With general attendance down, BookExpo America’s return to Los Angeles was a bit of a mixed bag for traditional prose book publishers. But this year’s BEA still showed off the continuing growth and enthusiasm around comics and graphic novel publishing—despite the rumors swirling around Tokyopop’s restructuring, especially their decision to not exhibit at the San [...]

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It’s all a mystery to Bruce Steinberg of St. Charles — except for the good reviews his soon-to-be-released book “River Ghosts” has received.
Steinberg, a former Kane County prosecutor and public defender now in private practice in Batavia, provides a summary of his book, authored under his pseudonym of B.R. Robb.
“I’m a middle-aged white Jewish guy [...]

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