Southern Review posted - Is Barbara Walters memoir selling?

For anyone interested, the June 2008 issue of the Southern Review of Books newsletter has been posted and may be accessed at Southern_Review <http://www.anvilpub.net/southern_review_of_books.htm>. Stories in the issue include:
 
   1. Barbara Walters book launched with huge publicity blitz - but is it selling?
   2. Tables nearly sold out for August Great American Bargain Book Show 
   3. Breaking news from the book barons
   4. 'Christianity Today' examines 'The Christian Bookstore in Crisis'
   5. Thomas Nelson pulls out of BEA, CBA shows; cuts staff
   6. News about bookstores, publishing, marketing and promotion 
   7. Publisher gives deep discounts to bookstores buying nonreturnable stock
   8. Pregnant at 15, no high school diploma, she builds major publishing house
   9. Update journalism: Latest skinny on past Southern Review stories
 10. HarperCollins opts into growing e-book market
 11. We get letters: Georgia publisher says winning awards of little value
 12. A Better Be Write publishing house merged into Argus Enterprises
 13. Mangled metaphors, stretched similes and garbled grammar awards
 14. There be sharks: Be careful of where you're swimming in the book biz sea
 15. BookLocker blog says 'Don't fret if publisher owns ISBN.' Don't believe it!
 16. Useful information and free services for writers
 17. Amazon sues New York state over proposed sales tax
 18. Half Price Books, with 100 used book stores, plans 40 more by 2013
 19. News about how marketing and publicity sells books
 20. 'How to Be Useful' aims at helping book industry preppies 
 21. Milestones: Records and news of note in book publishing
 22. 2008 Edgar award winners announced
 23. News of chicanery, dishonesty and tort-feasing in the book business
 24. Signet drops Cassie Edwards after Nora Roberts alleges plagiarism
 25. Washington State AG tells Amazon foes to take complaints to feds
 26. Chuckles: Finding humor amid the stacks and shelves
 27. Director of "Basic Instinct" to publish Jesus biography in Holland
 28. ChristianTrade announces Marketsquare International 2009 in Atlanta 
 29. Major upcoming trade shows, book fairs and book festivals
 30. New publishing technologies displayed at London Book Fair 2008
 
Please visit our Web site at www.anvilpub.net for the latest information on books, manuscripts and publishing properties we're brokering.
 
Noel Griese, Anvil Brokers/Anvil Publishers, Inc., Atlanta, GA
Currently marketing $8 million in literary properties and $14 million in books 
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