Digital Self-Publishing Shakes Up Traditional Book Industry - Wall Street Journal
Writer Karen McQuestion spent nearly a decade trying without success to persuade a New York publisher to print one of her books. In July, the 49-year-old mother of three decided to publish it herself, online. Eleven months later, Ms. McQuestion has

Love Letters: Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton - Associated Content
Elizabeth Taylor has made the couple's love letters available to authors Sam Kashner and Nancy Schoenberger whose book, "Furious Love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of the Century" becomes available for purchase June 15, 2010.

Book Review - PLANetizen
I have to admit, listening to Peter Lovenheim talk about his book “In the Neighborhood, The Search for Community on an American Street, One Sleepover at a Time”, spiked my planner’s radar. In his novel, the journalist, quite intentionally, well

Stephenie Meyer Explains Why Bree Tanner Deserves Her Own Book - Mtv.ca
Given the fanfare and publicity typically granted Stephenie Meyer whenever she types or breathes a new word, the famous author has been relatively quiet about this Saturday's release of her "Twilight" novella, "The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner." But thanks to a Q&A posted on TheTwilightSaga.com

Blair Underwood aspires to book stardom - Denver Post
NEW YORK—Blair Underwood hopes to make it big in books. The actor is starring in a series of scenes for a new digital book technology called Vook, which combines digital reading with high-quality video. He debuts in "From Cape Town with Love," the

Kobo is the new book - Examiner
The Canadian company Kobo, an anagram for the word "book", has just recently launched the Kobo eReader locally. Kobo, formerly known as Shortcovers , attempts to be the next Kindle killer. The Kobo eReader comes bundled with 100 complete eBooks . It

Note to Washington: Read and react to Richard Clarke's - Network World Fusion
Digg I recently finished Richard Clarke's new book, "Cyber War," and I have but two words for the former cyber czar -- thank you. I've probably read as much about this subject as Washington insiders and in my opinion, Clarke's book immediately

Book Asks: Is Internet Ruining Our Minds? - ABC News
NEW YORK (Reuters) - When author Nicholas Carr began researching his book on whether the Internet is ruining our minds, he restricted his online access and e-mail and turned off his Twitter and Facebook accounts. His new book "The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains" argues the latest

Mavs close book on unsuccessful Williams trade - ESPN.com
Where is Shawne Williams anyway? Let's hope he's figuring out The Dallas Mavericks finally closed the book on their unsuccessful trade for the troubled forward by sending the Indiana Pacers their 57th pick in the upcoming NBA draft, Mavs

George Will: The limits of the welfare state - Union Leader
been for a century, American politics is an argument between two Princetonians according to William Voegeli, contributing editor of the Claremont Review of Books, in his new book "Never Enough: America's Limitless Welfare State."