Feds sue 6 websites for offering free comic books - Fresno Bee
Chinese court hears novelist's Google Google says it removed the work following Mian Mian's complaint but the author is suing for damages of 61,000 yuan ($9,000) and a public apology. A Beijing court held a hearing Wednesday after talks ordered

'Lord of the Rings' prequel on hold - Winnipeg Sun
Director Guillermo Del Toro has confirmed upcoming Lord of the Rings prequel The Hobbit has been put on hold indefinitely because the movie has been caught in a "tangled negotiation" over the future of the MGM movie studio. The film, based on J.R.R. Tolkien's first book in the fantasy series, was

Both U.S. political parties have failed, Gingrich says - Des Moines Register
President Barack Obama is not the bad guy in America's broken political system, former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Thursday. Gingrich's statement in a meeting with The Des Moines Register contrasts with comments in the book he is promoting, "To Save America: Stopping Obama's Secular

Sarah Palin's So-Called Stalker Joe McGinniss Accuses Palins Of - Huffingtonpost.com
Sarah Palin's new Wasilla next door neighbor , Joe McGinniss, is firing back at the ex-governor and media outlets for suggesting he's a stalker. According to McGinniss who has a new book titled "Sarah Palin's Year of Living Dangerously" in the works

Rachman wows critics, readers with 'Imperfectionists - Winnipeg Free Press
After a decade as an editor and foreign correspondent, Rachman has published his first novel, "The Imperfectionists," a barbed It was one of the hottest properties at the 2008 Frankfurt Book Fair, has been published to acclaim in North America

Book review: 'The Invisible Bridge' by Julie Orringer - Los Angeles Times
a "big" novel to carry into the summer holidays — one in which you can lose yourself without the guilty suspicion that you're slumming — then Julie Orringer's "The Invisible Bridge stories titled "How to Breathe Underwater."

Book traces history of vocoder from WWII to hip-hop - YAHOO!
NEW YORK (Billboard) – Half art book, half music nerd bathroom reading, Dave Tompkins' long-in-the-works history of the vocoder, "How to Wreck a Nice Beach," chronicles the sound synthesizing system's journey from Bell Labs to the top of the charts

1492 Pictures bringing Graveyard Book and Carpe Demon to big screen - JoBlo.com
Earlier I told you about an unlikely collaboration between Adam Green and Chris Columbus' 1492 Pictures that would be bringing a monster-hunting adventure movie to the big screen. Well, there's more to the story, but I just figured I'd give Green his own article because, hell, the guy's earned a