Chinese writer sues Google for copyright infringement - Rediff
A Chinese writer sued the search engine giant Google for illegally digitising her book for online reading and downloading in a Beijing [ Images ] court. Shanghai-based writer Wang Shen, who uses the pseudonym Mian Mian, alleged her copyright on the book, Acid Lover (Yansuan Qingren), was infringed

Sony: aims to launch Japan e-book content service - Reuters India
TOKYO, May 27 (Reuters) - Sony Corp (6758.T: Quote , Profile , Research ) said on Thursday it plans to launch an e-book content distribution service in Japan by the end of the year, aiming for a chunk of the promising electronic book market. Sony

Filmmaker celebrates oddballs in new book - Columbus Dispatch
make the case in your book that, as a model prisoner for almost 40 years, Leslie Van Houten - a convicted killer and former Charles Manson someone sees Role Models in the bookstore and says, "Oh, that's by that nice John Waters of Hairspray

Too Close for Comfort? Author Penning Sarah Palin - ABC News
The fences in Sarah Palin's Wasilla, Alaska, neighborhood are about to get bigger Author Joe McGinniss, who has written critically of Palin in the past, rented the house next to the former GOP presidential candidate so he can write a book about

2009 Top Healthcare Payer ITO Vendors, Black Book - TMCnet
(M2 PressWIRE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Dublin - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/c725e3/2009_top_healthcar) has announced the addition of the "2009 Top Healthcare Payer ITO Vendors, Black Book Survey 2009 Results