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Here’s a chart showing how the published books in the series compare so far, in terms of lifetime sales around the world. Bear in mind that some of these books have had almost 6 years on sale, others have had only a few months. If I have the time in the next few days/nights, I’ll […]

Here is a roundup of nice reviews of Jeff Roesgen’s book on The Pogues’ Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash… “In this book by the same sordid name, Jeffrey T. Roesgen tells the story behind the album, interwoven with a tale of his own creation, a seafaring narrative starring the band and several of their lyrics’

I’m very pleased to let people know that Matthew LeMay’s intricate and fascinating study of Elliott Smith’s XO album has now been published in North America. From the back cover copy: The name “Elliott Smith” conjures images of a sad, powerless, and drug-addled coffeehouse troubadour. But Smith’s 1998 major-label debut XO is a musically intricate

We just got office copies of Matthew LeMay’s book on Elliott Smith’s XO, so keep an eye out for that one. Pre-ordered copies should be shipping from Amazon very soon, and your friendly neighborhood bookshop will have copies on shelves, too. Bruce Eaton’s take on Big Star’s Radio City and Matthew Gasteier on Nas’ Illmatic

It’s with a heavy heart that I announce that Claire will be leaving Continuum at the end of this week. She has handled publicity for the 33 1/3 series for the last two years, and I can tell you from experience that managing 60+ authors on top of the rest of the workload is no

Michael Gray, author of Continuum’s massive Bob Dylan Encyclopedia, will be in the States (and Canada) for some dates in the next few months. International readers can check Gray’s blog for UK and European dates. NORTH AMERICAN DATES, MARCH-MAY 2009: Tues Mar 31, 7pm Daemen College, Amherst NY, USThur Apr 2, 4.30pm Washington College, Chestertown

So. We’ve gone from 170 down to 27. (Fingers crossed, everybody who was in the 170 has received an email from me tonight, either way.) I wish we could sign up all 27 of these (actually, I wish we could sign up dozens more of the 170), but we can’t. This is what we’re left

You’ll have to bear with us a little while longer, I’m afraid. There are some economy related goings-on here at Continuum, and I can’t progress the 33 1/3 proposals any further until those are properly taken care of. Thank you for your continued patience, and your understanding. We’ll have a further update on here next

Apologies, everyone, for the lack of updates on where we are with the proposals. Significant progress is being made, and a list of projects to which we’d like to offer contracts is taking shape. Although it’s unlikely that we’ll be able to announce the final, official list of new books until late April (there are

I feel like this has been mentioned everywhere but here, so it’s time to correct that… Carl Wilson will be a guest on the Colbert Report on Wednesday, March 4th at 11:30pm to talk about Celine Dion, Canada, James Franco, schmaltz, truthiness, and who knows what else. If you are in Toronto, there is a