Publishers Weekly articles from September 2005

Publishers Weekly archives from September 2005

Trudeau looks to move beyond 'cures': controversy doesn't stop infomercial guru.(Kevin Trudeau)
September 5, 2005... Infomercial star Kevin Trudeau turned a book containing such theories as deodorants cause breast cancer and magnetic toe rings reverse the aging process into one of the biggest bestsellers of the year. Now he's hoping to score again by...

PublishAmerica in lawsuit.(lawsuit by Encyclopaedia Britannica)(Brief Article)
September 5, 2005... PublishAmerica, the Maryland publishing operation that has come under fire from authors, is now facing a lawsuit. Earlier this month, Encyclopaedia Britannica filed suit in Illinois District Court over a PublishAmerica imprint called...

Kepler's closes.(Kepler's Books and Magazines)(Brief Article)
September 5, 2005... Kepler's Books and Magazines, a bookselling institution in Menlo Park, Calif., for 50 years, closed unexpectedly last week. Founded by the late Ray Kepler, the store had recently been run by his son Clark. A note in the window blamed financial...

Snake oil crisis.(controversy over success of Kevin Trudeau's book Miracle Cures "They" Don't Want You to Know About)(ethical book publishing)(Editorial)
September 5, 2005... Whoever said August is a slow news time for the book business has apparently not been paying attention to the stories about Miracle Cures and its author, Kevin Trudeau. In article after article doctors have been quoted debunking the bestselling...

Rautenstrauch joins Blackwell's.(Gary Rautenstrauch, CEO of Blackwell's Book Services)(Brief Article)
September 5, 2005... Gary Rautenstrauch, former president and CEO of Baker & Taylor, has been named CEO of Blackwell's Book Services. Dan Halloran, who had been the head man at Blackwell's, will remain with the company as president. Rautenstrauch will be based in...

New publisher for Transworld.(Bill Scott-Kerr)(Brief Article)
September 5, 2005... Patrick Janson-Smith, longtime publisher of Random House UK division Transworld, will leave at the end of September to join the Christopher Little Literary Agency. Transworld has promoted Bill Scott-Kerr to take Janson-Smith's place. During his...

Sunday reviews by the numbers.(Brief Article)
September 5, 2005... 27: Number of books covered in August 14 issue of Washington Post Book World 11: Number of books covered in August 14 issue of LA. Times Book Review 50: Number of books covered in August 14 issue of N. Y. Times Book Review 1.8:...

O'Neill to head HC wellness.(Mary Ellen O'Neill, vice president of HarperCollins wellness and lifestyle unit)(Brief Article)
September 5, 2005... Mary Ellen O'Neill has been appointed v-p, publisher, for the Collins wellness and lifestyle unit. O'Neill, who will join HC September 26, has been an executive editor at Hyperion Books since 1998, publishing primarily wellness, business and...

Japanese dist. buys Stone Bridge.(Yohan Inc. buys Stone Bridge Press)(Brief Article)
September 5, 2005... Stone Bridge Press, the Berkeley, Calif.-based publisher specializing in books about Japan and its pop culture, was acquired by Yohan Inc., a major distributor of foreign-language books and magazines in Asia. Peter Goodman, who founded Stone...

NBN adds seven pubs.(National Book Network)(Brief Article)
September 5, 2005... National Book Net work has added seven new clients. Beginning in September, NBN will take over distribution for Public Square Books, Advantage Books, Fitway Publishing, Writer's Institute Publications and Pinkham Publishing. In December, NBN...

Profits marginally better.(publishers and booksellers)
September 5, 2005... Improving profits proved to be a tough task for book publishers and booksellers alike in 2004. Operating margins at seven publishers fell in their most recent fiscal years, rising at only six. Margins stayed even at HarperCollins. Borders Group...

What are you reading?(Lisa Quemada, teacher)(book The Queen's Fool)(Brief Article)(Interview)
September 5, 2005... Lisa Quemada, 28 Teacher, Buena Park, Calif. What are you reading on vacation? The Queen's Fool by Philippa Gregory Where did you get it? LAX airport What prompted you to buy it? I read her previous book, The Other...

Katrina ravages deep south publishing.(Hurricane Katrina's effects on publishers, booksellers)
September 5, 2005... As the effects of Hurricane Katrina began to be assessed, word of bookstores destroyed and authors' lives being disrupted started to filter in. Fortunately, there appeared to be no loss of life among publishing-industry members, but businesses...

Google pushes overseas.(overseas marketing of Google Print services)(Brief Article)
September 5, 2005... Google has broadened the international reach of its Google Print program through two initiatives. One effort moves Google Print into foreign languages, with the programming being launched in France, Italy, Germany, Holland and Spain. Google's...

'Eldest' hot.(sales of book by author Christopher Paolini)(Brief Article)
September 5, 2005... With sales of 425,000 in its first week on sale, Christopher Paolini's Eldest has become the fastest-selling book in the history of the Random House Children's Book group. After an initial printing of 1.3 million, Random went back for a second...

Six inches under.(cable broadcaster HBO negotiates series based on author Meg Wolitzer's novel The Position)(Brief Article)
September 5, 2005... Those mourning the recently departed Six Feet Under may not have to wait long for a new weekly fix of family dysfunction. HBO is in final negotiations for Meg Wolitzer's The Position, published by Scribner in March. Actor-director Griffin Dunne...

He who hesitates ...(possible film based on author Benjamin Kunkel's novel Indecision)(Brief Article)
September 5, 2005... Don't tell Scott Rudin that nothing gets done in August. While on location in London for his upcoming Notes on a Scandal, the prolific producer found time to hunker down with Indecision (Random House, Aug.), Benjamin Kunkel's funny debut novel...

Calendar Sept. 11-17.(upcoming book releases, marketing events)(Calendar)
September 5, 2005... 9/11 Inoculate yourself against fear on 9/11's anniversary by reading Marc Siegel's False Alarm: The Truth About the Epidemic of Fear (Wiley). PW called it "a terrific and groundbreaking book." 9/12 The 125th birth anniversary of...

Graphic splendor.(publisher Houghton plans Best American Graphic Narratives, graphic novel series)(Brief Article)
September 5, 2005... The signs of graphic novel mainstreaming are everywhere, from the serious Sunday reviews to the curriculum at your local college. Now the format is getting another validating stamp, in the form of a Best American title from Houghton. The...

Foreign fluffer-nutter?(pre-publication foreign sales of Joachim de Posada's book Don't Eat the Marshmallow)(Brief Article)
September 5, 2005... Pre-pub foreign sales don't usually go to the unknowns, especially authors of slim business volumes. But that's what happening with a Berkley book not yet published that's being compared to Who Moved My Cheese?. The title, Don't Eat the...

The cookbook code.(Doubleday to publish David DeWitt's book The Leonardo Da Vinci Cookbook)(Brief Article)
September 5, 2005... The name da Vinci, when cited in a Doubleday catalogue, tends to have a salutary effect on sales, which is why hopes are high for The Leonardo da Vinci Cookbook, which Doubleday's Jennifer Josephy and Charlie Conrad have just bought from Scott...

Artful acquiring.(Free Press acquires Sandra Magsamen's book Living Artfully)(Brief Article)
September 5, 2005... Creative selling is about more than just agent skullduggery; sometimes it's about an interesting package--literally. That's what Sandra Magsamen did when she shopped her book called Living Artfully, using a handmade sample book and lavish...

Morrell tries 20% solution.(CDS Books to publish David Morrel's novel Creepers)
September 5, 2005... Eight years ago, Stephen King was one of the first major authors to set off into uncharted territory when he inked a book deal with Scribner for a nominal advance in exchange for a larger share of the profits. Now Rambo creator David Morrell is...

When the house is in the home.(virtual book-publishing houses)
September 5, 2005... Given all the advances in information and communication technologies over the past decade, combined with an industry that traditionally has outsourced operations, from printing to distribution, it was only a matter of time before virtual book...

Holiday House tabs Borzumato.(Theresa M. Borzumato, marketing vice-president)(Brief Article)
September 5, 2005... Theresa M. Borzumato, previously executive director, school and library marketing at Random Children's books, has been named v-p of marketing at Holiday House.

Linder, Heroman join Dickinson press.(Michael Linder, Paul Heroman)(Brief Article)
September 5, 2005... Michael Linder has been named v-p of sales and chief marketing officer. Paul Heroman has been appointed v-p, operations, effective September 12.

Conant joins Thomas Nelson.(Cameron Conant)(Brief Article)
September 5, 2005... Cameron Conant, an author and former PR manager for Zondervan's Bible group, has been named director of publicity for Bibles, reference, Nelson Impact, electronic and the Caribe-Betania Spanish divisions.

Marshall Cavendish names Jusko.(Rick Jusko, sales vice-president)(Brief Article)
September 5, 2005... Rick Jusko, formerly a senior executive at Chelsea House Publishers, has been appointed v-p of sales.

Sevier, Friedman rise at St. Martin's press.(promotion of editors Ben Sevier, Ethan Friedman)(Brief Article)
September 5, 2005... Ben Sevier and Ethan Friedman, both previously associate editors, have been promoted to editor.

Industry stocks: August performances.(Brief Article)
September 5, 2005... Industry Stocks: August Performances Winners Company July 29 August 31 % CHANGE Franklin Electronic Pub. 3.50 5.02 43.4% LeapFrog 12.47 13.60 ...

Peoples raises $3 million.(Peoples Educational Holdings)(Brief Article)
September 5, 2005... Few publishers in recent years have gone public in a bid to raise funds, but earlier this year, Peoples Educational Holdings had a successful public offering through which the publisher of supplementary materials raised about $3 million. The...

Promotions at S&S children's.(book publishing executives)(Brief Article)
September 5, 2005... Debbie Sfetsios, previously art director, paperback books, has been promoted to art director, Atheneum Books for Young Readers and McElderry Books. Karene Petrillo, formerly production supervisor, has been named production manager. Daniel...

Goldman exits BookSpan.(Kevin Goldman, public relations vice president of CNBC)(Brief Article)
September 5, 2005... Kevin Goldman, formerly v-p corporate communications at BookSpan, has been named v-p, public relations, at CNBC. No one had been named to replace him at press time.

Indie house to bigger house.(Letter to the Editor)
September 5, 2005... Regarding Douglas Wolk's "The Road to Fruition" (Aug. 22): Alternative Comics' short-term cash-flow woes actually occurred well after Nick Bertozzi decided to shop The Salon to mainstream publishers. We were ready to publish Nick's book and had...

Teachers had a role in YA rise.(Letter to the Editor)
September 5, 2005... While I appreciated Marc Aronson's recognition of the rise in young adult readership ["Getting Over the Rainbow Party," Aug. 22], I am dumbfounded at his suggestion that "motivated authors, librarians, booksellers and publishers" are solely...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
September 5, 2005... Bill Lofy's appearance to promote his books on Paul Wellstone (Foreword, Aug. 29) is being held Sept. 6 at at the Women's National Demorcratic Club, not at the Women's National Press Club.

Hardcover bestsellers/fiction.(includes notes on individual books)
September 5, 2005... Hardcover Bestsellers/Fiction BY DAISY MARYLES Last Weeks September 5, 2005 week on list (1) The Historian. Elizabeth Kostova. 3 11 ...

Hardcover bestsellers/nonfiction.(includes notes on individual books)
September 5, 2005... Hardcover Bestsellers/Nonfiction BY DAISY MARYLES Last Weeks September 5, 2005 week on list (1) Natural Cures "They" Don't Want You 1...

Paperback bestsellers/mass market.(includes comments on individual books)
September 5, 2005... Paperback Bestsellers/Mass Market BY DAISY MARYLES September 5, 2005 Last Weeks week on list (1) Angels & Demons. Dan Brown. 2...

Paperback bestsellers/trade.(includes notes on individual books)
September 5, 2005... Paperback Bestsellers/Trade BY DAISY MARYLES Last Weeks September 5, 2005 week on list (1) The Kite Runner. 1 ...

Audio bestsellers/fiction.(includes notes on individual audiobooks)
September 5, 2005... Audio Bestsellers/Fiction BY SHANNON MAUGHAN September (1) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (unabr. CD). J.K. Rowling. Read by Jim Dale. Random House Audio/Listening Library. 17 CDs, 19 hours, $75 ISBN...

Audio bestsellers/nonfiction.(includes notes on individual audiobooks)
September 5, 2005... Audio Bestsellers/Nonfiction BY SHANNON MAUGHAN September (1) 1776 (unabr. CD). David McCullough. Read by the author. Simon & Schuster Audio. 10 CDs, 12 hours, $49.95 ISBN 0-7435-4423-4 (2) Your Best Life Now...

The best writer you've never heard of: Jonathan Coe writes some of the most appealing fiction around. So why do so few Americans know him?(Interview)
September 5, 2005... In the summer of 1982, a young boy who maybe preferred movies and sports to books chanced upon Danny, the Champion of the World, Roald Dahl's novel of a nine-year-old who learns pheasant hunting from his father. The boy was startled by the...

New age: what the bleep? Categories conflate, confound, connect.(publishing, marketing of New Age books)
September 5, 2005... With no Hollywood A-list and nary a single car chase, the film What the Bleep Do We Know? became one of the sleeper hits of 2004, as word-of-mouth and strategic marketing kept it in theaters for an entire year. The gross exceeded $10...

Crossing the great divide: Christian publishers meet with frustration and success getting their kids' books into the general market.
September 5, 2005... If religion books for children are on your shopping list, one of the best places to go is a CBA bookstore. According to a recent study by CBA--the association of evangelical Christian retailers--sales of children's products in a typical store...

Why YA and why not blurring the line between traditionally distinct markets.(young adult fiction)
September 5, 2005... Consider this tale of two books: Both set in exclusive prep schools, narrated by teenaged outsiders, featuring sex scenes that would make a tuition-paying parent cringe. Both are first novels, written by 20-something authors, tackling Big...

The Constant Princess.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 5, 2005... The Constant Princess PHILIPPA GREGORY. Touchstone, $24.95 (400p) ISBN 0-7432-7248-X As youngest daughter to the Spanish monarchs and crusaders King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, Catalina, princess of Wales and of Spain, was promised to...

Sex Wars.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 5, 2005... * Sex Wars MARGE PIERCY. Morrow, $24.95 (416p) ISBN 0-06-078983-2 This rich novel set in post-Civil War New York stars a true-life cast of characters that includes Victoria Woodhull, the spiritualist turned first woman to run for the U.S....

The Arms of God.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 5, 2005... The Arms of God LYNNE HINTON. St. Martin's, $24.95 (272p) ISBN 0-312-34795-2 An assured if overly emotive storyteller, Hinton (Friendship Cake) spins the tragic tale of Olivia Jacobs, beginning with Olivia's unexplained appearance at the...

Soldier of God.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 5, 2005... Soldier of God DAVID HAGBERG. Forge, $25.95 (420p) ISBN 0-765-30622-0 After CIA director Kirk McGarvey and his wife, Katy, barely survive a spectacularly ruthless terrorist attack on an Alaskan cruise ship, McGarvey (last seen in last...

Stalemate.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 5, 2005... Stalemate ICCHOKAS MERAS, TRANS. FROM THE LITHUANIAN BY JONAS ZDANYS. Other Press, $13.95 paper (168p) ISBN 1-59051-156-5 SS Commandant AdolfSchroger, overseeing the Vilna Jewish ghetto, challenges 17 1/2-year-old Isaac Lipman to a chess...

Total Chaos.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 5, 2005... Total Chaos JEAN-CLAUDE IZZO, TRANS. FROM THE FRENCH BY HOWARD CURTIS. Europa Editions, $14.95 paper (256p) ISBN 1-933372-04-4 A love quadrangle that has lain dormant for 20 years--three men and one woman, friends and successive partners in...

The Mysterious Secret of the Valuable Treasure.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 5, 2005... The Mysterious Secret of the Valuable Treasure JACK PENDARVIS. MacAdam/Cage, $21 (198p) ISBN 1-59692-128-5 As the saying goes, "dying is easy, comedy is hard." This facile collection of funny-guy stories by Pushcart Prize--winner Pendarvis...

A Private Hotel for Gentle Ladies.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 5, 2005... A Private Hotel for Gentle Ladies ELLEN COONEY. Pantheon, $23.95 (320p) ISBN 0-375-42340-0 Playing out in Boston during the freezing winter of 1900, Cooney's sixth novel (after Gun Ball Hill) has a steamy premise--a proper young lady winds...

Passion.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 5, 2005... * Passion JUDE MORGAN. St. Martin's, $24.95 (544p) ISBN 0-312-34368-X The attempted suicide of Mary Wollstonecraft opens this carefully researched, deeply imagined and gorgeously written novel about the Romantic poets, as seen by the women...

Turning Thirty.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 5, 2005... Turning Thirty MIKE GAYLE. Downtown, $13 paper (352p) ISBN 0-7434-7765-0 Brit Matt Beckford and girlfriend Elaine agree, one evening in their Brooklyn apartment, that while they love each other, they're no longer in love, and break up....

I Think She's Trying to Tell Me Something.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 5, 2005... I Think She's Trying to Tell Me Something DAN GRAZIANO. Avon, $12.95 paper (304p) ISBN 0-06-077875-X This fumbling first novel proposes to enlighten the reader with the guy's take on modern romance. Baseball writer Jack Byrnes has fallen...

Away from You.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 5, 2005... Away from You MELANIE FINN. St. Martin's Griffin, $12.95 paper (224p) ISBN 0-31234146-6 Ellie Cameron, heroine of this well-crafted debut novel of self-discovery, is living aimlessly in New Mexico when she receives a letter from Nairobi,...

Ex and the Single Girl.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 5, 2005... Ex and the Single Girl LANI DIANE RICH. Warner/5 Spot, $12.95 paper (272p) ISBN 0-44669307-3 When Portia Fallon's boyfriend, Peter, dumps her on Valentine's Day, she realizes she's "four cats and a Reader's Digest subscription away from...

The Truth of the Matter.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 5, 2005... * The Truth of the Matter ROBB FORMAN DEW. Little, Brown, $24.95 (336p) ISBN 0-316-89004-9 Dew returns to the Scofields of Washburn, Ohio, for a minutely observed, lucid and lyrical examination of family ties, the second in a trilogy (The...

Six Bits a Day.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 5, 2005... Six Bits a Day ELMER KELTON. Forge, $23.95 (256p) ISBN 0-765-30956-4 Hewey Calloway is a fun-loving cowboy who can't shoot straight; his younger brother, Walter, is a serious cowboy who, much to Hewey's horror, wants to marry a pretty girl...

Comes a Horseman.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 5, 2005... Comes a Horseman ROBERT LIPARULO. WestBow, $21.99 (496p) ISBN 0-7852-6176-1 Toward the end of this debut novel, its heroine, FBI Special Agent Alicia Wagner, summarizes its plot to herself, characterizing it as "the stuff of bad movies."...

Jar City.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 5, 2005... Jar City ARNALDUR INDRIDASON, TRANS. FROM THE ICELANDIC BY BERNARD SCUDDER. St. Martin's Minotaur, $21.95 (288p) ISBN 0-312-34070-2 When a lone septuagenarian is murdered in his apartment in the Nordurmyri district of Reykjavik, detective...

The Lincoln Lawyer.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 5, 2005... * The Lincoln Lawyer MICHAEL CONNELLY. Little, Brown, $26.95 (384p) ISBN 0-316-73493-4 Veteran bestseller Connelly enters the crowded legal thriller field with flash and panache. Los Angeles criminal defense attorney Mickey Haller...

Strange Saint.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 5, 2005... ANDREW BEAHRS. Toby, $24.95 (384p) ISBN 1-59264-124-5 This engrossing historical novel Beahrs's debut, dramatizes the experience of America's first English settlers through the eyes of a fierce young heroine who confronts both a savage new...

The Collected Fiction of Kenneth Koch.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 5, 2005... The Collected Fiction of Kenneth Koch EDITED BY JORDAN DAVIS, KENNETH KOCH AND RON PADGETT, INTRO BY JORDAN DAVIS. Coffee House, $30 (408p) ISBN 1-56689-180-9; $18 paper ISBN 1-56689-176-0 One of the six or so seminal members of the New...

The Bear Bryant Funeral Train.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 5, 2005... The Bear Bryant Funeral Train BRAD VICE. Univ. of Georgia, $24.95 (192p) ISBN 0-8203-2745-X The nine stories in this debut collection, set mostly in a well-drawn rural South, gorgeously examine loneliness and its companion, longing. Vice...

The Thin Tear in the Fabric of Space.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 5, 2005... The Thin Tear in the Fabric of Space DOUGLAS TREVOR. Univ. of Iowa, $15.95 paper (180p) ISBN 0-87745-950-9 The various protagonists of Trevor's first collection struggle to fill the void left by one or another loss (or "tear"), often...

The Annie Chase Story.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 5, 2005... The Annie Chase Story AILEEN RIDINGS BENNETT. Behler (www.behlerpublications.com), $15.95 (241p) ISBN 1-933016-31-0 A girlhood oath of friendship haunts two women in Bennett's debut novel, an awkward iteration of the tragic mulatto story....

All She Ever Wanted.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 5, 2005... All She Ever Wanted LYNN AUSTIN. Bethany House, $13.99 paper (400p) ISBN 0-7642-2889-7 One of Christian fiction's favorite authors pens an engaging story about family secrets that begins powerfully, but eventually loses steam. Kathleen...

Dear Departed: A Bill Slider Mystery.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 5, 2005... Dear Departed: A Bill Slider Mystery CYNTHIA HARROD-EAGLES. St. Martin's Minotaur/Dunne, $24.95 (352p)ISBN 0-312-34768-0 Delightful dialogue and carefully observed details make Harrod-Eagles's 10th Bill Slider mystery a winner (after...

The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Novels.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 5, 2005... * The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Novels SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE, EDITED WITH A FOREWORD AND NOTES BY LESLIE S. KLINGER. Norton, $49.95 (992p) ISBN 0-393-05800-X Eminent attorney and Sherlockian Klinger completes the daunting mission...

Riding Gain: A Talk Radio Mystery.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 5, 2005... Riding Gain: A Talk Radio Mystery JOYCE KRIEG. St. Martin's Minotaur/Dunne, $24.95 (304p) ISBN 0-312-32738-2 In the charming third mystery by Agatha-nominee Krieg starring Shauna J. Bogart (after 2004's Slip Cue), the gutsy Sacramento,...

What Angels Fear.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 5, 2005... What Angels Fear C.S. HARRIS. NAL, $23.95 (352p) ISBN 0-451-21669-5 Set in England in 1811, Harris's riveting debut delivers a powerful blend of political intrigue and suspense. When Sebastian Alistair St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, is accused...

Death by Thunder.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 5, 2005... Death by Thunder GRETCHEN SPRAGUE. St. Martin's Minotaur/Dunne, $24.95 (304p) ISBN 0-312-34767-7 In the first of what was to be a new cozy series from Sprague (Maquette for Murder), who died shortly after completing the book, Janet Upton,...

The Syracuse Codex.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 5, 2005... The Syracuse Codex JIM NISBET. Dennis McMillan (www.dennismcmillan.com), $35 (469p) ISBN 0-939767-52-X A floozy's murder jump-starts a caper mixing scholarly skullduggery and hard-boiled mayhem in Nisbet's byzantine biblio-mystery. San...

Steeplechase: A Homer Kelly Mystery.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 5, 2005... Steeplechase: A Homer Kelly Mystery JANE LANGTON. St. Martin's Minotaur/Dunne, $24.95 (320p) ISBN 0-312-30195-2 At the start of Langton's 18th Homer Kelly mystery (after 2003's The Deserter), the Harvard professor and sometime sleuth...

October publications.(A New Omnibus Crime)(Stalking the Puzzle Lady)(A Crossworder's Delight)(A Catered Christmas: A Mystery with Recipes)(The Vesuvius Club: A Bit of Fluff)(The Wheelman)(Resurrecting Langston Blue)(Book Review)
September 5, 2005... A New Omnibus of Crime, edited by Tony Hillerman and Rosemary Herbert, is a worthy successor to Dorothy L. Sayers's classic Omnibus of Crime (1929). Primarily a reprint anthology, it includes three original tales by Catherine Aird, Jeffrey...

Seeker.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 5, 2005... * Seeker JACK McDEVITT. Ace, $24.95 (368p) ISBN 0-441-01329-5 Ideas abound in McDevitt's classy riff on the familiar lost-space-colony theme. In 2688, interstellar transports Seeker and Bremerhaven left a theocratic Orwellian Earth to found...

Promise of the Witch-King: The Sellswords, Book II.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 5, 2005... Promise of the Witch-King: The Sellswords, Book II R.A. SALVATORE. Wizards of the Coast, $27.95 (352p) ISBN 0-7869-3823-4 Jarlaxle Baenre, the drow elf, is once again on the trail to rollicking adventure in bestseller Salvatore's...

In Deep Voodoo.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 5, 2005... In Deep Voodoo STEPHANIE BOND. Avon, $6.99 (384p) ISBN 0-06-082057-8 When Deke Black is stabbed through the heart with a lawn stake, the secrets of Mojo, La., start bursting to the fore in this lively first of a new romantic mystery...

You've Got Male.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 5, 2005... You've Got Male ELIZABETH BEVARLY. HQN, $6.99 (384p) ISBN 0-373-77068-5 After two years in the slammer for creating a computer virus and unwittingly turning it loose on the free world, computer genius Avery Nesbitt has turned into an...

The Xeno Solution.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 5, 2005... The Xeno Solution NELSON ERLICK. Forge, $6.99 (448p) ISBN 0-765-34971-X Xenotransplantation--in particular, transplanting tissue or organs from genetically altered pigs to people--is the promising premise of Erlick's near-future medical...

One Dead Under the Cuckoo's Nest.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 5, 2005... One Dead Under the Cuckoo's Nest LORI AVOCATO. Avon, $6.99 (368p) ISBN 0-06-073167-2 In Avocato's third comic Pauline Sokol mystery (after The Stiff and the Dead), the ex-nurse turned insurance fraud investigator finds herself drugged,...