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Apr 18 2010: An Australian publisher has had to pulp and reprint a cook-book after one recipe mistakenly listed "salt and freshly ground black people" instead of black pepper.
Apr 16 2010: The London Book Fair is now facing significant disruption ahead of what had been billed as the busiest fair in its 39-year history, with flights in and out of the United Kingdom downed for second day due to volcanic activity in Iceland.
Apr 15 2010: Illustrator John Schoenherr died on April 8 at the age of seventy-four. Winner of a Caldecott Medal in 1988 for Owl Moon, Schroenherr had prominent twin careers illustrating children's books and science fiction. He was the first artist to depict the world of Frank ...
Apr 15 2010: According to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing, Amazon spent $1.7 million last year on security for Chief Executive Jeff Bezos!
Apr 15 2010: The American Library Association recorded 460 challenges last year, down from 513 the year before, with 81 books removed from libraries
Topping the chart is Lauren Myracle's "IM" series, the novels, told through instant messages, are criticized for nudity, language ...
Apr 15 2010: 764,448 titles were produced in 2009 by self-publishers and micro-niche publishers, according to R.R. Bowker. The number of "nontraditional" titles dwarfed that of traditional books whose output slipped to 288,355 last year from 289,729 in 2008. Taken together, total ...
Apr 13 2010: The 2010 Pulitzer Prizes have been awarded, with Paul Harding taking top honors in the Fiction category for Tinkers (Bellevue Literary Press), a debut novel set in New England about a dying clock repairman - BookBrowse featured 'Tinkers' at time of publication in early...
Apr 13 2010: The Canadian government is allowing online book seller Amazon.com to build a warehouse in Canada in return for the U.S. company's promise to promote Canadian culture and to hire its first-ever Canadian employees. Canadian booksellers have consistently opposed the ...
Theo of Golden by Allen Levi
One spring morning, a stranger arrives in the small southern city of Golden. No one knows where he has come from…or why…
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