Publishers Weekly articles from May 2003

Publishers Weekly archives from May 2003

Barnes & Noble.com reports flat sales in quarter: consumer division sales up, but corporate is off; e-tailer adds program to grow used book, out-of-print business. (News).
May 5, 2003... TOTAL SALES AT Barnes & Noble.com fell by less than 1% for the first quarter ended March 31, to $106 million, and the company cut its net loss to $13.1 million from $20.5 million. The e-tailer's sales continued to be hampered by a weak...

BEA headed to D.C. in 2006. (Planning).(BookExpo America )(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... The managers of BookExpo America have confirmed that Washington, D.C., will be the show's host city in 2006. The convention will run May 19-21. In a poll conducted by BEA that sought public opinion about a number of cities it was...

Sher Distributing to close. (Market Conditions).(New Jersey wholesaler filed for bankruptcy)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... SHER DISTRIBUING a New Jersey wholesaler that served a range of mass market publishers, filed for bankruptcy last month and will shut down operations over the next several weeks. Sher was one of the biggest wholesalers in the ID market,...

Penguin plans another new imprint. (Expanding).(Penguin Group USA )(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... FOR THE THIRD time in a month, Penguin Group USA has announced a new imprint. The newest entry will be run by Laureen Rowland, a HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster veteran who's spent the last four years as an agent with David Black. Rowland...

Ottakar's acquires Hammicks. (U.K. Retailing).(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... THE U.K. BOOKSTORE chain Ottakar's has bought the Hammicks bookshops for [pounds sterling]3.27 million ($5.2 million). The deal, funded by increased bank facility, consolidates Ottakar's position as the second biggest book retailer in the U.K....

Industry Stocks: April Performances. (Market Watch).(Brief Article)(Illustration)
May 5, 2003... Market Watch Industry Stocks: April Performances Winners COMPANY MARCH 31 APRIL 30 %CHANGE Reader's Digest 10.21 12.00 17.5% LeapFrog 23.84 26.70 12.0 Reed plc...

Zilavy, Lombardi get new Barnes & Noble posts. (People).(Larry Zilavy and Joseph Lombardi)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... BARNES & NOBLE has made some changes in its upper management ranks, appointing Larry Zilavy executive v-p of corporate finance and strategic planning and naming Joseph Lombardi to Zilavy's former position as chief financial officer. Lombardi,...

RD to eliminate 200 jobs in international unit. (Struggling).(Reader's Digest )(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... ANOTHER POOR QUARTERLY performance by its international division has prompted Reader's Digest to restructure its overseas operations, a decision that will result in the elimination of about 200 jobs. The positions to be cut are in RD's European...

MediaBay restates results; gives up Freeny patent. (Strategy).
May 5, 2003... IT'S BEEN A busy few months for MediaBay. The company delayed the release of its final figures for 2002 until its accountants could restate results for the company dating back to 1998. The restatement involved certain financing transactions...

Bookspan cuts 55 jobs. (Downsizing).(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... Bookspan has laid off 55 people, or about 2% of its staff. In a memo to employees, Bookspan head Marcus Wilhem said that a disappointing first quarter, caused in part by the war in Iraq, and the need to simplify its business operations led to...

Kloske gets new role. (Paper Trail).(Geoff Kloske promoted)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... SIMON & SCHUSTER'S versatile Geoff Kloske, who has edited Dave Eggers as well as a variety of humor and other nonfiction titles, has been promoted from senior editor and will be taking on new responsibilities. In his new role as executive...

Slow start for school sales at McGraw-Hill. (1st-Quarter Results).(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... TOTAL REVENUE AT McGraw-Hill Education fell i.6%, to $277.2 million, for the first quarter ended March 31, and the operating loss increased by 1.4%, to $72.8 million. The decline came entirely in the school group, which had a 6.3% drop in...

Sales rise at S&S. (News).(Simon & Schuster)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... A 20% INCREASE in sales in the children's division helped lift total revenue at Simon & Schuster for the first quarter ended March 31. Sales in the adult division were flat. The children's gain was led by Good Night, Sweet Butterflies and...

Harlequin posts gains. (News).(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... HARLEQUIN TURNED IN a solid first quarter, with sales up 4.4%, to C$ 149.9 million ($105 million), and operating income increasing 7.2%, to C$29.9 million. The strongest performing segment was women's fiction, whose 6% sales gain was due to the...

Editions du Seuil, Chronicle team up. (Joint Venture).(will publish titles under Seuil Chronicle imprint)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... CHRONICLE BOOKS HAS announced a joint venture with Editions du Seuil, an independent French publisher primarily of illustrated books. The companies will publish titles from their respective lists in each other's countries (and languages) under...

Phoenix broadens sales base. (Results 2002).(Phoenix Color Corp.)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... Phoenix Color Corp. reported that total revenue for 2002 rose 4.3%, to $138 million, and that its operating loss was reduced to $1.6 million from $15 million in 2001. While the production of book components still accounted for the majority of...

Wiley to publish Learning Annex line. (Dealing).(JOHN WILEY)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... JOHN WILEY HAS signed a deal with the Learning Annex to create a series of books based on courses given at the Learning Annex's schools. "We see this as a good branded publishing opportunity," said Kathy Nebenhaus, v-p and executive publisher...

Quick off the Mark on SARS. (Hot Deals).(Mark Bryant of Harper's signs first study offered on severe acute respiratory syndrome)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... It may not still be a source of international anxiety by the time the book comes out next spring (we obviously hope it's not), but Harper's Mark Bryant has rushed ahead to sign the first major study offered on the SARS epidemic, which has the...

Gulf War memories. (Hot Deals).(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... This year's war in Iraq, which has only inspired a couple of book signings so far, seems to have inspired considerable publisher interest in the 1991 Gulf War. A new signing at Gotham by Brendan Cahill was his preempt of a book called Spare...

Slave labor at home. (Hot Deals).(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... Random's Dan Menaker won an auction, with a significant six-figure bid for two books, for a book tentatively titled The Gun in Your Orange Juice: and Other Tales from the Slave Trade by New Yorker writer John Bowe. It's an expansion of Bowe's...

SF earthquake novel. (Hot Deals).( San Francisco earthquake of 1906 )(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... The great San Francisco earthquake of 1906 and the devastating fire that followed have enjoyed extensive coverage in print and the movies, but not for some time, and now a new novel that takes it all on has been bought by a local house,...

A Hole in Texas. (Short Takes).(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... Veteran novelist Herman Wouk, at 87, just signed a new contract with Little, Brown publisher Michael Pietsch. It's for a book called A Hole in Texas, described as a "serious comedy" involving science, politics and the entertainment world, and...

A biography of the battling Hollywood screenwriter brothers Herman and Joseph Mankiewicz was won at auction by Knopf's Vicky Wilson. (Short Takes).(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... A biography of the battling Hollywood screenwriter brothers Herman and Joseph Mankiewicz was won at auction by Knopf's Vicky Wilson. The author is writer, filmmaker and TV producer Nick Davis, and Wilson got North American rights from Bill...

Veteran agent Esther Newberg of ICM is getting an honorary degree from alma mater Wheaton College May 17. (Short Takes).(International Creative Management Inc.)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... Veteran agent Esther Newberg of ICM is getting an honorary degree from alma mater Wheaton College May 17, presented by TV celeb Lesley Stahl, who was in her class.

Agent-in-Paris Susanna Lea has sold Rachel Kahan at Crown a best-selling trilogy from France called Heroines of the Bible. (Short Takes).(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... Agent-in-Paris Susanna Lea has sold Rachel Kahan at Crown a best-selling trilogy from France called Heroines of the Bible; the first of the three books by Marek Halter, about Sarah, is a current French bestseller, and the series has already...

The Multi-Orgasmic Woman. (Short Takes).
May 5, 2003... A book called The Multi-Orgasmic Woman fills out the series of orgasmic titles at Rodale, where executive editor Stephanie Tade bought it from Heide Lange at Sanford Greenburger; the authors, who blend Eastern wisdom with Western medical...

The Straight Girl's Guide to Sleeping with Chicks. (Short Takes).(Fireside/S&S for North American puchases rights )(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... Lastly, an odd but not entirely unrelated one: Peter Steinberg at JCA Literary sold a book called The Straight Girl's Guide to Sleeping with Chicks by Jen Sincero, who has experimented with it herself, to Amanda Patten at Fireside/S&S for North...

Houghton Mifflin. (People).(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... HOUGHTON MIFFLIN Eamon Dolan has teen promoted to v-p and editorial director, adult trade books, from executive editor, based in New York.... Carla Gray has been promoted to senior marketing manager and is based in Boston.... Dan O'Connell...

Putnam Berkley Group. (People).(director of subsidiary rights for Free Press and Scribner named)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... THE FREE PRESS Paul O'Halloran has been named director of subsidiary rights for Free Press and Scribner after representing them both to the international market for seven years. He was previously with the Putnam Berkley Group.

IT technician. (People).(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... ARCADIA PUBLISHING Rob Kangas, freelance editor and writer, has been named editor of the Making of America series.... Ryan Boswell has been appointed a marketing assistant.... Amy Poe, a software consultant, has been appointed IT technician.

Trident Media Group. (People).(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... TRIDENT MEDIA GROUP Sara Crowe has been named foreign rights agent, handling U.K. and translation rights for Ellen Levine's clients. She was formerly in the London office of the Andrew Wylie Agency.

Hastings Entertainment. (People).(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... HASTINGS ENTERTAINMENT Alan Van Ongevalle has been appointed v-p of information systems and distribution after ii years with the book, music and video chain.

Americhip Books. (People).(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... AMERICHIP BOOKS Lisa Rojany Buccieri was named v-p and publisher of the children's packaging division. She has held posts at Golden Books, Price Stern Sloan and Intervisual Books.

Corcoran & Power Literary Management. (People).(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... CORCORAN & POWER LITERARY MANAGEMENT Douglas Corcoran and Thomas Power have formed literary agency in New York City. Both are former acquisitions editors, Corcoran for Regan Books and Prentice Hall and Power for Prentice Hall/Simon & Schuster.

Publications Services Inc. (People).(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... PUBLICATIONS SERVICES INC. Molly Redenbaugh has been named regional sales associate for the Illinois-based provider of prepress services.

Scholastic. (People).(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... SCHOLASTIC Kristin DeVivo was appointed director of research and evaluation for the education division following two years as research manager at LeapFrog SchoolHouse.

Sourcebooks Inc. (People).(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... SOURCEBOOKS INC. Michael Bowen, former attorney editor at West Group, has been appointed Sphinx legal editor.... Kristen S. Lewis, marketing and public relations professional, has been named senior publicist.... Barbi Pecenco was named...

Simon & Schuster. (People).(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... SIMON & SCHUSTER Bill Andrulevich, v-p, business manager of the sales and distribution division, has been given responsibility for distribution client business.... Mary Beth Thomas was named director of distribution client services and will...

Boyds Mills Press. (People).(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... BOYDS MILLS PRESS Wendy Murray, former editorial director at Scholastic Teaching Resources, has been named editor of the poetry imprint Wordsong.

17th Street Productions. (People).(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... 17TH STREET PRODUCTIONS Joshua Banks has been promoted from director of development to v-p of book development.

Sterling Publishing Co. (People).(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... STERLING PUBLISHING CO. Adria Dougherty has been named v-p of sales administration and corporate services.... Marilyn Kretzer has been appointed v-p of rights and export sales.... Krista Margies has been promoted to senior publicist.......

Perseus divides sales, marketing management. (People).(PERSEUS BOOKS GROUP)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... PERSEUS BOOKS GROUP has separated the management of its sales and marketing operations. John Whalen, who, along with Matty Goldberg, had been jointly running the sales force since its formation late last year, has been promoted to v-p, group...

ALA debate gets tricky. (Show Time?).( American Library Association )(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... AFTER MORE THAN A WEEK OF polling, explaining, contemplating and equivocating, the American Library Association still hadn't reached a decision by press time early Friday afternoon on the fate of its annual conference. There was some...

Ibooks, Komikwerks in deal. (Investment).(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... IN A MOVE that secures an ongoing source of talent and an online community, Byron Preiss's ibooks has taken an investment stake in Komikwerks.com, an online site offering access to serialized Web comics. Preiss told PW that ibooks will take...

Obituary.(THOMAS M. AUER,)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
May 5, 2003... Thomas M. Auer THOMAS M. AUER, founder of the Bloomsbury Review, died after a four-year battle with melanoma at his home in Denver, Cob. He was 50. He founded the Bloomsbury Review, a nationally respected publication on books and literary...

Corrections.(Correction Notice)
May 5, 2003... An illustration in our April 7 Pets and Animals feature was incorrectly captioned--The Healing Touch for Cats is from Newmarket Press. In the April 28 Nature and Environment feature, two titles were incorrectly credited in illustration...

Wild about Orchids. (Behind the Best Sellers).(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... Jude Deveraux's Wild Orchids blooms on the national charts after just a week in the stores. It is #10 on PWs hardcover fiction so far. Atria Books launched the title with a first printing of 230,000 and plenty of national advertising. Key...

Flush with success. (Behind the Best Sellers).(James McManus hits jackpot with new book published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... Novelist, poet and sports journalist James McManus hit the jackpot with his new book, Positively Fifth Street: Murderers, Cheetahs, and Binion's World Series of Poker. Publisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux began with an initial printing of 37,000...

A plateful of Pi. (Behind the Best Sellers).(Yann Martel's 'Life of Pi')(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... Yann Martel's Life of Pi, published by Harcourt, enjoyed a three-month run on PW's hardcover list in 2002 and sold about 210,000 copies--not bad for a book that started with a 20,000-copy printing. The Harvest trade paper moves up a notch to #5...

Breaking the Glass ceiling. (Behind the Best Sellers).(Julia Glass's 'Three Junes')(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... Julia Glass's debut fiction, Three Junes, lands on PWs trade paperback list after just a week in the stores. She is in the midst of an eight-city tour; she's enjoying ample bookseller enthusiasm, and plans to make special stops for two book...

Woods cleans up. (Behind the Best Sellers).(Stuart Woods 'Dirty Work' launched by Putnam)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... Stuart Woods is a regular fixture on the bestseller charts, having landed 10 titles on PWs weekly lists since 1996. His latest, Dirty Work, is the ninth book in the popular series featuring private investigator Stone Barrington. Putnam launched...

College bound: guides to schools gain in sales. (Book News).
May 5, 2003... Harvard accepted only 9.8% of its applicants for the class of 2007, Yale 11.4% and Brown 14.95%. As competition to get into top colleges continues to rise, college guides are seeing a corresponding increase in sales. In 2003, sales for the...

The accidental bestseller. (Manufacturing Chomsky).(Noam Chomsky)
May 5, 2003... Given how many calories most writers burn worrying about promoting and selling their books, it's interesting to consider Noam Chomsky. Known for critiques of U.S. foreign policy that either fascinate or appall, the MIT professor and activist...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
May 5, 2003... The TV tie-in listings for May-August (Book News, Apr. 21), cited the wrong publisher for Himalayan Quest by Ed Viesturs. It is National Geographic Books.

APA at BEA: Audio publishers rev up convention programs. (Audio).(Audio Publishers Association ready to host meetings at BookExpo America)
May 5, 2003... The countdown to BookExpo America has begun, and the Audio Publishers Association stands ready to host a series of meetings, workshops and events for its members and for booksellers attending the convention. Following APA's early-morning annual...

Shutter Island. (Fiction).(Audiobook Review)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... DENNIS LEHANE, READ BY TOM STECHSCHLTE. Harper Audio, unabridged, six cassettes, 9.5 hrs., $34.95, ISBN 0-06-055414-2 Boston-area novelist Lehane has written a terrific suspense novel, an impressive follow-up to 2001'S Mystic River. Shutter...

Ties That Bind. (Fiction).(Audiobook Review)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... PHILLIP MARGOLIN, READ BY GEORGE GUIDALL. Harper Audio, unabridged, six cassettes, 9 hrs., $34.95 ISBN 0-06-053292-0 Attorney-novelist Margolin's last feverish tale of Portland high crimes and low morals, Wild Justice, exposed defense at-...

The Cat who Brought Down the House. (Fiction).(Audiobook Review)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... LILIAN JACKSON BRAUN, READ BY GEORGE GUIDALL. Putnam Berkley Audio, unabridged, four cassettes, 5.5 hrs., $24.95 ISBN 0-399-14993-7 Guidall, the veteran audio reader who's read countless Cat Who books, returns for another foray into the...

The Master Butchers Singing Club: A Novel. (Fiction).(Audiobook Review)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... LOUISE ERDRICH, READ BY THE AUTHOR. Harper Audio, unabridged, 11 cassettes, 16 hrs., $39.95 ISBN 0-06-053293-3 Erdrich's quiet, gentle voice is so soft, it's as if she's carefully reading a bedtime story. Yet this novel would not put...

Samaritan. (Fiction).(Audiobook Review)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... RICHARD PRICE, READ BY MICHAEL BOATMAN. Random House Audio, abridged, five CDs, 6 hrs., $29.95 ISBN 0-7393-0217-5 After a stint writing for a popular television show, Ray Mitchell has returned to his old New Jersey neighborhood to teach at...

Jennifer Government. (Fiction).(Audiobook Review)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... MAX BARRY, READ BY PATRICK FREDERIC. Random House Audio, abridged, four CDs, 5 hrs., $27.50 ISBN 0-7393-0236-1 The most unnerving thing about Max (formerly Maxx) Barry's new novel is that its hyperbolic vision of the not too distant future...

Roane's Rules: How to Make the Right Impression. (Nonfiction).(Audiobook Review)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... SUSAN ROANE, READ BY THE AUTHOR. Audio Renaissance, three CDs, 3 hrs., $22 ISBN 1-55927-850-1 RoAne (How to Work a Room; The Secrets of Savvy Networking) offers her practical advice on what to say, what to wear and how to behave if you're...

The Vagina Monologues. (Nonfiction).(Audiobook Review)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... EVE ENSLER, READ BY THE AUTHOR. Books on Tape, unabridged, one cassette, 1.5 hrs., $24 ISBN 0-7366-9156-1 Playwright and activist Ensler's off-Broadway hit has been so successful it's spawned an internationally touring show and a nonprofit...

Room to Grow: An Appetite for Life. (Nonfiction).(Audiobook Review)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... TRACEY GOLD, READ BY THE AUTHOR. New Millennium, unabridged, three cassettes, 3 hrs., $25 ISBN 1-59007-255-3 Gold, who spent seven years playing Carol Seaver on the sitcom Growing Pains, battled with anorexia as a teenager and had her story...

Audio Bestsellers.(Illustration)
May 5, 2003... Audio Bestsellers. Fiction Nonfiction 1 Back Story: A Spenser 1 7 Habits of Highly Effective Novel (unabr.) People (abr.) Robert B. Parker. ...

Ann Nelson: bookseller of the year; Bunch of Grapes Bookstore, Vineyard Haven, Mass.(Company Profile)
May 5, 2003... I MAGINEA RESORT BOOKSTORE THAT functions like an accordion, its staff and inventory shrinking by as much as two-thirds during the long off-season, then expanding again after six months, in the same cycle year after year, all so that the store...

PW's rep of the year: Wes Caliger; this veteran Midwest salesperson goes the extra miles.(sales rep for Heinecken & Associates)(Biography)
May 5, 2003... BY THE AGE OF 70, MOST traveling salesmen have retired--or at least wish they had. Not Wes Caliger. The Midwestern sales rep for Heinecken & Associates is no Willy Loman; his favorite books are the novels of Philip Roth and John Updike's Bech...

California here we come! BookExpo America returns to Los Angeles. (BEA 2003).(Calendar)
May 5, 2003... "THERE ARE TWO MODES OF transport in Los Angeles: car and ambulance," Fran Lebowitz. wrote in Social Studies. Luckily, as the bookselling world descends on L.A. for the BEA convention, there will also be shuttle buses to transport people from...

BEA's graphic novel Saturday: educating booksellers about opportunities in comics sales. (BEA 2003).
May 5, 2003... IN AN EFFORT TO HIGHLIGHT THE growing popularity of book-format comics--or graphic novels as they have been awkwardly termed--this years BookExpo America is offering a unprecedented day-long presentation on Saturday that will feature...

Galleys to grab: a selective guide to this year's BEA treasure hunt. (BEA 2003).(Calendar)
May 5, 2003... AS SALES REPS MAKE THEIR first rounds before BEA, news of the highlights is trickling out. Some of the most hotly anticipated titles-Toni Morrison's new novel, Love (Knopf, Oct.); The Pythons Autobiography, lavishly recounted and illustrated by...

Browsing the bookstores: enjoy your busman's holiday by visiting some L.A. bookstores. (BEA 2003).
May 5, 2003... THE SECOND LARGEST CITY IN the country, Los Angeles boasts a broad range of bookstores, from chains and general independents to some of the most delightful and quirky specialty shops and nontraditional outlets, including, believe it or not, a...

My banquet years: how the bestselling author (and bookseller) cultivated her love of the printed word at Dutton's Brentwood Books. (BEA 2003).
May 5, 2003... FLOATING ON THE SURFACE of Hollywood in the '50s, my parents gave opulent dinner parties around an oval of dap pled pink marble, under a Baccarat chandelier. "To obtain success and culture, you must display it before the fact," they said with...

Dining out in L.A. Los Angeles restaurants serve up tasty cuisine. (BEA 2003).(Directory)
May 5, 2003... THE 2000 CENSUS PAINTED A multiethnic Los Angeles with more minorities than majorities, so whatever worldly cuisine you're in the mood for -- Argentinean, Caribbean, Cuban, Ethiopian, Indian, Oaxacan, Peruvian, Spanish, Vietnamese -- chances...

Nocturnal Los Angeles: where to find the best of Los Angeles's nightilfe. (BEA 2003).(Directory)
May 5, 2003... ANCELEONS DON'T HAVE TO take their nightlife seriously, for the simple reason that clubs, bars and hangouts are merely an alternative to inviting a few friends over to have a BBQ on the deck and watch the sun dropping behind the Santa Monicas....

L.A.'s free tours: put away your wallet and explore Los Angeles. (BEA 2003).(Directory)
May 5, 2003... LOS ANGELES, THE CITY OF Angels, eagerly awaits your arrival. Within a short drive from downtown, you will find an infinite number of ways to explore the city. And unless you have some local insight, you may find your wallet reflecting the...

Convention schedule & information. (BEA 2003).(Calendar)
May 5, 2003... Note: Some workshops and non-BEA, non-ABA meetings charge admission and require advance registration. If a phone number is listed, please call for more information, reservations and tickets. Unless otherwise indicated, all events will be held...

Working the floor. (A-C).(2003 BookExpo America)(Directory)
May 5, 2003... AAA PUBLISHING Offers titles on domestic and foreign travel, children's travel and activities as well as maps, atlases and specialty publications; distributed by Simon & Schuster. Featured: AAA Automotive series, including 2003 New Cars &...

Working the floor. (D-J).(2003 BookExpo America)(Directory)
May 5, 2003... DA CAPO PRESS A member of the Perseus Books Group. Featured: No Horizon Is So Far: An Hisoric Journey Across Antarctica by Anne Bancroft and Liv Arnesen; Signor Marconi's Magic Box by Gavin Weightman; Arthur Miller: His Life and Work by...

Working the floor. (K-Q).(2003 BookExpo America)(Directory)
May 5, 2003... KABBALAH PUBLISHING Booth: 271. KANE/MILLER BOOK PUBLISHERS Specializes in translated American editions of children's books and offers ancillary items. Featured: Dan's Angel: A Detective Guide to the Language of Paintings by...

Working the floor. (R-Z).(2003 BookExpo America)(Directory)
May 5, 2003... RAINCOAST BOOKS Raincoast Books, together with its Polestar and Press Gang imprints, offers a diverse list of children's books, literary fiction, gardening titles, outdoor adventure series, gift books and feminist nonfiction; distributed...

Taking Dead Aim: Iris Johansen. (Interview).(Interview)
May 5, 2003... Through the maze of subdivisions in this Atlanta suburb where she lives, past the waterfall, beyond the dogs, Iris Johansen sits regally in a spacious salon filled with soft, sighing couches. It's a scene that could fit nicely in one of her...

Orchard. (Fiction).(Book Review)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... LARRY WATSON. Random, $24.95 (256p) ISBN 0-375-50723-X * Showing deep maturity of thought and craft, Watson (Montana 1948; White Crosses) surpasscs himself in his sixth novel, an uncompromising, perfectly calibrated double portrait of two...

Hey Nostradamus! (Fiction).(Book Review)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... DOUGLAS COUPLAND. Bloomsbury, $21.95 (256p) ISBN 1-58234 358-6 Coupland has long been a genre unto himself, and his latest novel Fits the familiar template: earnest sentiment tempered by sarclonic humor and sharp cultural observation. The...

Elsewhere in the Land of Parrots. (Fiction).(Book Review)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... JIM PAUL. Harcourt, $24 (320p) ISBN 0-15-100495-1 A love story with an ornithological spin, this latest novel by poet, novelist and translator Paul (Medieval in L.A., etc.) leads its two protagonists deep into the hinterlands of South...