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Dec 10 2009: Kirkus Reviews, one of the leading US pre-publication review magazines founded in 1933, is set to close.
Dec 09 2009: Apple's alleged Kindle-killing ereader appears to be scheduled for a Spring 2010 launch - and some industry watchers are wondering whether Hachette and Simon & Schuster's decision to publish the ebook version of a number of high profile books 4 months after the ...
Dec 09 2009: Simon & Schuster plans to delay by four months the e-book editions of 35 leading titles early next year, and Hachette Group has similar plans "for the majority of its titles," according to the Wall Street Journal, which called the moves "a dramatic stand against the cut...
Dec 09 2009: France is to embark on a mass book digitization project financed by a a national loan. Apparently, president Nicolas Sarkozy told a public meeting that he wanted to prevent what he described as a "friendly" large American company taking away its digital heritage.
Dec 08 2009: Take a whistle stop tour 300 years back in time to the year 1709, where you'll meet the man who inspired Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe; another who was the original recipient of the song 'For He's A Jolly Good Fellow'; and "The Flying Priest", who took to the air in a ...
Dec 08 2009: Some US Independent booksellers, looking to survive the recession, price wars and the challenges of e-books and online booksellers, have found that they can import anticipated books, such as the third volume in Stieg Larsson's popular mystery series that began with The ...
Dec 07 2009: The Lettera 32 Olivetti typewriter on which Cormac McCarthy typed all his novels for more than forty-five years (an estimated 5 million words) has sold at auction for $254,500. Mr McCarthy originally purchased the typewriter in 1963 for $50. He has replaced his old ...
Dec 07 2009: The London Times reports that Amazon UK is in secret negotiations to open high street stores but an Amazon spokesman states that "We have no plans to open physical stores anywhere in the world."
L.A. Women by Ella Berman
Two ambitious writers in 1960s LA face betrayal when one writes a novel based on the other's life.
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