PublicAffairs

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PublicAffairs (or PublicAffairs Books) is an American book publisher located in New York City. From their web site:

"PublicAffairs proudly publishes books by today’s top journalists, historians, and policymakers, in the fields of current affairs, politics, history, and biography."

PublicAffairs was launched in 1997 by Peter Osnos,[1] and has published over 200 books since then.[2] The company publishes mostly non-mainstream non-fiction books about politics and current affairs, both American and international. On their 10th anniversary PublicAffairs arranged a panel discussion with several authors of books published by them, including James Wolfensohn, former president of the World Bank, and George Soros.[3]

In late 2007 PublicAffairs was involved in a controversy about a statement purportedly made by Scott McClellan, former White House Press Secretary (2003-2006) for President George W. Bush, and author of a book about to be published by PublicAffairs.[4]

In early 2008 PublicAffairs will be publishing a book version of Charles Ferguson's documentary film No End in Sight, nominated for a 2007 Academy Award.[5]

PublicAffairs is a member of the Perseus Books Group, which won Publishers Weekly's "Publisher of the Year" award for 2007.[6]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Peter L. W. Osnos. Source Watch. Center for Media and Democracy. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
  2. ^ PublicAffairs Books: Also available. PublicAffairs. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
  3. ^ 2007 BookExpo America: Social Entrepreneurs Panel. Book TV. National Cable Satellite Corporation. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
  4. ^ Hoyt, Clark. "If It’s Fit to Blog, Is It Fit to Print?", New York Times, 2007-12-09. Retrieved on 2008-01-31. 
  5. ^ Kilday, Gregg. "Iraq documentary generates book and Oscar hopes", Reuters, 2008-01-04. Retrieved on 2008-01-31. 
  6. ^ Millot, Jim (2007-12-03). Publisher of the Year. Publishers Weekly. Publishers Weekly. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.

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