Thursday News Update!

his week is continuing to be enormous in terms of publishing news.

To begin with, there are two days worthy of note:  Buy Indie Day and Free Comic Book Day.  Buy Indie Day is happening tomorrow, Friday, May 1st.  It was started in order to financially support Indie Bookstores and also to help build a community of writers, publishers, and booksellers who care about Indie Bookstores.  If you’re interested in attending, find an Indie Bookseller near you.  Furthermore, if you’re interested in comics, free stuff, or both, you should definitely participate in Free Comic Book Day.  Participating comic book stores will be giving out comics absolutely free, and there are lots in Chicago.  You can search them by zip code here.

The University of Illinois at Chicago’s brand new literary journal, Packingtown Review, just released their first issue.  The journal costs $13, and you can order a copy or pick one up tonight at Jak’s tap from 4-6.

Front 40 Press‘ new book The Time After received an Honorable Mention Award at the 2009 Green Book Festival.

Harry Truman’s Excellent Adventure: The True Story of a Great American Road Trip , published by Chicago Review Press, was reviewed by Publisher’s Weekly.  The book, due out in May, is enjoying quite a bit of success already.