Lee & Low Books Acquires Children's Book Press Assets

January 27, 2012

NEW YORK, Jan. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – Continuing to expand despite a difficult economy, Lee Low Books, an independent publisher of high quality books for children and young adults with a focus on diversity, announced today that it has acquired the assets of San Francisco-based Children’s Book Press, the first specialty publisher of multicultural children’s...
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68,000 gang members counted by new Gang Book

January 27, 2012

Social media Web sites have become popular mechanisms by which gang members carry out drug-dealing and other illegal activity. This trend is explored in the Chicago Crime Commission Gang Book, which also highlights profiles, colors and other identifiers of 70 of the most prominent street gangs in Chicago, a city estimated to have more...
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Chicago Crime Commission unveils new 'Gang Book'

January 27, 2012

Social media Web sites have become popular mechanisms by which gang members carry out their illegal activity. This trend is explored in the Chicago Crime Commission Gang Book, which also highlights profiles, colors and other identifiers of 70 of the most prominent street gangs in Chicago, a city that is estimated to have more...
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Announcing New Grants Resource for Essex County Nonprofits — The EBSCO Publishing Grants Resource Center at ECCF

January 27, 2012

~ The EBSCO Publishing Grants Resource Center at Essex County Community Foundation Provides Access to Valuable Resources for Nonprofits...
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Kappa Books Publishers, LLC Announces Acquisition of Business and Intellectual Property of Modern Publishing

January 27, 2012

FORT WASHINGTON, Pa., Jan. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – Kappa Books Publishers, LLC (“Kappa Books”) announced today it has reached an...
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Michael Miller From Que Publishing and Ramsom Koay From Thermaltake Will Be Featured on Let's Talk Computers (R)

January 27, 2012

NASHVILLE, TN–(Marketwire -01/27/12)- Guests from Que Publishing and Thermaltake will appear on radio talk show Let’s Talk Computers. Que...
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Michael Scott Moore, Los Angeles Writer, Kidnapped By Somali Pirates

A writer and travel journalist from Manhattan Beach, Calif. has been kidnapped by Somali pirates while doing research on a book about piracy. According to Somalia Report, who first reported the kidnapping, 15 men in two Land Cruisers abducted Michael Scott Moore and beat his Somali associate last Saturday. After local leaders tried unsuccessfully...

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When Snooki announced she had made the New York Times bestseller list in January...

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