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This is the Summer 1999 issue of SHARP News. SHARP News (ISSN 1073-1725) is the quarterly newsletter of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing, Inc. Editor: David Finkelstein; Associate Editor: Linda Connors; Book Review Editor: Fiona Black. CONTENTS: SHARP99 SAILS INTO MADISON; JOHNS A WINNER; ARCHIVE PRESERVATION PROJECT INITIATED; SHARP AFFILIATES WITH MLA; CAMBRIDGE TO PUBLISH THE BRITISH BOOK; ROUTLEDGE COMMISSIONS READER; ILH DICTIONARY TO BE PUBLISHED; MAINZ 2000 CALLING; CAN BOOK HISTORY BE TAUGHT AT A SMALL COLLEGE?; CALLS FOR CONTRIBUTIONS; CALLS FOR PAPERS; CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENTS; EXHIBITIONS; FELLOWSHIP ANNOUNCEMENTS; WEBWATCH; BOOK REVIEWS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; IN MEMORIAM: JOHN CURTAIN, MICHAEL TREADWELL; SHARPEND; SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF AUTHORSHIP, READING AND PUBLISHING, INC. ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT: YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 1998. This issue includes the following contributions: SHARP99 SAILS INTO MADISON, by Leon Jackson (p. 1); ARCHIVE PRESERVATION PROJECT INITIATED, by Trysh Travis (pp. 1-2); CAN BOOK HISTORY BE TAUGHT AT A SMALL COLLEGE?, by Jonathan Rose (pp. 3-4); Local History, Local Identities, Chiltern, Victoria, Australia, 1-3 October 1999 (CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENTS) (p. 5); Impressions: 250 Years of Printing in the Lives of Canadians, National Library of Canada, Ottawa (EXHIBITIONS) (p. 5); WEBWATCH, by Patrick Leary (pp. 6-7); BOOK REVIEWS, by Robin Alston, Elisabeth-Christine Muelsch, Leslie Howsam, Patricia Fleming (pp. 7-10).