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French literary bad boy in Wikipedia 'plagiarism' row
(AFP)
6 Sep 2010 at 10:17am
AFP - Sexist, obscene, racist were the accusations thrown at Michel Houellebecq over his previous novels. Now it's plagiarism, after France's best-known living writer allegedly cut and pasted chunks of Wikipedia into his new book.
Oprah's Book Club back, pick coming in September
(AP)
3 Sep 2010 at 3:27am
AP - The first week of the final season of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" will include a selection for Oprah's Book Club.
Sara Paretsky publishes 14th Warshawski mystery
(AP)
3 Sep 2010 at 3:13am
AP - Sara Paretsky's latest installment in her series about feisty, female private detective V.I. Warshawski opens with the heroine outside a Chicago nightclub, the bloody body of a woman who was just shot to death in her arms.
God did not create the universe, says Hawking
(Reuters)
2 Sep 2010 at 3:45pm
Reuters - God did not create the universe and the "Big Bang" was an inevitable consequence of the laws of physics, the eminent British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking argues in a new book.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST-SELLERS
(AP)
2 Sep 2010 at 2:54pm
AP - 1. "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" by Stieg Larsson (Knopf)
USA TODAY BEST-SELLERS
(AP)
2 Sep 2010 at 2:53pm
AP - Best-Selling Books Week Ended August 22
Burkle to appeal dismissal of Barnes & Noble suit
(AP)
2 Sep 2010 at 2:08pm
AP - Billionaire financier Ron Burkle said Thursday he will appeal the dismissal of his lawsuit against bookseller Barnes & Noble over its shareholder rights plan.
Burkle to appeal Barnes & Noble poison pill ruling
(Reuters)
2 Sep 2010 at 1:22pm
Reuters - Billionaire investor Ron Burkle plans to appeal a Delaware court ruling that upheld an anti-takeover "poison pill" put in place by bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc .
Judge OKs sale of Ohio-based newspaper chain
(AP)
3 Sep 2010 at 1:32pm
AP - A federal bankruptcy judge in New York on Friday approved the sale of most of the assets of Ohio-based newspaper chain Brown Publishing Co. to the company's lenders for about $21.8 million.
True stories invented: Tao Lin at work
(AP)
2 Sep 2010 at 2:49am
AP - Tao Lin's new novel is based on a true story, his own.
Tony Blair: 'I cried for Iraq war victims'
(AP)
1 Sep 2010 at 5:02pm
AP - Tony Blair regrets banning fox hunting, but not invading Iraq. He was captivated by Princess Diana, intimidated by Queen Elizabeth II. He heaps praise on President George W. Bush but calls his close colleague Gordon Brown a man of "zero" emotional intelligence. He acknowledges that some find him delusional, and says he possibly drank a bit too much.
UK's Blair says did not foresee Iraq "nightmare"
(Reuters)
1 Sep 2010 at 11:41am
Reuters - Former British prime minister Tony Blair said on Wednesday he could have not have imagined what he called the "nightmare" that unfolded in Iraq but still did not regret joining the U.S.-led invasion.
`Brazil on the Rise' says future has arrived
(AP)
1 Sep 2010 at 10:40am
AP - "Brazil on the Rise" (Palgrave Macmillan, $27) by Larry Rohter: When Larry Rohter stepped down as The New York Times' Brazil bureau chief in 2008, he was easily the most reviled foreign correspondent in the country.
Glance: Borders 2nd-quarter revenue
(AP)
1 Sep 2010 at 9:48am
AP - Borders Group Inc., the No. 2 traditional U.S. bookseller, reported a slightly larger loss in the second quarter. Here's a closer look at its results:
Summary Box: Borders 2nd-quarter results
(AP)
1 Sep 2010 at 9:24am
AP - THE RESULTS: Borders Group Inc., the No. 2 traditional U.S. bookseller, reported a slightly wider loss in the second quarter as revenue fell 12 percent because of weak book sales.
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