Southern Review posted - Atlanta writer workshops slated for Spring Book Show

The March 2010 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 this issue include:
 
  1. Amazon backs down in dust-up with Macmillan over e-book prices
  2. Spring Book Show announces two Atlanta workshops for writers
  3. Justice Dept. casts monkey wrench into latest Google book deal 
  4. Breaking news from the book barons
  5. New Kitty Kelley biography unlikely to be Oprah Book Club selection
  6. Borders denies it is delaying payments to small publishers 
  7. Simon & Schuster CEO berates "cheap" digital books
  8. New U.S. Sen. Scott Brown shopping biography
  9. Rebecca Stead wins Newbery; Jerry Pinkney awarded Caldecott
10. News about bookstores, publishing, marketing and promotion 
11. TeleRead ebook community acquired by North American Publishing
12. Nelson CEO shares data on Top 10 U.S. book publishers in 2009
13. Amazon dips toes into traditional publishing with Amazon Encores
14. Covey displeases Simon & Schuster, gives e-book rights to Amazon
15. Borders criticized for destroying mass market paperbacks
16. Books to Movies Department
17. How bad is it - and what is the book business doing to cope?
18. Borders holiday sales down 13.7 percent from 2008
19. Bookstore sales fell two percent in November
20. AAP members report November sales rise of 10.9 percent
20. Update journalism: Latest skinny on past Southern Review stories
21. The publishing revolution: News of ebooks and other new media 
22. Amazon launches 70 percent Kindle royalty option
23. Kindle fans use bad reviews to punish delayed digital edition of book
24. New BISG survey tracks behavior toward ebooks
25. Apple introduces iPad "on the shoulders" of Amazon.com's Kindle
26. Textbook publishers welcome placing content on iPad
27. Self-publishing and vanity presses: B&T in deal with PublishAmerica
28. Author Solutions asks RWA, MWA, SFWA to smoke peace pipe
29. Marketing books: what works and what doesn't
30. Milestones: Records and news of note in book publishing
31. Amazon offers 70 percent royalty for Kindle books
32. Mystery Writers of America announces 2010 Edgar Award nominees 
33. "Christianity Today" announces 2010 Book Awards 
34. Tort-feasing in the book business: Nelson, Zondervan in legal rhubarb over kids' books 
35. Chuckles: Californian schools ban dictionary over naughty words
36. Major upcoming trade shows, book fairs and book festivals

Visit our Web site at www.anvilpub.net for the latest information on books, manuscripts and publishing properties we're brokering.
 
Noel Griese, Editor, Southern Review of Books, Anvil Brokers/Anvil Publishers, Inc., Atlanta, GA
Currently marketing $8.5 million in literary properties and $15.9 million in books 
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