Books/Publishing News

MESA, Ariz. - The publisher of the East Valley Tribune in the Phoenix suburb of Mesa said Friday that a buyer has made an offer that would keep the paper and its Web site in business. Full Story »

CHICAGO - Sun-Times Media Group, which was recently sold out of bankruptcy to an investor group, said Friday it named John Barron to the newly created group publisher position and as senior vice president of news and editorial operations. Full Story »

FORT HOOD, Texas - Sarah Palin's tour to promote her new memoir will include a stop at Fort Hood to benefit the victims of the shooting rampage and their families. Full Story »

1. "Under the Dome" by Stephen King (Scribner) Full Story »

Key: F-Fiction; NF-Nonfiction; H-Hardcover; P-Paperback Full Story »

1. "Under the Dome" by Stephen King (Scribner) Full Story »

PORTLAND, Maine - Maine author Phillip Hoose said winning a National Book Award for his chronicle of a young civil rights pioneer was all the more moving because she took the stage with him when he accepted the honor. Full Story »

Like Elvis, there have been so many sightings and rumors of an upcoming, groundbreaking Apple tablet that it has taken on legendary status. But now the legend is undergoing revisions, with new reports that the tablet will be delayed and that a major publisher is getting ready -- and still no word from Apple. Full Story »

PARIS (AFP) - French book publishers gave a hostile reception Thursday to new proposals by the Internet giant Google to clear the way for millions of books to be sold online. Full Story »

NEW YORK - "Going Rogue" is going big. Full Story »

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - College students ditched class, employees skipped work and some huddled in the cold overnight just to make sure they get an orange wristband Wednesday that would let them meet Sarah Palin. Full Story »

NEW YORK - The 60th annual National Book Awards was a night to celebrate literature and to wonder about its future. Full Story »

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A novel about life in New York City in the 1970s and a biography of U.S. tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt were among the winners at the United States 60th annual National Book Awards on Wednesday. Full Story »

"New York: The Novel" (Doubleday, 864 pages, $30,) by Edward Rutherfurd: New York City wasn't born a grand metropolis and world financial center. In 1664, the year in which Rutherfurd begins his latest sweeping historical novel, New York is New Amsterdam, a modest Dutch trading post of about 1,500 residents on an island the Native Americans called Manna Hata. Full Story »

NEW YORK - Karl Rove's memoir has a title, "Courage and Consequence," and a release date — March 9, 2010. Full Story »

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A large, protected harbor and a river route to the north made the tip of Manhattan an attractive spot for a Dutch settlement some 400 years ago. Full Story »

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Fans in Sarah Palin's home state turned out as early as possible Tuesday to snap up copies of her highly anticipated memoir. Full Story »

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese writer Su Tong has won Asia's top literary prize with a bleak novel about a disgraced Communist Party official's attempts to rebuild his life, trumping a clutch of Indian writers on the shortlist. Full Story »