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Target will stop selling Amazon Kindle devicesIs Target now seeing Amazon as an enemy rather than a partner?
'Between Shades of Gray' – probably not the book you're thinking ofYoung adult author Ruta Sepetys says her novel 'Between Shades of Gray,' about a Lithuanian girl sent to one of Stalin's work camps, is frequently being mixed up with E L James' erotic trilogy.
Why doesn't Stephen King pay more in taxes?Stephen King's column at the Daily Beast, questioning why he and other well-off Americans aren't paying more in taxes, created controversy among readers.
Federal judge throws out civil suit against 'Three Cups of Tea' author Greg MortensonMortenson said in his first public statement in over a year that he was 'subjected to false allegations, vicious name-calling and slander.'
12 days of disaster that changed Chicago foreverAuthor Gary Krist looks back at 1919 and the blimp crash, murder, and race riot that made the Chicago the metropolis we know today.
In 'Hard Measures,' former CIA official Jose Rodriquez defends waterboarding'Hard Measures' by former CIA official Jose Rodriguez also accuses Pakistan, Washington's current ally, of assisting terrorists.
'Steve Jobs' and 'The Help' dominate reading lists in many American citiesData gathered by Nielsen BookScan for The Daily Beast show many of the same titles are popular in American cities – but exceptions include 'Heaven Is For Real' and 'The Great Gatsby.'
Microsoft joins forces with Barnes & NobleThe software company announced it will invest $300 million in the bookseller's e-book and college bookstore ventures
Whitney Houston's mother may write book about her daughterCissy Houston reportedly met with publishers about a book she would pen with a ghostwriter about Whitney Houston's life.
'Mein Kampf' will be published in an annotated edition by BavariaThe German state, which holds the copyright to Adolf Hitler's book, will release a new edition in 2015.
Digital Rights Managment to be dropped by Tor and other Macmillan sci-fi booksDigital Rights Management software was originally meant to restrict pirating of e-books, but many complain because of the restrictions it places on users.
"The Little Red Guard": inside a Chinese familyWenguang Huang's memoir about his childhood in Mao's China tells a universal story of the bonds of love – and the pangs of regret – which can shape a family.
Is Amazon morally wrong but legally right?Amazon's policies may be unkind to many in the book industry, but that doesn't make them illegal.
Marilynne Robinson: Why are we so afraid?'Do we never expect to have a bad time?' Robinson asked an audience at Calvin College's Festival on Faith & Writing. 'Every generation or so, something goes haywire. It's human history.'
Jonathan Safran Foer: "I'm not so interested in the comforting kind of religion"Jonathan Safran Foer spoke on God, prayer, writing, and film adaptations at Calvin College's Festival on Faith & Writing.
World Book Night: coming your way, but no room for AmazonOn World Book Night thousands of volunteers in the US and Europe will hand out books, hoping to pass along their own love of reading.
Festival of Faith and Writing: the conference that brought John Updike, Salman Rushdie to western MichiganThis year's Festival of Faith and Writing at Calvin College included Jonathan Safran Foer, Marilynne Robinson, Chimimanda Ngoze Adichie, Luis Alberto Urrea, and Leila Aboulela.
Jade de Jong: South Africa's answer to 'The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency'South African author Jassy Mackenzie has created private investigator Jade de Jong – the grittier, South African version of Botswana's Precious Ramotswe.
Children's book promoting veganism gets mixed reception from expertsAuthor Ruby Roth's new book 'Vegan Is Love' discusses how food gets from the farm to the kitchen table.
E-readers are most popular in ... Kentucky?The college town of Lexington, Ky. is the US city in which e-readers are the most popular, according to a new study by The Atlantic.
