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Else Holmelund Minarik, author of Little Bear Books, dies at 91

Jul 17 2012: Else Holmelund Minarik, a writer for children whose Little Bear picture-book series — which simply, gently and evocatively tells the story of an anthropomorphized cub’s forays into the wider world — has been a mainstay of childhood for more than half a century, died on ...

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Stephen Covey, author of The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, has died aged 79

Jul 16 2012: Motivational author Stephen Covey, who wrote the best-selling The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, has died at the age of 79.

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Project Gutenberg, the granddaddy of all digitization programs, now has 40,000 books available!

Jul 10 2012: Project Gutenberg may have long since been surpassed by the Internet Archive and Google Books, but the granddaddy of all digitization programs is still chugging along and uploading more free ebooks - now totaling 40,000.

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USA sales of "Fifty Shades of Grey" series to hit 20 million copies this week.

Jul 09 2012: The "Fifty Shades" erotic trilogy is expected to hit the 20 million-sales mark in the U.S. this week, making it one of the fastest-selling book series in recent memory.

Sales figures relate to copies of the book sold since Vintage repackaged the original self-...

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Gabriel Garcia Marquez no longer able to write due to dementia

Jul 07 2012: According to his brother Jaime García Márquez, Nobel prizewinning author Gabriel García Márquez is suffering from senile dementia. Thus it is unlikely that the 85-year-old will complete the second part of his autobiography, Living to Tell the Tale.

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Indie Publishers Back Agency Model, Criticize DoJ Deal

Jun 26 2012: Nine independent publishers have combined to file joint comments objecting to the pending settlements of the Department of Justice's lawsuit with Hachette, HarperCollins, and Simon & Schuster related to e-book pricing. The publishers noted that while they continue to ...

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News Corp may split HarperCollins, WSJ & Times into separate company

Jun 26 2012: News Corp is considering a division into two companies, splitting its publishing assets - including HarperCollins, the London Times and The Wall Street Journal - from its entertainment businesses, according to a report in the News Corp-owned Wall Street Journal.

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Nora Ephron dies aged 71

Jun 26 2012: The essayist, screenwriter, and filmmaker Nora Ephron has died at the age of 71. She will be remembered for her romantic comedies including Sleepless in Seattle and When Harry Met Sally, and her memoirs including I Feel Bad About My Neck.

Ephron was the oldest of ...

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