Books/Publishing News

YANGON (Reuters) - North Korean diplomats in Myanmar have confiscated hundreds of copies of a locally published biography on the Stalinist state's reclusive leader, Kim Jong-il, the book's author said Friday. Full Story »

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. - A federal bankruptcy court on Thursday approved the $26 million sale of Ohio-based newspaper chain Brown Publishing Co. to a group of company insiders led by current President and Chief Executive Roy Brown. Full Story »

1. "The Rembrandt Affair" by Daniel Silva (Putnam Adult) Full Story »

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

Best-Selling Books Week Ended July 25 Full Story »

NEW YORK - The cover photo for Sarah Palin's new book is a portrait in red, white, blue and gray. Full Story »

NEW YORK - Put Angelina Jolie's face on a magazine cover and sales will surely rise. Get her to write a memoir and it would be worth millions. But write a book about her, without her cooperation, and you're taking a chance. Full Story »

NEW YORK - It's a breakthrough for Susan Lucci. No, not a second Emmy. She has a book deal. Full Story »

Gain complete access to one of the largest ebook libraries on the internet. Kindle for Android phones gives you the ability to read any book you've downloaded with your Amazon account on your device. Use the app to change the font size, background color, and brightness to create the perfect reading experience. Full Story »

NEW YORK - Anne Rice has had a religious conversion: She's no longer a Christian. Full Story »

"The Four Fingers of Death" (Little, Brown and Co., $25.99), by Rick Moody: I'm afraid that when I do that book reviewer thing and give you the obligatory summary of the plot of "The Four Fingers of Death" by Rick Moody, it will scare off all but the most hardcore of sci-fi geeks, but there's really no way around it. Full Story »

"My Appetite for Destruction: Sex & Drugs & Guns N' Roses" (It Books, $25.99), by Steven Adler, with Lawrence J. Spagnola: A rocker's life seems to be an endless party. But what happens when the partying takes over? Full Story »

"Eating for Beginners: An Education in the Pleasures of Food From Chefs, Farmers, and One Picky Kid" (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $25), by Melanie Rehak: "Eating for Beginners" starts with a stark statistic: 61 percent of Americans are confused about what to feed their family. Full Story »

NEW YORK - Here's a publishing plot twist: One of the book world's top moneymakers, Janet Evanovich, has switched literary homes. Full Story »

NEW YORK - The original "Law & Order" is off the air, but show creator Dick Wolf has more stories to tell: He plans to write novels. Full Story »

NEW YORK - A literary agency's decision to publish e-editions of "Lolita," "Invisible Man" and other classics and sell them exclusively through Amazon.com received a mixed response from the Authors Guild, which represents thousands of published writers. Full Story »

OSLO (AFP) - The Norwegian author of "The Bookseller of Kabul" has been ordered to pay damages to the wife of the real-life bookseller on which it was based, the author's lawyer said Saturday. Full Story »

OSLO, Norway - A lawyer says the author and publisher of the best-selling "The Bookseller of Kabul" have been sentenced to pay 250,000 kroner ($40,200) in damages to a woman portrayed in the book. Full Story »