2006 Spur Awards Honor Best Westerns PHOENIX/AZ/3/18/06—California writer Willard Wyman won two Spur Awards for his first novel while Loren Estleman collected his fifth from Western Writers of America. Winners in 15 categories were announced March 18 by WWA President...

Erotic Romance Becoming Next Big Thing in Women’s Fiction Erotic romance—the next big thing in women's fiction— has turned mainstream romance novels up a notch from hot to even hotter, according to an article in the Mercury News by Nerissa Pacio. With book covers...

Will the New Amazon Shorts Change the Nature of Publishing? Will the new Amazon Shorts feature change the nature of publishing? Francis Hamit thinks so. Hamit, a journalist who began experimenting with electronic publishing and distribution of his previously published...

Atria Books to Publish Abrams' The Lost Diary of Don Juan NEW YORK, NY/03/13/06—Atria Books has purchased North American rights to two novels by author Douglas Carlton Abrams, Judith Curr, executive vice-president and publisher announced today. Vice-President and...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 16-23, 2006 Edition Google Woos Publishers to Grant Pay-Per-View to Entire Books Online NEW YORK, NY/3/14/06—In an apparent effort to placate publishers who are suing the company for copyright infringement-search giant Google is now courting...

Tesco’s Powerful Book Buyer Moves To HarperCollins LONDON/03/10/06—Caroline Ridding, the powerful book buyer for Tesco, the UK supermarket chain, has joined HarperCollins, effective May 1. A replacement at Tesco has not yet been named. Her title at Harpercollins will...

Tesco’s Powerful Book Buyer Moves To HarperCollins LONDON/03/10/06—Caroline Ridding, the powerful book buyer for Tesco, the UK supermarket chain, has joined HarperCollins, effective May 1. A replacement at Tesco has not yet been named. Her title at Harpercollins will...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 9-16, 2006 Edition Book Publishing Industry ‘05 Net Sales Total $25.1 Billion New York, NY/3/6/06—Net sales for the United States publishing industry are estimated to have increased by 9.9 percent from 2004 to 2005 to a grand total of $25.1...

Atria Books Acquires Golf and Business Memoir By Sportsman Norman New York, NY/3/4/06—Judith Curr, Executive Vice President and Publisher, announced Marchy 3 that Atria Books will publish a golf and business memoir by legendary sportsman and entrepreneur Greg Norman,...

E.L. Doctorow’s The March Wins Book Critics Award NEW YORK, NY/3/3/06— The March, E.L. Doctorow’s acclaimed tale of Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman's ruthless Civil War battles, won the National Book Critics Circle prize for fiction March 3 at an awards banquet. The...