Hot Type: U. of Texas Press Inaugurates Series With Books on Lone Star Liberals; Duke Rushes Terrorism Book to Printer; Northwestern U. Press May Close Again

The superlatives just fly when officials at Duke University Press describe the publication of a new book, In the Name of Osama bin Laden. In the Name of Osama bin Laden will also be produced faster than any other book the press has ever published: less than four months from signed contract to bookstore shelves. [...]the advance paid to the book's author, Roland Jacquard, an expert on terrorism, is also the highest Duke has ever shelled out. (Mr. Jacquard's agent, Laura Dail, says the amount was more than twice the previous top price paid by Duke, although she and officials at the press decline to reveal the dollar figure.)The book, a current best seller in France, was published there just a week after September 11.