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The titles in our Fall religion listing continue many of the trends spotted earlier, such as the relationship between faith and politics; books advocating or refuting atheism; and lots of [...]

The spring season once again demonstrates U.S. publishers' customary breadth of titles from the Iraq war to Yogi Berra. Of our 37 designated categories, however, there's one that's notably front [...]

As our fall preview goes to press, it's hot; and the temper of the autumn offerings is no cooler. With the conflicts in Iraq and elsewhere blazing away, new titles [...]

It says something about America today that some of the bestselling books on religion were written by atheists. After years of enormous sales for self-help religion tomes, the mood of [...]

In the midst of a very hot summer, meteorologically and politically, our look ahead at the fall season promises that books will remain at the center of many debates. From [...]

It was probably inevitable. After the super-soaking of American politics and culture with religion in recent years, a new subcategory rises up--anti-religion book. Fall brings a striking number of impassioned [...]

Will I ever be able to write about religion publishing again without referring to The Da Vinci Code? Maybe next year. For now, the impact of Dan Brown's still-bestselling novel--and [...]

What narcissistic fools we 21st-century mortals be. We have every form of ailment imaginable, and every idea for treating it. We eat/drink/shop/love too much--or not enough. We can't get together, [...]

SINCE THE FIRST CIROBE (Chicago International Remainder and Overstock Book Exposition), held at Chicago's Congress Hotel back in 1991, the bargain book business has seen significant growth and no small [...]

This season, there's no lack of cookbooks vying for a spot on the cook's kitchen (or library) shelf. Some are of the traditional kind, gamely slugging it out with standard-bearers; [...]

Wasn't the boom era for religion books supposed to be over? The category's continuing strength confounds those who've said for--the past 15 years or so now--that it couldn't last. It [...]

ABINGDON Hurry Less, Worry Less (Apr., $13 paper) by Judy Pace Christie outlines 10 strategies for living the life one longs for. Growing the Soul (Apr., $10 paper) by Delia [...]

Only eight more weeks td spring ... and the clock is officially ticking. A pre, view of the season's best begins below and is complemented with not only our lay-down [...]

THERE'S SO MUCH VITALITY now in the gay, and lesbian market,' says Carroll & Graf editor Don Weise. 'There is definitely a gay/lesbian book community in place.' Although not everyone [...]

'IN MY 25 YEARS OF TEACHING I have tried to make people realize that cooking is primarily fun and that the more they know about what they are doing, the [...]

ABINGDON PRESS If You're Going the Wrong Way ... Turn Around! (Sept., $13) by James Moore presents personal stories for spiritual growth. 365 Meditations for Women by Women (Sept., $14) [...]

IT'S NOT ALWAYS FAIR weather in the garden. While it's not unanimous, more than a few toilers in this publishing field point to gray clouds. Some say they are rethinking [...]

ABRAMS In text and photos, Mick Hales chronicles his far-flung visits to more than 150 gardens in Gardens from Around the World: 365 Days (April, $29.95). Daffodil and Rose (Mar., [...]

ABINGDON PRESS Life from the Upside (Mar., $13 paper) by J. Ellsworth Kalas. Twelve sessions reinforce God's presence. You Can Soar Like an Eagle (Mar., $12 paper) by Nell W. [...]

Jack Kerley The Hundredth Man Dutton (June) 'It was always in the back of my head to write a novel, and the more I was in advertising, the closer the [...]

BOOKS ON THEATER AND film these days must crowd onto a very small stage. As Applause Books publisher Glenn Young puts it, 'A performing arts publisher has to be sensitive [...]

ABRAMS Women in Pants: Manly Maidens Cowgirls and Other Renegades (June, $35) by Catherine Smith and Cynthia Greig is a collection of photographs, with commentary, depicting nonconventional women in men's [...]

MID-SOUTH/SOUTHEAST 'Location is the key that informs the characters and their situations in The Darkest Child, says Laura Hruska, Soho Press associate publisher. This January release by Delores Reynolds unfolds [...]

AMISTAD Practical Virtues (Sept., $24.95) by Reverend Floyd H. Flake and Reverend M. Elaine McCollins Flake presents a collection of African-American-inspired stories, hymns, poems, letters and narratives. 40,000 first printing. [...]

ACADEMY CHICAGO Sadika's Way: A Novel of Pakistan and America (Sept., $23.95) by Hina Haq. This social comedy deals with a Pakistani girl's coming of age and her journey to [...]

ARCADE Secrets of the Sands: The Revelations of Egypt's Everlasting Oasis (Oct., $25.95) by Harry Thurston. More the 400,000 years of human history are being uncovered in a single location [...]

ACADEMY CHICAGO Vinnie Ream: An American Sculptor (Oct., $27.50) by Edward S. Cooper portrays the 19th-century woman whose statue of Lincoln stands in the capitol's rotunda. ALGONQUIN When It Was [...]

ACADEMY CHICAGO The Rebellion of the Beasts: or, The Ass Is Dead! Long Live the Ass!!! (Sept., $21.95) by Leigh Hunt. This 1825 satire predates Orwell's Animal Farm by more [...]

AMERICAN EXPRESS Best of the Best: The Best Recipes from the 25 Best Cookbooks of the Year (Oct., $29.95) by Food & Wine magazine includes recipes from Mario Batali, Daniel [...]

AEI PRESS (dist. by Client Dist. Services) Coercing Virtue: The Worldwide Rule of Judges (Sept., $25) by Robert H. Bork charges that courts are eroding our democratic way of life [...]

IN AN AMERICAN ECONOMY uncertain of its footing, pundits and seers wrangle over what the future holds and even over the significance of today's events. However, although many prognosticators continue [...]

'I'M NOT GIVING AWAY MY SECRETS,' WARNS ONE publisher, off the record. Elsewhere, an associate editor says, 'Do you really think I'm going to tell you the successful things we [...]

THE PROSPECT FOR LARGE-PRINT books is looking good, because the eyes have it--fatigue, that is. They are tired from staring at computer screens for hours on end. And as Americans [...]

IN OUR MIDST ARE PEOPLE WHO, IN plain sight, frequently commit serial acts involving robbery, murder and worse. However, if editors didn't keep publishing mystery series and if booksellers didn't [...]

CONSUMERS HAVE A FEROCIOUS appetite for advice telling them what to do, how to act, what to eat and what to shun in order to feel good, spruce up their [...]

Key players speak out on issues affecting this publishing niche Lynn Bond: Refining Focus and Reaching New Markets Random House Value Publishing has just emerged from what president Lynn Bond [...]

Sluggish sales and a shift in public tastes have made this funny business less than a laughing matter Publishing humor (the process, that is, rather than the fundamental drollery of [...]

ABINGDON PRESS Christianity for Beginners (Mar., $9.95 paper) by Ralph Milton is for those nervous about taking on too big a topic. Understanding & Counseling Persons with Alcohol, Drug, & [...]

Stuart Dolgins: Maps Will Always Be a Necessity It's a family operation, but it's certainly no small potatoes. 'Langenscheidt was founded in 1856, and it's now being run by the [...]

ABBEVILLE Popular European settings are on view in Romantic Irish Landscapes (Apr., $27.50) by Iaian Zaczek and in Venice and the Veneto (Apr., $45) with photos by Sonja Bullaty and [...]

MARGARET CUTHBERT Silent Cradle Pocket Books (Apr.) It took Berkeley, Calif., ob/gyn Margaret Cuthbert 10 long, soul-searching months before she reluctantly decided to close her medical practice and become a [...]

Love is just around the corner, and matchmakers on all sides are making sure it's within reach. The desire to couple reader and book is probably nowhere as passionate as [...]

While booksellers believe backlist gets bumped off too soon, publishers present a strong line of defense It doesn't take a Jane Marple to unravel clues to the significance of the [...]

On the retail front, heavy returns have filled the remainder tables, and non-traditional sales opportunities are expanding Publishers may not read them as such, but, in many quarters, these are [...]

A chorus of new voices bids to be heard through novel undertakings JO SOARES A Samba for Sherlock Pantheon (Nov.) Known as 'the Johnny Carson of Brazil,' Jo Soares spends [...]

Backlist titles, many with added spice, maintain their staple position in the marketplace Cookbook publishers know not to turn their backs on the backlist. By the time it's a backlist [...]

Pioneers of mass market paperbacks, now 60 years old, recall the heady days of yore More than halfway through PW's first 125 years, the business we cover felt a seismic [...]