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Fine-tuning the future of books: HarperCollins UK blog post vs. Pan Macmillan digi exec’s manifesto (TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home)

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 07:54:41 GMT

This is fun—a spirited debate on the future the of the book, complete with one brave soul, Richard Nash at Soft Skull Press, telling of "the recent acquisition of my company by Luddites who will never read this comment." Hence "I’m temporarily all talk and no action." The Luds are apparently from Winton, Shoemaker [...]

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Your Whiteness is Showing (The BN Village)

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:43:49 GMT

Letter to Certain White Women Who Are Threatening to Withhold Support from Obama in November by White Male Author.....Tim Wise...... Tim Wise is the author of: White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son (Soft Skull Press, 2005), and Affirmative Action: Racial Preference in Black and White (Routledge: 2005). He can be reached at: timjwise@msn.com Your Whiteness is...

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Catalogging Counterpoint & Soft Skull (Chasing Ray)

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:13:25 GMT

Just got the combined catalog for Counterpoint, Sierra Books & Soft Skull Press last week. Sierra Club didn't have much this time but there were several titles in the other two imprints that appealed to me. Here are the standouts: Race to the Polar Sea by Ken McGoogan. BOOYAH! A polar history title! This one is about none other than Elisha Kent Kane one of the most famous northern...

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ask the Nerd (Blood & Treasure)

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:21:50 GMT

Thanks to the fine fellows at Soft Skull press I have a free copy of the War Nerd book, a compliation of his eXile columns and an essential companion for every armchair General Butt Naked. I’m also in the process...

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A White Guy Who Gets It. (Investor's Iraq Forum)

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 14:53:07 GMT

*Tim Wise is the author of: White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son (Soft Skull Press, 2005), and Affirmative Action: Racial Preference in Black and White (Routledge: 2005). He can be reached at: timjwise@msn.com* March 18, 2008 Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama and the...

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The Pisstown Chaos: Freebie plague novel from Soft Skull Press, via Wowio (TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home)

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:24:02 GMT

... May 2007 publication, and tried again, this time for July 2008,” writes Richard Nash, publisher of Soft Skull Press . And to pull out more stops, this preview eBook.” Related: Amazon page for the new Ohle book. Also see PW writeup , concluding: “Ohle’s creation of a vivid world, both familiar and foreign, dark and slyly humorous, makes the book a grim delight.” ( Via book critic...

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Radical Coffee Shop Vox Pop Opens in Bowery Poetry Club (Grub Street - New York Magazine's Food and Restaurant Blog)

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:48:08 GMT

The anti-capitalist capitalist. Photo: Newscom Sander Hicks is a former book publisher (he ran Soft Skull Press), a proselytizer for the 9/11 conspiracy-theory movement, and proprietor of a politicized coffee shop/bookstore called Vox Pop in Flatbush that he dreams of building into a national chain rivaling Starbucks. With his second location set to open (inside the Bowery Poetry...

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Catalogging Counterpoint (Chasing Ray)

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 04:21:49 GMT

I just received a copy of the Counterpoint Spring 08 catalog which included titles from Counterpoint, Sierra Club Books and Soft Skull Press. While I was happy to see all the titles offered here (and especially Sierra Club - I really need to track down a copy of Birding Babylon . I just read about it again in Soldier's Heart: Reading Literature Through Peace and War at West Point...

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Juicy Mother: Celebration (Comics Should Be Good!)

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 22:34:52 GMT

Here’s the part where the straight, white (American) male reviews the collection of mostly gay but sometimes other ethnic and racial minority comics. Let's see what happens. Juicy Mother is an aught five anthology from Soft Skull press featuring work by a bunch of folks I’ve quite honestly never heard of, mixed in with stuff [...]

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Janet Sarbanes + Maggie Nelson, reading and more (machine project)

Sun, 02 Mar 2008 01:54:24 GMT

We’re excited to tell you our friends Janet Sarbanes and Maggie Nelson will be reading selections from their new books at Machine Project this Saturday, March 8th at 8pm. Maggie’s book from Soft Skull Press is called “Something Bright, Then Holes”; Janet's is “Army of One” from Otis Books; neither of them know about the finale [...]

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School, mall and workplace shootings: Why so many? No, why so few? (Scholars and Rogues)

Sat, 05 Jan 2008 00:42:05 GMT

The second in our “Cult of Crime” series (Part 1: Foxy Knoxy and the case of the honorary Missing White Woman ) Going Postal: Rage, Murder, and Rebellion by Mark Ames Soft Skull Press, 2005 360 pages, $15.95 In April 2007, when a Virginia Tech student killed 32, it was one of the worst ever, to coin a phrase, “social shootings.” Earlier, in February, five were killed in a Salt...

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Salt Lake City Tribune: (Kevin Smokler)

smokler@gmail.com (Kevin Smokler) — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 23:35:49 GMT

... West, which is meeting at The Canyons Resort through today. Side Note: The Trib mistakenly called Soft Skull Press an "online publisher." They publish regular ole' paper books. I brought them up as examples of innovators marketers in the publishing space.

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"Darker Nations" a discussion of Vijay Prashad's latest book (Indybay newswire)

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 18:23:30 GMT

... and Daniel Burton-Rose, of "Confronting Capitalism: Dispatches From A Global Movement," Soft Skull Press, 2003. Added To The Calendar On Monday Oct 29th, 2007 11:23 AM

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Books: The Gowanus Canal Inspires Some Poetry in Maggie Nelson's Latest (The Village Voice)

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:43:00 GMT

Something Bright, Then HolesBy Maggie Nelson Soft Skull Press, 80 pp., $15.95 by Alexander Nazaryanby James Ledbetterby Alexis Soloskiby YHVHby Ken Switzerby Isabelle Mills-Tannenbaum and Rebecca SmeyneSavage Love by Dan SavageRockie Weekly Horoscope by Rockieby Kirk NielsenPucker Up by Tristan Taormino"Most Popular" tools brought to you by: Following the publication of her first...

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Traditional Publisher, Self-Publisher Form Venture: Not All Authors Benefit (Booksquare)

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 20:46:44 GMT

... (though, in all honesty, these days, the review thing is more myth than reality.). Richard Nash of Soft Skull Press started me thinking when he broke down the numbers between releasing a new-to-the-world author in hardcover versus trade paperback: That's why you're seeing fewer and fewer hardcover debuts. There is virtually no existing audience for that writer. So a great review...

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Everyone is miserable and crazy (BrontëBlog)

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:52:00 GMT

... Wood ) Wet Asphalt recommends Douglas A. Martin's Branwell: A Novel of the Brontë Brother : Soft Skull Press is currently experiencing a financial crisis. As a result, they're offering their entire catalog at 40% off . If you'd like to take advantage of this, may I recommend Branwell: A Novel of the Brontë Brother by Douglas A. Martin ? Full disclosure: Martin was my writing...

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Brooklyn Book Festival (The Mumpsimus)

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 01:56:00 GMT

... and A Public Space is one such magazine. Gavin Grant and Jed Berry manfully manned the Small Beer Press table. Tempest and I had discussed the fact that there haven't been any good, physical literary fights recently -- plenty of internet flamewars and such, but nobody actually punching somebody out -- and so we tried to convince Gavin that he should start such a fight, perhaps at the upcoming...

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Medusa's Daughter (Baltimore Sun)

Sun, 16 Sep 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Parke started out studying acting, then spent time in the music industry, including 13 years as Prince's personal art department. Now, working with writer Jonathon Scott Fuqua, he is close to wrapping his third graphic novel, the story of a teen whose special ability helps her fit right in with a traveling sideshow. Coming in the spring from Soft Skull Press, Medusa's Daughter...

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Read This! pick (Isak)

Mon, 30 Jul 2007 20:27:18 GMT

The LitBlog Co-op selects its summer favorite: Jamestown, by Matthew Sharpe, published by Soft Skull Press. Stay tuned to the LBC for interviews, podcasts, discussions, and dialogue....

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Read This! Jamestown by Matthew Sharpe (THE LITBLOG CO-OP)

Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:49:59 GMT

The LBC is excited to announce the Summer 2007 Read This! title - Jamestown by Matthew Sharpe, published by Soft Skull Press, and nominated by Megan, aka Bookdwarf. A few words about her nomination from Megan: When I learned that...

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