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Dove Audio has announced plans to release the first audio version of the now-famous documents, which were published in paperback form nearly overnight...
...Winfrey's forthcoming movie version of Toni Morrison's Beloved. "'Hi, it's Oprah!' I couldn't talk. I just got a little scared about what it all meant." One thing it meant: sales. Breath, Eyes, Memory shot to No. 1 on the Publishers Weekly paperback best-sellers list. There are now 600,000 copies in print...
...thing. I feel very lucky that journalism gives me that chance." Says Farley: "It was obvious this was a story that had to be written." When not dealing with grim reality, Farley turns to fiction. His novel, My Favorite War, concerns a black newspaper reporter. It's now in paperback...
Digital printing systems are breathing new life into out-of-print books. Lightning Print Inc. of LaVergne, Tenn., makes inexpensive ($15-$25), quickie paperback versions of older books, allowing bibliophiles to discover forgotten works from Phillip K. Dick, Doris Lessing and others. Only 150 titles are available to date, but the company hopes to offer 10,000 by year's end. The catch: Lightning Print works directly with publishers and prints only books ordered by them. To buy a Lightning Print book, customers must check with a bookstore or online seller to see what's in stock...
...more than an astounding 28 million copies. (Suggestion for a new title: Chicken Soup for the Souls of 33 Publishers Who Really, Really Screwed Up.) The Chicken Soup product line is the publishing phenomenon of the decade. Last week five of the Top 10 slots on the Publishers Weekly paperback best-seller list were filled by Chicken Soup titles. Hansen and Canfield say they plan at least 30 more books over the next few years, and perhaps as many as 70, including ones for the prisoner's soul, the ocean lover's soul and the country soul. Nicey-nice sells...