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Sarah Palin memoir tops US book sales

Republican former governor Sarah Palin's memoir "Going Rogue" shot to the top of the US bestseller list in its first week after publication, industry figures showed Wednesday.

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China backs writers in fight against Google Books

Wednesday, 25 November 2009

China said Google has probably breached copyright laws by scanning Chinese books for its online library and supported writers to "defend their rights", state media reported Tuesday.

Two novels by Nobel Prize-winner M�ller set for English publication

Wednesday, 25 November 2009

Two titles by Nobel Prize-winner Herta M�ller are due to be published in English. The first is a new novel called Everything I Possess I Carry With Me, which tells the story of a German-Romanian teenager sent to a Ukrainian labor camp. The second, The Fox Was Always the Hunter, is an earlier novel first published in Germany in 1992.

Kindle bestsellers: 'I, Alex Cross,' three Stephenie Meyer titles in top ten

Wednesday, 25 November 2009

Amazon.com released a list of weekly bestselling e-books for its Kindle device on November 24. For the week ending November 21, James Patterson's I, Alex Cross was in the number-one slot. David Baldacci's True Blue and Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol followed in second and third.

Costa Book Awards shortlists revealed: Booker Prize-winner in the running

Wednesday, 25 November 2009

Costa Awards are given annually to authors based in the United Kingdom and Ireland for what the jury deems the "most enjoyable books of the year." On November 24, shortlists for the 2009 awards were announced. Novel award finalists include Booker Prize-winner Hilary Mantel, Penelope Lively, Colm T�ibín, and the lesser-known author Chistopher Nicholson.

Two dead authors in line for Costa Prize

Tuesday, 24 November 2009

Simon Gray and Siobhan Dowd are in line for the biography and children's book prizes respectively.

'The Future of the Book' among 2009 FIL forums

Tuesday, 24 November 2009

The Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL) is one of the largest events of its kind worldwide. Among its annual highlights are its public forums, which gather thinkers from the Spanish-speaking world and beyond. The 23rd edition of FIL, beginning November 28, will include a timely debate on "The Future of the Book," examining technological trends in reading and publishing.

Rare Darwin book found on toilet bookcase

Monday, 23 November 2009

A first edition of Charles Darwin's groundbreaking Origin Of Species, which languished for years in a toilet, will go under the hammer this week, on the 150th anniversary of the book's publication.

Noted translator of Chinese classics dies at 94

Monday, 23 November 2009

Poet Yang Xianyi, who translated numerous Chinese classics into English, died in Beijing Monday at the age of 94, state press reported.

'Three Cups of Tea' sequel out December 1

Monday, 23 November 2009

Published in 2006, Greg Mortenson's Three Cups of Tea has sold more than three million copies in 39 countries. Mortenson's new book, Stones Into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan, out December 1, follows the author's continued efforts to build schools across rural Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Celebrity actors lend their voices to Audio Bible project

Sunday, 22 November 2009

A complete audio version of the New King James Bible was released in October by Christian publishing company Thomas Nelson. A nearly four-year project, The Word of Promise, all 98 hours and 79 CDs worth, uses more than 600 actors, plus full score and sound effects, to tell every story of the Old and New Testament.

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