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Author reveals the unwritten rules of baseball
(AP)
10 Mar 2010 at 7:41am
AP - "The Baseball Codes: Beanballs, Sign Stealing, and Bench-Clearing Brawls: The Unwritten Rules of America's Pastime" (Pantheon Books, 304 pages, $25), by Jason Turbow with Michael Duca: Major League Baseball is a complex, intricate game with a thick rule book that covers everything from balks and bunts to force plays and foul tips.

Booksellers fighting Amazon's Canadian bid
(Reuters)
9 Mar 2010 at 2:28pm
Reuters - Fearing an apparent assault by Amazon.com on Canadian culture, the Canadian Booksellers Association is urging the federal government to block the U.S. Internet retailer from establishing a physical presence north of the border.
Hilary Duff to write young adult book series
(AP)
9 Mar 2010 at 10:40am
AP - Welcome the latest celebrity children's author, Hilary Duff.
David Foster Wallace archive goes to U. of Texas
(AP)
9 Mar 2010 at 3:44am
AP - The archive of writer David Foster Wallace, best known for his 1996 novel "Infinite Jest," has been acquired by the Harry Ransom Center library and museum at the University of Texas, the center announced Monday.

Valli's Walk of Shame Chic
(Fashion Wire Daily)
8 Mar 2010 at 4:10pm
Fashion Wire Daily - If style is grace under pressure, as Ernest Hemingway once defined it, then designer Giambattista Valli surely has it in spades.

Author writes about loss, family in India and US
(AP)
8 Mar 2010 at 9:51am
AP - "Secret Daughter" (William Morrow, 352 pages, $23.99), by Shilpi Somaya Gowda: Sometimes the image in our minds of what we have lost is far greater than the loss itself, and so it is for Asha, who was given up for adoption by her birthparents in India.

Review: `House of Versace' built on solid ground
(AP)
8 Mar 2010 at 5:14am
AP - "House of Versace: The Untold Story of Genius, Murder, and Survival" (Crown, 352 pages, $26), by Deborah Ball: "House of Versace: The Untold Story of Genius, Murder, and Survival" chronicles the life of fashion designer Gianni Versace, from his humble beginnings in Reggio, a town in southern Italy, to his death in 1997.

Genghis Khan, Asian conqueror, on women's rights
(AP)
7 Mar 2010 at 9:01pm
AP - "The Secret History of the Mongol Queens: How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire" (Crown Publishers, 334 pages, $26), by Jack Weatherford: If anyone in central Asia 800 years ago could be called a feminist, one was Genghis Khan.
New publisher hired at amNew York
(AP)
5 Mar 2010 at 3:40pm
AP - A former vice president and advertising sales director for Sirius XM Radio has been named the new publisher of amNew York.

Mass. Sen. Scott Brown to release memoir in 2011
(AP)
9 Mar 2010 at 6:30pm
AP - Sen. Scott Brown, the Massachusetts Republican who pulled off one of the biggest upsets in recent years by winning the seat once held by Sen. Edward Kennedy, has a book deal.
Paris Review names Lorin Stein as its new editor
(AP)
5 Mar 2010 at 11:46am
AP - The Paris Review will soon have a new editor: Lorin Stein, who has worked with such authors as Denis Johnson, Jonathan Franzen and Richard Price.
Britons want to keep Harry Potter magic alive
(Reuters)
4 Mar 2010 at 3:02pm
Reuters - The "Harry Potter" series has beaten "The Da Vinci Code" in a survey of which books Britons most want to pass on to the next generation.
WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST-SELLERS
(AP)
4 Mar 2010 at 2:58pm
AP - 1. "Fantasy in Death" by J.D. Robb (Putnam Adult)
USA TODAY BEST-SELLERS
(AP)
4 Mar 2010 at 2:56pm
AP - Key: F-Fiction; NF-Nonfiction; H-Hardcover; P-Paperback
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST-SELLERS
(AP)
4 Mar 2010 at 2:54pm
AP - 1. "Fantasy in Death" by J.D. Robb (Putnam Adult)
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