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The article reports on the growth posted by the U.S. publishing industry in the area of books aimed at the African-American reading market as of December 2005. The growth can be seen from the increase in the number of African-American book imprints at New York houses to the burgeoning movement of self-published street literature. There has also been an increase in the number of small African-American publishers. INSETS: One Hell of a Life;African-American Fiction;Looking at Nonfiction.

Focuses on the growth of urban African American fiction in the U.S. Factors that contributed to the popularity and success of street fiction in the country; Impact of street fiction on book chain retailers; Attributes and characteristics of urban African American fiction.

The article reports on the move by some publishers to publish chapbooks, as of May 2019. Topics discussed include the publication of the first unabridged English-language translation of German author Uwe Johnson's novel "Anniversary," by New York Review Books, number of chapbooks printed by FSG through Sterling Pierce according to its assistant director of publicity Stephen Weil, and information on the chapbook for "We Love Anderson Cooper."

The article focuses on the documentary film "Behind Those Books," produced by Kaven Brown and Mills Miller. The film examines the controversy over street literature and will premiere at the Tribeca Cinemas in New York City on May 27, 2011. According to Brown, street literature is not real literature as the genre receives the same backlash as hiphop music.

The article focuses on Augustus Publishing which markets street or urban literature. The company, which was founded in 2005, has a backlist of about 20 books and plans to released new titles in 2010. The books published by the company survey life on the city streets and often feature young people faced with the lure of drugs, crime and fast money and their consequences. Some of the books published by Augustus are "Lipstick Diaries, "Ghetto Girls" and "Streets of New York."