Amazon Loses E-Book Deal - Wall Street Journal
A month after jolting the book industry with a deal to give Amazon.com Inc. exclusive digital access to some of the country's best-known literary works, literary agent Andrew Wylie is largely abandoning the agreement

THE LATEST E-BOOKS AREN’T JUST FOR READING - Salt Lake Tribune
We haven’t reached the point where words can actually leap off the page. But “enhanced” electronic books are giving reading a new multiplatform push. In addition to text, enhanced e-books offer all sorts of bonus

Facebook Says It Owns "Book" - Ethiopian Review
An anonymous reader writes “The Chicago Tribune is reporting that Facebook has sued a tiny start-up called Teachbook.com over the use of ‘book’ in its name. The start-up, which has two employees, aims to provide

K-State professor's book is first to explore Two-Spirit literature in Northwest native groups - EurekAlert
E-mail | Share] Contact: Lisa Tatonetti tatonett@k-state.edu 785-532-2174 Kansas State University K-State professor's book is first to explore Two-Spirit literature in Northwest native groups MANHATTAN, Kan. -- Western

Israeli police detain settler rabbi who wrote book permitting killing of non-Jews - FOX News
JERUSALEM – JERUSALEM (AP) — Police say they have detained a West Bank settler rabbi over a contentious religious book that discusses when it is permissible for Jews to kill non-Jews. Rabbi Yosef Elitzur

Facebook Sues To Bar the Use of 'Book' in Site's Name - YAHOO!
Facebook is suing Teachbook, claiming the startup's use of the word "book" in its name trespasses on its trademark. Facebook filed the complaint last week in the U.S. District Court of San Jose, Calif

Shooting accident kills CIA book's author - AZCentral.com
SAVANNAH, Ga. - To his wife and friends, Roland Haas was a patriotic hero who secretly risked his life for the U.S. government during the Cold War, yet critics denounced him as a "James Bond wannabe" who

Barnes & Noble's New Nook App Debuts At Top Of iPhone Book Apps - Mediabistro.com
Barnes & Noble's new Nook app tops the iPhone's Top free apps in the books category, and its former bookstore app rounds out the Top 10 list. The Nook app is followed by Apple's own iBooks app at No. 2 and Chegg Inc's

Amanda Knox jailhouse conversations to be subject of book - KING-5
ROME - Amanda Knox, the American student convicted in Italy of murdering her British roommate, has told an Italian lawmaker in a series of jailhouse conversations that she hopes to adopt children and be a