Industry/Literary Analysis

According to Wikipedia: A blook can refer to either an object manufactured to imitate a bound book, an online book published via a blog, or a printed book that contains or is based on content from a blog. The term “blook” has been actively used since the 1990s, by librarian/ collector, Mindell Dubansky, to describe […]

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<p><a href=”http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6441065.html”>Carroll &amp; Graf and Thunder’s Mouth, both imprints of the Perseus Group, are </a><a href=”http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6441065.html”>being phased out</a>, according to a story from the Publishers Weekly web site. </p> <p>Both entities have produced admirable baseball titles. Earlier this year, C&amp;G <a onclick=”window.open(this.href, ‘_blank’, ‘width=148,height=221,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0′); return false” href=”http://baseballbookshelf.mlblogs.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/00_ruth104.gif”><img title=”00_ruth104″ height=”223″ alt=”00_ruth104″ src=”http://baseballbookshelf.mlblogs.com/my_weblog/images/00_ruth104.gif” width=”150″ border=”0″ style=”FLOAT: right; […]

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To celebrate the beginning of the new season, several shows on National Public Radio have included segments on baseball books. Dave Winfield, author of Dropping the Ball, Gary Sheffield (Inside Power), and Cait Murphy (Crazy ’08), were all recent guests on the Leonard Lopate Show. (Also on the Winfield program: an interview with Jessica Rosner […]

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According to a March 30 post on Publisher’s Weekly.com: In honor of baseball’s opening day this Sunday (April 1), The Bob Edwards Show re-airs Bob’s conversation with Pulitzer winner David Maraniss about Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball’s Last Hero, just out in paperback. PW’s starred review considered it a “respectful and dispassionate account. […]

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<p>The March 26 issue of <em>Sports Business Journal</em> features a <a href=”http://sportsbusinessjournal.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=article.main&amp;articleId=54786″>profile of Terry McDonell</a>, editor of Sports Illustrated Group.</p> <p>McDonell says his best decision was joining the SI family:<a onclick=”window.open(this.href, ‘_blank’, ‘width=300,height=391,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0’); return false” href=”http://baseballbookshelf.mlblogs.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/indians0vj.jpg”><img title=”Indians0vj” height=”130″ alt=”Indians0vj” src=”http://baseballbookshelf.mlblogs.com/my_weblog/images/indians0vj.jpg” width=”100″ border=”0″ style=”FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 5px 5px” /></a> </p><blockquote dir=”ltr” style=”MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px”><p dir=”ltr” […]

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<p class=”MsoNormal”><span style=”FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial”><strong>From SABR.org</strong></span></p> <p class=”MsoNormal”><span style=”FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial”>Cleveland, Ohio – The Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) is happy to announce that the multi-volume <strong><em>Game of Inches: The Stories Behind the Innovations That Shaped Baseball </em></strong>(Ivan R. Dee) by <strong>Peter Morris </strong>was selected to receive this […]

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<p>The March 19 issue of <em>Street &amp; Smith’s Sports Business Journal </em>features a story on how &quot;<a href=”http://sportsbusinessjournal.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=article.main&amp;articleId=54253″>Athletes hope books will inspire children</a>.&quot; Titles include Alex Rodriguez’s <em>Out of the Ballpark</em>, David Eckstein’s <em>Have Heart</em>, and Eric Gange’s <em>Breaking Barriers.</em></p> <p>Rodriguez writes about his early failures as a little leaguer and how perserverance made him […]

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<p>A press release for <a href=”http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&amp;STORY=/www/story/03-20-2007/0004549687&amp;EDATE=”>Cecilia Tan’s new book on the Yankees</a>, which caims to be <a onclick=”window.open(this.href, ‘_blank’, ‘width=500,height=500,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0’); return false” href=”http://baseballbookshelf.mlblogs.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/broadside_1.jpg”><img title=”Broadside_1″ height=”150″ alt=”Broadside_1″ src=”http://baseballbookshelf.mlblogs.com/my_weblog/images/broadside_1.jpg” width=”150″ border=”0″ style=”FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 5px 5px” /></a>&quot;an <a onclick=”window.open(this.href, ‘_blank’, ‘width=500,height=500,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0’); return false” href=”http://baseballbookshelf.mlblogs.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/broadside.jpg”></a>informative and in-depth guide to the upcoming season and with 112 pages […]

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Random House just launched a new service that allows shoppers to listen to clips from audio books. Presently, there are three baseball titles. Click on the graphic to play the clip. Emperors and idiots, written by Mike Vacarro, read by Richmond Hoxie Moneyball, written and read by Michael Lewis Coach, written and read by Michael […]

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<p>Brendan Roberts, the <em>Sporting News</em> fantasy baseball columnist, penned a <a href=”http://fantasy.sportingnews.com/baseball/experts/brendan-roberts/20070306.html”>profile of John Benson</a>, one of the gurus of roto who is so sought-after for his advice that he commands a fee of $150 an <strong>hour</strong>.</p> <p></p>

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<p>According to <a href=”http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070228/ap_en_ot/books_mickey_mantle”>a report in the Associated Press</a>, Lyons Press, an imprint of Globe Pequot Press, will release <em>7: The Mickey Mantle Novel</em> on April 3, with a planned first printing of 250,000, the largest in the company’s history.</p> <div id=”ynmain”><div id=”storybody”><p></p></div></div>

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<p>Peter Golenbock’s controversial <em>7: The Mickey Mantle Novel</em> has already had a <a onclick=”window.open(this.href, ‘_blank’, ‘width=240,height=240,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0’); return false” href=”http://baseballbookshelf.mlblogs.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/7_1.jpg”><img title=”7_1″ height=”250″ alt=”7_1″ src=”http://baseballbookshelf.mlblogs.com/my_weblog/images/7_1.jpg” width=”250″ border=”0″ style=”FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 5px 5px” /></a> <a onclick=”window.open(this.href, ‘_blank’, ‘width=240,height=240,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0’); return false” href=”http://baseballbookshelf.mlblogs.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/7.jpg”></a>checkered life. The book, which depicts Manlte as a flawed man, was originally supposed to be […]

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<p><a href=”http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB117132033196106402-JXXh8HzCZLUbEFeJJbnZSN3_lN0_20070219.html?mod=blogs”>An article</a> in today’s <em>Wall Street Journal</em> (Feb. 13) takes a look at ESPN’s attempt to &quot;smarten up&quot; its core audience (i.e., men 18-34) by getting them to read more than a few sports pages or their own magazine.</p> <p>ESPN is the publisher of a new book by former basketball player John Amaechi, <a […]

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