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One hundred years after the passage and ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, which prohibits the government from denying citizens the right to vote on the basis of [...]

An ever-expanding definition of wellness has given consumers new ways to think about their health, and plenty of conflicting advice about how to maintain it. Publishers of health books are [...]

Business books have long counseled leaders to embrace change, and for the past several years many of these titles have aimed to help readers navigate the uncertain times that have [...]

With massive change unfolding around the world and in our own halls of government, there is plenty to feel uneasy about. And if a sense of security seems elusive at [...]

Now more than ever, writers for teens are entangling their characters with weighty, complex topics; the response to their books signals that readers are in need of support, in addition [...]

The dust has just settled on 2013, a year in which travel publishers, weary from six straight years of declining sales, weathered several headline-making mergers and acquisitions. What's come next [...]

Year after year, publishers of war and military history books must breathe new life into moments fixed in the history. It's a challenge that takes innovative thinking, careful strategy, and [...]

For the tech-savvy traveler, 'navigation' means far more than plotting the journey from home to destination and back again. It's a series of decisions on how to get and use [...]

They come in a staggering variety of subjects, sizes, shapes, and colors. Today's market for illustrated gift books--aka coffee-table titles is influenced by pop culture (Lady Gaga, anyone?), current trends [...]

'While the moniker 'New Age' is becoming a bit passe, it's not becoming old age,' says Llewellyn publisher Bill Krause. 'We have many new and fresh voices populating our frontlist [...]

While the breakneck pace by which erotica publishers turned out titles as recently as two years ago may have slowed, the category's influence on culture--and on publishing--continues apace. The demand [...]

Finally turning the page on 2009, publishers of business management books are feeling optimistic, focusing their energy on topics that suggest the worst just may be behind us, and on [...]

Health care, perpetually in the forefront of Americans' minds, is now on the tip of our lips. Fixing our current system tops President Obama's to-do list, but as the details [...]

By many accounts, large print books are well suited to weather the recession. While the category represents a fraction of overall book sales, demand is constant and poised for significant [...]

What's the best resource for parents trying to raise healthy, secure kids in the midst of global and perhaps personal uncertainty? The round-the-clock advice available online is, at best, a [...]

A great escape may have never felt so enticing, considering the sub-zero temperatures and myriad chilling realities of the still-plummeting economy. But in these troublesome times, do we dare take [...]

Our sense of humor--what we find funny, and where we find it--has changed significantly over the years. We used to get more of our laughs in cartoon form, whether it [...]

Sex sells--and always has--so why, in the realm of erotica, has sex sold surprisingly more during the past few years? Is it the ho-hum economy? The war on terror? It's [...]

Technology's tight embrace gives us ample opportunity to read the fine print. In fact, we often have no choice, squinting into laptops in badly lit offices, in living rooms, on [...]

Sure, we'd all like a vacation, but with consumers cowed by recession fears, is anyone actually thinking about travel? Experts insist that high gas prices, a tightening job market and [...]

The blogosphere seemed vast in 2010 when young adult author Maureen Johnson gave the keynote at the first-ever Book Bloggers Conference, observing that, 'with so many blogs, publishers don't know [...]

Why was it so important to you to write a book for young readers? What did you want to convey to them? I meet so many children who want to [...]

After serving in the U.S. Army for 23 years and retiring at the rank of colonel, Andrew J. Bacevich went on to publish several books (including 2010's bestselling Washington Rules: [...]