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Writing About Your Mother and/or Father
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From the President's Desk

No eBooks in Libraries is A License to Steal (Books)

By Salley Shannon

When it comes to public library use of eBooks, we writers are in a pickle. We are insatiable readers, every one of us. We love libraries. Yet the publishers who midwife our books seem poised to kill off, or else severely limit, eBook lending in our nation's public libraries.

If there is one certainty in book publishing today, it's that publishers feel like the guy in the movie sword fight: back against the wall and myriad contenders taking cuts at him. Publishers are worried about staying alive.

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Today's Society News: From the pages of the ASJA Monthly:
Chrystle Fiedler's new novel, Death Drops: A Natural Remedies Mystery, is about a naturopathic doctor who runs a health food store and dispenses natural cures. Release date is Feb. 21 by Gallery Books/Simon & Schuster.
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Sona Charaipotra: based: New jersey
Subject Specialties: Entertainment, film, television, celebrities, Bollywood, more ...
Skills and Media: New media, content management systems, magazines, more ...
Periodicals: New York Times, People, American Way, Modern Bride, Star, others ...
Online: MSN.com, AOL.com, TheDailyBeast.com, iVillage.com, TeenPeople.com
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Nan K. Chase: based: North Carolina
Subject Specialties: Architecture, edible landscaping, travel ...
Skills and Media: Articles, books, media relations, corporate ghostwriting ...
Periodicals: New York Times, Atlanta Magazine, Air & Space, Smithsonian, more ...
Books: Eat Your Yard! Edible trees, shrubs, vines, herbs and flowers; others ...
Online: carolinagardener.com, wired.com, fiftyplus.com, womenswallstreet.com
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Suzi Forbes Chase: based: New York
Subject Specialties: Travel, country inns/bed & breakfasts, food, wine, historical ...
Skills and Media: Travel books, cookbooks, restaurant guides, articles, ...
Books: 42, including Long Island ZagatSurvey, senior local editor; others
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Victor D. Chase: based: New York
Subject Specialties: Aviation & space, electronics, environment, technology ...
Skills and Media: Books, feature articles, magazine & newsletter, consultation ...
Periodicals: Air & Space Smithsonian, Popular Mechanics, Popular Science ...
Books: Shattered Nerves: Solving Modern Medicine's Most Perplexing Problem ...
Online: research.IBM.com, TechReview.com; many others
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