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Sep 28 2012: For the past seven years The National Book Foundation has honored five young fiction writers with its "5 Under 35" award. The recognition of the authors as rising stars in the world of books far outreaches the nominal $1000 monetary award. This year's five honorees have...
Sep 26 2012: Early reviews of J.K. Rowling's "The Casual Vacancy are starting to come in:
"[W]hereas Rowling's shepherding of readers was, in the Harry Potter series, an essential asset, in The Casual Vacancy her firm hand can feel constraining. She leaves little space for the ...
Sep 26 2012: In a series of moves meant to expand Barnes & Noble’s digital offerings, the company on Tuesday introduced two new color tablets and said a video store for its Nook products would make its debut this fall.
The new devices are a seven-inch tablet for $199, called the...
Sep 25 2012: The Association of American Publishers (AAP) has responded to an open letter from American Library Association president Maureen Sullivan about "discriminatory" eBook library lending practices at major publishers. Here are some excerpts:
"At a time when individual ...
Sep 24 2012: The American Library Association's president Maureen Sullivan released an open letter to publishers today, singling out the "discriminatory" eBook library policies of three major publishers. Here is an excerpt from the letter:
"Librarians have a particular concern ...
Sep 19 2012: The longlist for the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2012 has been announced today, Tuesday 18 September, the birthday of Samuel Johnson. The 14 titles on this year’s longlist take readers around the world to countries including India, Russia and Spain, and ...
Sep 18 2012: Louis Simpson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet whose work often explored the darker side of life in the US suburbs, has died at his New York home aged 89.
He won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1964 for his fourth collection At the End of the Open Road.
Its title ...
Sep 15 2012: Amazon and other large online retailers will begin collecting sales tax in California today. At the time California Governor Jerry Brown signed the sales tax fairness bill in September 2011, American Booksellers Association CEO Oren Teicher called the change "a huge ...
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