Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/785 entertainment Books/Publishing News en-us Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:53:49 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/785 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/books/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_bi_ge/us_post_conferences ap/20090703/us_post_conferences AP business Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:53:49 GMT AP - The Washington Post asked lobbyists and business leaders to pay $25,000 to attend a dinner discussion with government officials and journalists at the home of its publisher, and then canceled the event after the invitations became public. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/books/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_en_ot/us_best_sellers_books_pw ap/20090702/us_best_sellers_books_pw AP entertainment Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:44:30 GMT AP - 1. 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"Finger Lickin' Fifteen" by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/books/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_us/us_sc_governor ap/20090702/us_sc_governor AP us Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:44:14 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/books/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_us/us_sc_governor"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090626/capt.ba1c91eb997140c3a4b171ebc74c2f48.sc_governor_wife_scak110.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=ZURY_dd3T1hQDdTpsZ8nlQ--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="Jenny Sanford, wife of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, speaks about her husband's recent affair admission at the family beach house in Sullivans Island, S.C., on Friday, June 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Alice Keeney)" border="0" /></a>AP - The wife of embattled South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford called his affair with an Argentine woman "inexcusable" but said Thursday she is willing to forgive him.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/books/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_us/us_sc_governor"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090626/capt.ba1c91eb997140c3a4b171ebc74c2f48.sc_governor_wife_scak110.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=ZURY_dd3T1hQDdTpsZ8nlQ--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="photo" title="Jenny Sanford, wife of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, speaks about her husband's recent affair admission at the family beach house in Sullivans Island, S.C., on Friday, June 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Alice Keeney)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/books/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_en_ot/us_books_girls_from_ames ap/20090702/us_books_girls_from_ames AP entertainment Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:50:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/books/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_en_ot/us_books_girls_from_ames"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090701/capt.acafa655560b42e887a31a77fef378e5.books_girls_from_ames_ny130.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=QHGmpIEQ4RcL836pa5Ed7g--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="This undated picture provided by Penguin shows author Jeffrey Zaslow. A year before it became a best seller, Zaslow wondered if all the time he'd put into his book about the longtime friendship of 11 women would be wasted. The women initially had been eager to talk about their enduring relationship, which began as teens in Iowa and continued decades later. But after reading a draft of what would become 'The Girls From Ames,' some thought they may have been too open with him. (AP Photo/Penguin)" border="0" /></a>AP - A year before it became a best seller, author Jeffrey Zaslow wondered if all the time he'd put into his book about the longtime friendship of 11 women would be wasted.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/books/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_en_ot/us_books_girls_from_ames"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090701/capt.acafa655560b42e887a31a77fef378e5.books_girls_from_ames_ny130.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=QHGmpIEQ4RcL836pa5Ed7g--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="This undated picture provided by Penguin shows author Jeffrey Zaslow. A year before it became a best seller, Zaslow wondered if all the time he'd put into his book about the longtime friendship of 11 women would be wasted. The women initially had been eager to talk about their enduring relationship, which began as teens in Iowa and continued decades later. But after reading a draft of what would become 'The Girls From Ames,' some thought they may have been too open with him. 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Salinger, author of 'The Catcher in the Rye', 'Nine Stories', and 'Franny and Zooey' is shown. (AP Photo, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - A Swedish author whose new book was promoted as a sequel to J.D. Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye" cannot publish it in the United States because it too closely mirrors Salinger's classic without adequate parody or critique, a judge ruled Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/books/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_en_ot/us_books_salinger"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090610/capt.4f87f1041df94b0d902be51ae2f34eb5.salinger_lawsuit_nyet417.jpg?x=98&y=130&q=85&sig=XoKO.mRzSKaOKMTvyuZsjw--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this 1951 file photo, J.D. Salinger, author of 'The Catcher in the Rye', 'Nine Stories', and 'Franny and Zooey' is shown. 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REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton" border="0" /></a>Reuters - With her debut collection of short stories, Zimbabwean writer Petina Gappah has been heralded as a major new literary voice, but she said it was a struggle to write about her homeland without being didactic.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/books/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090701/stage_nm/us_books_gappah"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090701/i/r2732467122.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=cIiKK1mtsuAvTdosUgAIzg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="Zimbabwean author Petina Gappah poses for a portrait in New York May 7, 2009. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/books/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090702/en_nm/us_seth_sequel nm/20090702/us_seth_sequel Reuters entertainment Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:55:44 GMT Reuters - Indian poet and novelist Vikram Seth is writing a sequel to his acclaimed, monumental story "A Suitable Boy" to be titled "A Suitable Girl." http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/books/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090701/stage_nm/us_books_author_adichie nm/20090701/us_books_author_adichie Reuters entertainment Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:31:57 GMT Reuters - Award-winning author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a professional eavesdropper: she admits a lot of what she writes is based on what she's overheard. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/books/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090630/ap_en_ot/us_books_connelly_q_a ap/20090630/us_books_connelly_q_a AP entertainment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:10:36 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/books/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090630/ap_en_ot/us_books_connelly_q_a"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090630/capt.6f9486bcbf2b496e9a6f2d5e1db5c237.books_connelly_q_a_nyet855.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=FJ4x8jP5ew9eVZns.c7ocQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="In this image released by Little, Brown, author Michael Connelly is shown. (AP Photo/ Little, Brown, Robert Azmitia)" border="0" /></a>AP - Michael Connelly headed back to the newsroom for this latest best-selling thriller.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/books/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090630/ap_en_ot/us_books_connelly_q_a"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090630/capt.6f9486bcbf2b496e9a6f2d5e1db5c237.books_connelly_q_a_nyet855.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=FJ4x8jP5ew9eVZns.c7ocQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="In this image released by Little, Brown, author Michael Connelly is shown. (AP Photo/ Little, Brown, Robert Azmitia)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/books/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090629/ap_on_en_ot/us_michael_jackson_instant_books ap/20090629/us_michael_jackson_instant_books AP entertainment Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:50:19 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/books/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090629/ap_on_en_ot/us_michael_jackson_instant_books"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090629/capt.b61d65497227454eab363d0ab3f28c44.michael_jackson_instant_books_nyet853.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=Da7EZm.pVjo7XGvD5qhIzQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2007 file photo, pop star Michael Jackson poses on the red carpet during the RainbowPUSH Coalition Los Angeles 10th annual awards in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Danny Moloshok, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - The "instant" books on Michael Jackson are coming soon.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/books/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090629/ap_on_en_ot/us_michael_jackson_instant_books"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090629/capt.b61d65497227454eab363d0ab3f28c44.michael_jackson_instant_books_nyet853.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=Da7EZm.pVjo7XGvD5qhIzQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2007 file photo, pop star Michael Jackson poses on the red carpet during the RainbowPUSH Coalition Los Angeles 10th annual awards in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Danny Moloshok, file)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/books/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090628/ap_on_en_ot/us_books_the_family_business ap/20090628/us_books_the_family_business AP entertainment Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:02:35 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/books/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090628/ap_on_en_ot/us_books_the_family_business"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090628/capt.a8f592653e6a480eb081104d0fca166c.books_the_family_business_nyet602.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=YP0HWZpMRKlhff.q9El3fg--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="In this undated image released by HarperCollins, writer Elmore Leonard, right, and his novelist son, Peter Leonard are shown. (AP Photo/HarperCollins, Gregg Sutter)" border="0" /></a>AP - Fresh out of college with an English degree in hand, Peter Leonard wrote a six-page short story he liked very much and asked a famous author for a few notes.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/books/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090628/ap_on_en_ot/us_books_the_family_business"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090628/capt.a8f592653e6a480eb081104d0fca166c.books_the_family_business_nyet602.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=YP0HWZpMRKlhff.q9El3fg--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this undated image released by HarperCollins, writer Elmore Leonard, right, and his novelist son, Peter Leonard are shown. (AP Photo/HarperCollins, Gregg Sutter)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/books/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090624/ap_en_ot/us_books_lifting_wiki ap/20090624/us_books_lifting_wiki AP entertainment Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:21:06 GMT AP - The author of a new book about the wisdom of free products on the Web has acknowledged taking some liberties in his own work. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/books/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090624/ap_en_ot/us_games_overlord_pratchett ap/20090624/us_games_overlord_pratchett AP entertainment Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:28:29 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/books/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090624/ap_en_ot/us_games_overlord_pratchett"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090623/capt.e392478f474a4e1e8f6fea638932c108.games_overlord_pratchett_nyet633.jpg?x=130&y=73&q=85&sig=H92WApDX5FvIjkbxaXguJw--" align="left" height="73" width="130" alt="In this video game image released by Codemasters, a scene is shown from 'Overlord II.' (AP Photo/Codemasters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Rhianna Pratchett has a fantasy writer's genes: Her father is Terry Pratchett, author of the "Discworld" novels. But the daughter has pursued her muse in a different medium, as one of the most respected scriptwriters in video games.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/books/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090624/ap_en_ot/us_games_overlord_pratchett"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090623/capt.e392478f474a4e1e8f6fea638932c108.games_overlord_pratchett_nyet633.jpg?x=130&y=73&q=85&sig=H92WApDX5FvIjkbxaXguJw--" align="left" height="73" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this video game image released by Codemasters, a scene is shown from 'Overlord II.' (AP Photo/Codemasters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/books/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090624/ap_on_en_ot/us_people_billy_crystal ap/20090624/us_people_billy_crystal AP entertainment Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:46:55 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/books/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090624/ap_on_en_ot/us_people_billy_crystal"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090624/capt.3e085f4d580944c88885d574956b58f1.late_show_with_david_letterman_nyet639.jpg?x=91&y=130&q=85&sig=IS47Kb.0zHxpK6nCb80Thg--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2009 file photo, actor Billy Crystal arrives for a taping of the 'Late Show with David Letterman,' in New York. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Billy Crystal is taking his acclaimed stage autobiography, "700 Sundays," on the road this fall.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/books/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090624/ap_on_en_ot/us_people_billy_crystal"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090624/capt.3e085f4d580944c88885d574956b58f1.late_show_with_david_letterman_nyet639.jpg?x=91&y=130&q=85&sig=IS47Kb.0zHxpK6nCb80Thg--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2009 file photo, actor Billy Crystal arrives for a taping of the 'Late Show with David Letterman,' in New York. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, file)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/books/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090624/ap_en_ot/eu_spain_prince_of_asturias_prize ap/20090624/eu_spain_prince_of_asturias_prize AP entertainment Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:34:24 GMT AP - Albanian writer Ismail Kadare was awarded Spain's Prince of Asturias literature prize on Wednesday in recognition of the social commitment in his work. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/books/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090623/ap_en_ot/us_books_cheney ap/20090623/us_books_cheney AP entertainment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:30:12 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/books/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090623/ap_en_ot/us_books_cheney"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090623/capt.44800976f4dd4d3ea1813a93bb1e3ae0.books_cheney_nyet622.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=id77Vz4D8WaKSbX964ui4Q--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="FILE - In this March 15, 2009 file photo, former Vice President Dick Cheney appears on CNN's 'State of the Union' in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Former Vice President Dick Cheney has signed a book deal with a conservative imprint of Simon & Schuster and said he hopes readers of all ideologies will be interested in his story. The memoir by Cheney, widely considered the most powerful vice president in history, is expected to be published in Spring 2011, a few months after President George W. Bush's book comes out.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/books/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090623/ap_en_ot/us_books_cheney"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090623/capt.44800976f4dd4d3ea1813a93bb1e3ae0.books_cheney_nyet622.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=id77Vz4D8WaKSbX964ui4Q--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this March 15, 2009 file photo, former Vice President Dick Cheney appears on CNN's 'State of the Union' in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, file)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/books/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090623/ap_en_ot/us_book_review_finger_lickin__fifteen ap/20090623/us_book_review_finger_lickin__fifteen AP entertainment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:27:01 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/books/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090623/ap_en_ot/us_book_review_finger_lickin__fifteen"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090622/capt.468058118d954bc7987e2971c55bd0a2.book_review_finger_lickin_fifteen_nyet530.jpg?x=85&y=130&q=85&sig=DEU5Vij.7MWqBFY.vZFQ6g--" align="left" height="130" width="85" alt="In this book cover image released by St. Martin's Press, 'Finger Lickin' Fifteen,' by Janet Evanovich, is shown. (AP Photo/St. Martin's Press)" border="0" /></a>AP - "Finger Lickin' Fifteen." (St. Martin's Press, 308 pages, $27.95): The barbecue sauce hits the ceiling in "Finger Lickin' Fifteen," Janet Evanovich's new Stephanie Plum novel.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/books/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090623/ap_en_ot/us_book_review_finger_lickin__fifteen"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090622/capt.468058118d954bc7987e2971c55bd0a2.book_review_finger_lickin_fifteen_nyet530.jpg?x=85&y=130&q=85&sig=DEU5Vij.7MWqBFY.vZFQ6g--" align="left" height="130" width="85" alt="photo" title="In this book cover image released by St. Martin's Press, 'Finger Lickin' Fifteen,' by Janet Evanovich, is shown. (AP Photo/St. Martin's Press)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)