Books/Publishing News

Pirated copies of Orwell books pulled from Kindle
AP – Fri Jul 17, 11:37 pm ET

NEW YORK - A pirated e-book of "1984" led to an Orwellian moment for Kindle customers.
`Amateur Barbarians' trade existential crises
AP – Fri Jul 17, 8:53 am ET

"Amateur Barbarians" (Scribner. 416 pages. $27), by Robert Cohen: With the bills piling up and the specter of layoffs at work, graduate school has never been more appealing. Chuck all the grown-up decisions and compromises and burrow into distant, interior landscapes too remote for questions about gas prices and 401K plans. Answer just the questions you choose to hear, without having to commute.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST-SELLERS
AP – Thu Jul 16, 2:22 pm ET

1. "Black Hills" by Nora Roberts (Putnum Adult)
BC-US--Best Sellers-Books-USAToday
AP – Thu Jul 16, 2:21 pm ET

Key: F-Fiction; NF-Nonfiction; H-Hardcover; P-Paperback
WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST-SELLERS
AP – Thu Jul 16, 2:20 pm ET

1. "Black Hills" by Nora Roberts (G.P. Putnam's Sons) (F-H)
Carleen Brice on bridging racial divides
Reuters – Wed Jul 15, 12:56 pm ET

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Author Carleen Brice is on something of a book publishing crusade, attempting to get the message across to readers that black American fiction isn't just for black American readers. It is for everybody.
NYC group offers literal way to follow the stars
AP – Wed Jul 15, 12:40 pm ET

NEW YORK - Tourists like to spot celebrities in New York City. Now they can hang out with them.
Author tackles Facebook, controversy with new book
Reuters – Wed Jul 15, 12:13 pm ET

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Author Ben Mezrich wants readers to enjoy his new book about the founding of social networking website Facebook like a page-turning thriller and ignore criticism of his reporting methods.
Big game publishers muscle in on iPhone's upstarts
Reuters – Wed Jul 15, 9:51 am ET

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - As the iPhone becomes a popular mobile gaming device, large game publishers with deep pockets are going head-to-head with smaller developers who found early success on the Apple Inc phone.
Argentine writer wins crime novel prize
Reuters – Fri Jul 17, 12:21 pm ET

GIJON, Spain (Reuters) - Guillermo Saccomanno has just won the Premio Hammett prize for the best crime novel in Spanish, yet he is almost unknown outside his native Argentina despite writing in a major world language.
Edinburgh book festival director stands down
Reuters – Tue Jul 14, 9:38 pm ET

EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Edinburgh International Book Festival director Catherine Lockerbie said on Tuesday she was resigning after nine years during which she helped make it one of the top literary gatherings of its kind in the world.
'Best Friends Forever' — not Weiner's best book
AP – Tue Jul 14, 8:32 pm ET

"Best Friends Forever" (Simon & Schuster, 368 pages, $26.99), by Jennifer Weiner: Addie Downs and Valerie Adler became BFFs when they were both 9. Then something happened. And, as it goes with so many best friends, it was TTYN — talk to you never.
Some final words coming from George Carlin
AP – Tue Jul 14, 1:53 pm ET

NEW YORK - Some final thoughts are coming from George Carlin.
Colombian writer Restrepo caught up in politics
Reuters – Tue Jul 14, 8:47 am ET

GIJON, Spain (Reuters Life!) - Like many Latin American writers, Laura Restrepo has been caught up in the region's turbulent politics and spent much of her time in exile as well as winning literary prizes.
Lauren Conrad has book on best-seller lists
AP – Tue Jul 14, 7:13 am ET

NEW YORK - Lauren Conrad wants to be known as more than just the former star of MTV's "The Hills." And now she is.
Close pal to issue Farrah Fawcett book next month
Reuters – Mon Jul 13, 8:08 pm ET

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A close friend of late "Charlie's Angels" star Farrah Fawcett will publish her personal diaries about the actress' three-year struggle with cancer next month.
Reporter's fiction debut from headlines
AP – Mon Jul 13, 3:47 pm ET

"Sweet Mary" (Atria Books Hardcover, 242 pages, $24.99), by Liz Balmaseda: Real estate agent and single mom Mary Guevara is preparing for work when U.S. marshals suddenly show up at her door.
Fawcett friend to publish diary
AP – Mon Jul 13, 3:24 pm ET

NEW YORK - One of Farrah Fawcett's closest friends, Alana Stewart, is publishing a diary she kept as the actress battled cancer and then died last month.