Mediagazer: New Publisher Authors Trust: Themselves (Leslie Kaufman/New York Times)

2:20 PM ET, April 17, 2013

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Leslie Kaufman / New York Times:

New Publisher Authors Trust: Themselves — When the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and author David Mamet released his last book, “The Secret Knowledge: On the Dismantling of American Culture,” with the Sentinel publishing house in 2011, it sold well enough to make the New York Times best-seller list.