangerous landscape." It's all the more relevant for understanding the political and cultural fallout of the October 8 earthquake.
For more information, go to the AAUP's Web site.
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Some "obscure and first-time" writers have a positive view of the Google Print Library Project, the subject of Authors Guild and AAP suits, according to Wired. Other authors would at least like a royalty payment on any copies of their books scanned by Google. One observer thinks the service is most appropriate for out-of-print books published earlier than 1995.
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Simon & Schuster has consolidated its distribution services under "a single management umbrella." The new S&S Distribution Client Unit will be headed by Joe Bulger, who has been named v-p, client management and business development. He reports to Joe D'Onofrio, senior v-p of supply chain operations. Bulger had been v-p, business operations, in the supply chain department.
Some respondents read two books simultaneously: a book for status and another for pleasure. On a more sane note, 40% of the respondents choose books based on recommendations from friends and family.
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On the eve of the author's appearance today on Oprah, Anchor Books happily updated the world on A Million Little Pieces, the James Frey memoir that Oprah selected for her book club.
Some 1.7 million copies are in print, up 1.1 million since Oprah's announcement, and it is apparently appealing to men and woman. Vintage and Anchor v-p and publisher Anne Messitte said, "It's clear that A Million Little Pieces is on its way to becoming the top-selling selection" of any Oprah title.
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More on titles having to do with Rosa Parks, who died on Monday:
Next month, just before the 50th anniversary of Parks' arrest, which started the Montgomery bus boycott, Sports Publishing's Spotlight Press imprint is releasing They Walked to Freedom: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1955-56 by Kenneth M. Hare and Jim Earnhardt ($24.95, 1596700106). The authors are editor of the editorial page and assistant editor, respectively, of the Montgomery Advertiser.
"A tribute to Ms. Parks and the impact her stand against inequality had on civil rights," the book is illustrated with stories and photos from the newspaper's archives.
---
The Association of American University Presses's Books for Understanding program, an online bibliography of u.p. titles addressing current events and news issues, has updated its listing for Kashmir, which was originally compiled in 2002. It now has "the most recent scholarship on the long simmering conflict in the region and inclusion of newly republished classic travelogues which document this beautiful and dangerous landscape." It's all the more relevant for understanding the political and cultural fallout of the October 8 earthquake.
For more information, go to the AAUP's Web site.
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Some "obscure and first-time" writers have a positive view of the Google Print Library Project, the subject of Authors Guild and AAP suits, according to Wired. Other authors would at least like a royalty payment on any copies of their books scanned by Google. One observer thinks the service is most appropriate for out-of-print books published earlier than 1995.
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Simon & Schuster has consolidated its distribution services under "a single management umbrella." The new S&S Distribution Client Unit will be headed by Joe Bulger, who has been named v-p, client management and business development. He reports to Joe D'Onofrio, senior v-p of supply chain operations. Bulger had been v-p, business operations, in the supply chain department.