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R&L Authors to Appear at National Press Club

What do R&L authors Arthur Caplan , Craig Crawford , Bob Deans, Dr. Arthur Garson, and David Yount  have in common with literary luminaries Stephen Hunter, Sebastian Junger, Howard  Kurtz, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, and Jay Winik? They are all appearing at the 30^th Annual National Press Club Book Fair to be held this Thursday, November 1, 2007 at 5:30pm.

One of Washington's most prestigious literary events, the National Press Club Book Fair attracts authors from across the nation, and draws hundreds of fans and Club members who enjoy browsing the children's books, cookbooks, photography books, Washington exposés, histories, and fiction, all new on the market this year or as yet unreleased.

Admission is free for members of the National Press Club and $5 for non-members, with tickets available for purchase at the door. The Book Fair is open from 5:30 to 6 p.m. for members only; and from 6 to 8:30 p.m. to non-members.

Books for the event are provided by Barnes & Noble. Because this is a fundraiser, no outside books are permitted. Meet the authors, get the story behind the story, and have them sign your purchase. An ideal place to begin your holiday gift-buying!

For more information, contact Lisa Miller at (202) 662-7564 or at lmiller@press.org

Sponsored by: National Press Club   
Location: Ballroom

The complete list of authors is available on the NPC website.

Rowman & Littlefield Imprints Join Google Book Search as Partner Publishers

Earlier this year (prior to the birth of this blog) Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, AltaMira Press, and Lexington Books became partners in the Google Book Search program. This month we’re very excited to launch Google’s Book Search functionality directly on the rowmanlittlefield.com, altamirapress.com, and lexingtonbooks.com websites. Visitors to these websites will find that they now have the ability to search within the full text of any of the titles that are included in the Book Search program. Searches can be conducted across the entire list or within the contents of a specific title.

Google Book Search hugely expands the visibility of our books both to our current customers and to web browsers who may never have heard of Rowman & Littlefield or any of our imprints. Of course, only a limited portion of any one title is visible via Book Search. Visitors to our websites will be able to see a few full pages from a book as a preview. They can also conduct multiple searches within the book, or browse through the available pages. There’s a limit to the amount of any given book that can be viewed online.

Each book’s Google page includes an 'About this book' link with basic bibliographic data like title, author, publication date, length and subject. Users also have access to additional information like key terms and phrases, references to the book from scholarly publications or other books, chapter titles and a list of related books. Each book also has a link to the appropriate R & L website where the book can always be purchased at a 15% online discount.

We believe this added functionality will increase overall traffic to our website in addition to improving the browsing and shopping experience on our sites.

For more information about Google’s Book Search program, please visit http://books.google.com/googlebooks/about.html