Books/Publishing News

Sarah Palin wrapped up her new memoir "Going Rogue" in just four months after the book deal was announced — you betcha she did! — but did she write it alone, or did she have help? Full Story »

NEW YORK - The Nielsen Co. is selling some of its most prominent trade journals — including The Hollywood Reporter and Billboard — and shutting down Editor & Publisher, which has chronicled the newspaper business for more than 100 years. Full Story »

1. "U is for Underflow" by Sue Grafton (Putnam Adult) Full Story »

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

1. "U is for Underflow" by Sue Grafton (Putnam Adult) Full Story »

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Bookseller Borders Group Inc. said Thursday it amended its bylaws to allow holders of 10 percent or more of the company's outstanding shares to call a special meeting of shareholders, consistent with a proposal that was passed at its annual meeting in May. Full Story »

NEW YORK - The e-book for Sen. Edward Kennedy's "True Compass" is coming out on Christmas Day, more than three months after the hardcover release. But the paperback, thanks in part to an Oprah-inspired surge in sales, will not appear until 2011. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The Nielsen Co. announced Thursday it was closing Editor and Publisher, a magazine which has chronicled the news industry for over a century, and selling several other brands to a newly formed company. Full Story »

BOSTON - A book about civil rights heroine Claudette Colvin that won a National Book Award last month is among the five finalists for a new prize for young adult nonfiction. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Colum McCann's National Book Award-winning novel "Let the Great World Spin" is on its way to a movie deal. Full Story »

NEW YORK - As the market quickens for "e-books," the schedule for their release is slowing down. Full Story »

NEW YORK - R. Kelly is writing more chapters, only this time, it's not for his "Trapped" saga, but for a new memoir. Full Story »

Some representative books of the 2000s — about fear of the real world and dreams about other worlds, whether the historical past, the unreachable future or a supernatural present. Full Story »

NEW YORK - The publisher of President Barack Obama's book "The Audacity of Hope" has stepped down. Full Story »

On Tuesday, five major publishers joined forces to develop open standards for a new digital storefront and other technologies that will allow consumers to read content on portable digital devices. Conde Nast, Hearst, Meredith, News Corp., and Time want a reading application that can render the distinct look and feel of each publication. They also want a publishing platform optimized for multiple portable devices, operating systems and screen sizes, a digital magazine store, and advertising opportunities. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US magazine and newspaper publishers Conde Nast, Hearst, Meredith, News Corp. and Time Inc. teamed up on Tuesday to launch a digital newsstand for the electronic devices of the future. Full Story »

STOCKHOLM - The 2009 Nobel literature prize winner, Herta Mueller, on Tuesday urged Western countries to be tougher on China, which she said is still far from being a democratic country. Full Story »

POTOMAC, Md. - Stanley Karnow, the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and longtime foreign correspondent, is trying to think of a good title for a planned memoir. Full Story »