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Johnson follows Crossing the River with a wise and compassionate novel. Eleven episodes explore the history of the Hardin family of Strang Knob, Ky., a fading community hidden away in [...]

Robert B. Parker. Putnam, $19.95 (224p) ISBN 0-399-13818-X Spenser fans will delight in the Boston PI's latest adventure, after Pastime and Double Deuce, as Parker, restraining a penchant for arch [...]

THE PAPER DYNASTY Boardroom power struggles, scandal, murder, adultery, the heyday of immigrant California and the rise of Hollywood are ingredients of this big, old-fashioned family saga spanning five generations. [...]

BROWN PAPER TEDDY BEAR CATHERINE ALLISON, ILLUS. BY NEIL REED. Scholastic/Cartwheel, $16.95 (32p) ISBN 0-439-63900-X The brown paper of the title refers not only to the wrapping that reveals an [...]

PAPER FAN: The Hunt for Triad Gangster Steven Wong TERRY GOULD. Thunder's Mouth, $16.95 paper (512p) ISBN 1-56025-622-2 Gould, a much awarded Canadian investigative journalist, recounts his N-year odyssey in [...]

* Paper Trails: True Stories of Confusion, Mindless Violence, and Forbidden Desires PETER DEXTER. Ecco, $25.95 (320p) ISBN 978-0-06-118935-7 In this sprawling collection of finely etched prose, noted novelist Dexter [...]

After absorbing steady losses over the last several years, the tide has turned for paper manufacturers, a shift that could spell higher prices for publishers as well as supply issues. [...]

Paper Tiger: An Obsessed Golfer's Quest to Play with the Pros TOM COYNE. Gotham, $26 (224p) ISBN 1-592-40209-7 The title is a sly acknowledgment on Coyne's part of the karmic [...]

WEST LINN PAPER SALES COMPANY G. Thomas Gallagher, formerly v-p of printing sales for Mead Westvaco Papers Group, has been named president of the Oregon-based [...]

Electronic ink is the next step in the digitization of the printed word. Pulp paper may one day be supplanted by a smarter, electronic medium. Like liquid crystal displays, the [...]

in 1991, bible sales are up more than 25% over the previous year, according to figures presented at the Christian Bible Association conference held in July. The last several years [...]

The brutal murder of a young girl polarizes the inhabitants of the newly gentrified London neighborhood under the jurisdiction of police chief commander John Coffin, seen before in Coffin in [...]

The article discusses environmental sustainability efforts by publishers as of April 2014. Topics include the environmental policies of Hachette Book Group publishing house for 2013 to 2016, the use of Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)-certified sustainable and recycled paper in book publishing, and the environmental reports by the Book Industry Environmental Council (BIEC). The Sustainable Forest Initiative (SFI) forest certification standard is also mentioned.

Loaf the Cat Goes to the Powwow is a children's picture book written by Nicholas DeShaw and illustrated by Tara Audibert. The story follows Loaf, a feline protagonist, as she accompanies her Ojibwe-cued caretaker, Charlie, to a powwow. Through Loaf's perspective, readers are introduced to the powwow's Grand Entry, capturing the energy of the event. The digital illustrations by Audibert effectively depict the playful nature of the cat and the participation of the boy in the powwow. This book is suitable for children aged 3 to 7. [Extracted from the article]

"Bookie and Cookie" is a children's book written by Blanca Gómez. The story follows the friendship between Bookie, a brown-skinned bibliophile, and Cookie, a pale-skinned baker. The two characters live on opposite sides of the book's pages and have never ventured to the other side. However, with the help of a clever plan involving cookies, they are able to explore the world outside their pages together. The book teaches young readers about the importance of adjusting and compromising in friendships. Suitable for ages 3-7. [Extracted from the article]

THE RECORD OF THE PAPER: How the New York times Misreports US Foreign Policy HOWARD FRIEL AND RICHARD FALK. Verso, $23 (304p) ISBN 1-84467-019-8 Although the New York Times is [...]

THE BLACKBIRD PAPERS IAN SMITH. Doubleday, $24.95 (352p) ISBN 0-385-51136-1 NBC News medical correspondent and nonfiction author Smith (Dr. Ian Smith's Guide to Medical Websites, etc.) leaps headfirst into the [...]

No fewer than six bidders turned out for a three-day auction of The Official Rock Paper Scissors Strategy Guide by the founders of the World RPS Society, brothers Graham and [...]

ROBERT SEDLACK. Overlook, $13.95 paper (309p) ISBN 1-58567-300-5 A first-class African safari goes awry in myriad ways in Sedlack's dark, edgy tragicomedy of a debut, which was shortlisted for the [...]

Two journals provide space for writing, drawing, and self-reflection. A Year in My Life: 365 Scribble & Sketch Activities Lucy Menzies, illus. by Tilly. Kane Miller, $9.99 trade paper (160p) [...]

Lauren McKenna at Pocket Books took world rights in a three-book deal to mass market paper editions of a romantic suspense series by indie bestseller Liliana Hart. Self-publishing since 2011, [...]

DANIEL ELLSBERG. Viking, $29.95 (480p) ISBN 0-670-03030-9 * Ellsberg's transformation from cold warrior and Defense Department analyst to impassioned antiwar crusader who released the Pentagon Papers to the New York [...]

In The Columbia Guide to American Indians of the Southeast, Theda Perdue (Cherokee Women) and Michael D. Green (The Creeks), University of North Carolina professors of respectively, history and American [...]

ELLEN GOODMAN. Simon & Schuster, $25 (368p)) ISBN 0-7432-4919-4 Goodman's new anthology of columns reads like a much more personal and slightly more literary, Andy Rooney script. The 25-year veteran [...]

For the past several weeks, Sena Jeter Naslund's Ahab's Wife or, The Star Gazer has been lurking just below PW's trade paperback bestsellers top 15. Considering its stellar reviews and [...]

Michael Crichton is the new leader on the mass market list with Timeline, in which modern science meets medieval mayhem. Ballantine reports more than two million copies in print after [...]

RANDOM HOUSE announced plans to launch Random House Trade Paperbacks, a softcover publishing line that will draw titles from the Random House hardcover list as well as from other publishers. [...]

MASS MARKET ACE V.I. (Mar., $6.99) by Don De Brandt. A deadly new lifeform is looking to add flesh and blood to its menu and only a half-breed creature and [...]

The printed book is facing its share of challenges in the digital age. But one of the biggest problems facing the future of the book has gone relatively unnoticed by [...]

JULIA CAMERON. Penguin/Tarcher, $19.95 336p) ISBN 1-58542-288-6 Best known as the coauthor of The Artist's Way, creativity gum Cameron now offers a series of personal essays and exercises about working [...]

JUDITH KOLL HEALEY. Morrow, $24.95 (368p) ISBN 0-06-052535-5 This engaging medieval suspense debut is alternately playful and sober in its exploration of the power maneuvers and backstabbing of the royal [...]

JOHN BAXTER. St. Martin's/Dunne, $24.95 (432p) ISBN 0-312-31725-5 As he stooped over a basket full of stuffed animals at a London flea market, Baxter (Robert de Niro; George Lucas) made [...]

Essays Wendell Berry * Nineteen new essays, including 'A Citizen's Response [to the new National Security Strategy]'--a ringing call of caution to a nation standing on the brink of global [...]

A Reporter's Journey Through the Archives of the New York Times Richard F. Shepard. Times Books, $30 (320p) ISBN 0-8129-2453-3 Neither a history nor a memoir, this amiable browse through [...]

THE AMERICAN FOREST & Paper Association foresees moderate growth in paper availability in 1996, according to the 36th annual Capacity Survey, released Dec. 8, 1995, in New York City. AFPA [...]

SCOTT SPENCER. HarperCollins/Ecco, $24.95 (368p) ISBN 0-06-018534-1 * Spencer's latest novel should cement his reputation as the contemporary American master of the love story. Daniel Emerson is a New York [...]

Hardly a week has passed in the last 18 months that didn't feature a nonfiction hardcover bestseller on our list from the irrepressible Iyanla Vanzant. Now the bestselling author is [...]

This article looks at results of the "Environmental Trends and Climate Impacts: Findings From the U.S. Book Industry" survey. According to the study, the cutting of trees accounts for nearly 63% of the industry's carbon footprint, while paper production and printing accounts for 26.6%. In all, it is estimated that the industry produced a carbon dioxide equivalent net emission of about 12.4 million tons in 2006, and a net emission of 8.85 pounds per book sold to consumers.

THE AMERICAN FOREST & Paper Association, the trade association for U.S. paper producers, has announced cuts of up to 28% of its permanent staff, and budget cuts that will eventually [...]

WHILE BOOK publishers are not happy about the current round of paper price increases, some are understanding. The paper business is a cyclical business and the 1989 to mid-1994 period [...]

THE AMERICAN FOREST and Paper Association held its biggest convention of the year, Paper Week, in New York City, Mar. 13-15, and the news for publishers was not promising. Prices [...]

MICHAEL HOLROYD Counterpoint, $27 (336p) ISBN 1-58243-150-7 Authors and celebrities have often derided the biographer's craft as downright parasitic. Rebecca West painted an image of biographers picnicking round the tombstones [...]

Just under 20% of all paper purchased by Scholastic in 2008 was certified by FSC (Forest Stewardship Council), up from 4% in 2007. Scholastic's goal is to have FSC-certified paper [...]

ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTING book, newspaper and magazine publishing industries around the world are calling for international cooperative action to prevent what they foresee as a world paper shortage. In a joint [...]

Craig Dirgo. Pocket, $23 (358p) ISBN 0-671-03489-8 Einstein's Unified Field Theory is the MacGuffin in this competent debut by Clive Cussler collaborator Dirgo (Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt Revealed). The [...]