Local man ’sneaks’ into book publishing Roseville’s Palitti pens children’s publication

I find this sad but also very funny, and I’m glad the guy was busted.

Man arrested for publishing imaginary Prophet Mohammad picture

Police on Tuesday arrested a person for allegedly publishing school books depicting imaginary picture of Prophet Mohammad in one of its chapters and sealed the publication’s office in Meerut.

On inquiry it was found that the book was being published in Una district of Himachal Pradesh and was also taught in some schools there, police said.

Police, however, clarified that the book does not have any connection with the Uttar Pradesh School Examination Board.

National Loktantrik Party has expressed concern over the incident saying it hurts the sentiments of Muslims and demanded a ban on its publication.

Mr. Faithmouse’s extraordinary Harry Potter Cartoon

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Amazing!

The official Nielsen BookScan figures from Harry Potter this weekend are out, and they’re astonishing, even as they raise a question or two.

The book is said to have sold 4.1 million copies through Sunday July 17 according to the service, which would put its weekend sales ahead of any other two-day-total in history but would also create a discrepancy with the publisher’s figures.

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Last week thousands of people met at the newly named International Christian Retail Show, formerly called CBA International.

The International Christian Retail Show–formerly known as CBA International–met last week in Denver (July 11-15). We covered some of the changes in the show, the hot topics and the buzz books in the July 18 issue of PW. Here’s more news from ICRS:

The reconfigured show drew nearly 1,000 fewer registered attendees (9,986) than last year (10,969). CBA president Bill Anderson attributed that to “the economy, and the fact that there are not as many stores within driving distance as there are in Atlanta or Dallas.” Professional attendance (total people minus exhibitors and youth) was also down–3,021 vs. last year’s 3,816–though on a par with those of the 2003 show in Orlando, “another city without strong drive-in attendance,” according to a post-show statement by CBA.

Many publishers had scaled down their booths this year. Eerdmans sales director Michael Thomson said that over the past four years they had reduced their booth spaces from six to two, while Baker Publishing Group went from 24 booth spaces in 2004 to 16 this year. Many houses praised the slightly shorter show but emphasized that it’s still not short enough. “Three days seem ample for covering the business,” said Thomson. “There are very few bookstores on the last day. It would be more cost-effective for everyone if it [ICRS] was a day shorter, and I don’t believe we would lose any business.”

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