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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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Potter Spell Smashes Records in First-Day Sales

8.3M copies fly off shelves in 24 hours

Jul 23, 07 3:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - The internet leaks don't seem to have weakened any of the boy wizard's magic:  "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" sold a record-breaking 8.3 million copies in its first 24 hours on sale Saturday. The 7th and final installment in the series bested the 6th, “Harry... More »

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Harry Potter • wizard • book

What CEOs Read Before They Lead

Business leaders find refuge and resource in luxury book collections

Jul 22, 07 1:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Scanning the personal libraries of CEOs, tech gurus and venture geniuses reveals not only what they read but how they think, the Times reports. The well-heeled have taken to housing their exorbitant collections in luxurious, custom-built, private spaces. And if you read between the lines, the literature tends to reflect... More »

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Steve Jobs • CEO • business • literature • reading • Michael Milken • Galileo • Machiavelli • Queen Elizabeth I • personal library • libraries • book

Potter Fans Throw Global Party

Jul 21, 07 7:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Eager readers around the globe took part in a massive midnight fete that combined jubilation and bereavement as they snatched up copies of the final installment of the Harry Potter saga. Fans lined up from Ohio to Singapore, many of them in costume, speculating on the fate of their favorite... More »

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Harry Potter • JK Rowling • children • book

10 Books
to Blow
Your Mind

Best takes on psychological journeys, from a British novelist/therapist

Jul 17, 07 1:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sebastian Beaumont, the author of Thirteen, offers his list of books that "blur the boundaries of consensus 'reality' and psychological reality."
  1. Journey to the East, Hermann Hesse
  2. Le Grand Meaulnes, Henri Alain-Fournier
  3. Fight Club, Chuck Palahnuik
  4. Vurt, Jeff Noon
  5. Steppenwolf, Hermann Hesse
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literature • list • psychology • Sebastian Beaumont • mind • book

'Potter' Printers Pay $20M to Protect Finale

Publishers hope guard dogs, armored vans will hex 'Hallows' leakers

Jul 15, 07 2:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bloomsbury is shelling out millions to keep the latest and final installment in the Harry Potter series a chamber of secrets until its on-sale date next week. The British publishers are installing extra security and even guard-dogs at way stations as the Deathly Hallows ships to booksellers, and have a... More »

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Harry Potter • JK Rowling • book • children's books

Rowling Finds Last Hurrah Bittersweet

'Potter' author ends journey torn between tears and euphoria

Jul 7, 07 4:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fans aren't the only ones who will mourn the end of the Harry Potter series. Author JK Rowling "absolutely howled" as she wrote one of the concluding chapters of the final volume of the wildly successful seven-book series, the BBC reports. But she was also elated that Harry's adventures... More »

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Harry Potter • JK Rowling • book • children's books

Harry Potter Work$ His Magic

Record orders for boy wizard's final book flood publisher

Jun 29, 07 4:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Advance orders for the final book in the Harry Potter series are up 17% over the last installment, British publisher Bloomsbury reports. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" will bring down the curtain on one of the biggest money makers in publishing history  on July 21. The latest Potter... More »

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Harry Potter • JK Rowling • literature • Bloomsbury • publishing • book • movies

FBI Recovers 'Good Earth'  Manuscript

Original typed draft of Pearl Buck's novel was missing since 1966

Jun 27, 07 7:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - The manuscript of Pearl S. Buck's "The Good Earth" has turned up at a Philadelphia auction house, having gone missing in 1966. The FBI was called in after the daughter of one of the author's secretaries tried to put it for sale, the AP reports. Buck died in1973, believing... More »

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FBI • literature • stolen manuscript • auction • Pearl S. Buck • The Good Earth • book

Top 10 Online Book Sellers

Forbes picks the best based on selection and buyer experience.

Jun 25, 07 1:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Forbes picks the best based on selection and buyer experience.
  1. abebooks.com
  2. amazon.com
  3. audible.com
  4. bn.com
  5. powells.com
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shopping • literature • list • book • online book

'Potter' Finale Deathly for
Book Business

Final chapter casting spell on readers, but sellers don't feel magic

Jun 25, 07 9:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - The final Harry Potter installment will likely fly off the shelves like a Quidditch player, but retailers are feeling decidedly grounded. Facing megasized hype, chains and websites will sell Harry for cost, leaving independent bookstores practically out of the selling loop. And Business Week reports Scholastic's lodestone is diverting attention... More »

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Harry Potter • profits • literature • Universal Studios • Scholastic • theme park • book • Amazon.com

Texas Builds an Ultimate Archive

Jun 17, 07 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Start with 48 Gutenberg Bibles—yes, count 'em, 48. Move on to the corrected proofs of Joyce's Ulysses and then to part of Kerouac's original manuscript for On the Road.  Then finish up with Woodward and Bernstein's Watergate notes. These items and much, much more are in the Harry... More »

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Watergate • literature • money • Harry Ransom • University of Texas • James Joyce • Jack Kerouac • archive • book

Achebe Wins Booker Prize

Author of
 Things Fall Apart honored for his
 body of work

Jun 13, 07 7:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Chinua Achebe, author of Things Fall Apart, won the Booker International prize, an award given out every two years to recognize a living writer's body of work. The 76-year-old Nigerian is credited with the creation of the modern African novel and is the most translated African author. More »

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fiction • literature • writing • Chinua Achebe • Booker Prize • book

Publisher Fights Lefty Bias
in Kids' Lit

Is this rabbit a communist?

Jun 1, 07 8:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - A California publishing exec is doing his darnedest to combat the insidious leftward tilt of most children's books. Fed up with gay penguins and anti-business Loraxes, Eric Jackson started his own publishing house. His first release, "Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed!"—about a kids'... More »

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Eric Jackson • World Ahead • children • publishing • reading • book • children's books

Kurt Vonnegut Dies at 84

Genre-defying novelist was voice of more than one generation

Apr 12, 07 9:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Kurt Vonnegut, one of the most popular novelists of the 20th century, died yesterday at 84 in Manhattan. Defying genres, he wrote on everything from the firebombing of Dresden to alien abduction—and that was just Slaughterhouse-Five. More »

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Kurt Vonnegut • obituary • literature • death • Slaughterhouse Five • book

Novelist Gives
Away Movie Rights 

Jonathan Lethem wants to shake up thinking about intellectual property

Mar 26, 07 11:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jonathan Lethem is giving away the film option and, eventually, all ancillary rights to his new novel, "You Don't Love Me Yet," publicly grappling with issues of intellectual property and copyright law. "What I'm seeking to explore is that incredibly fertile middle ground where people control some... More »

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Jonathan Lethem • copyright law • film • law • publishing • property • copyright • book • movies

Novelist Slaps Ex
With $40 Million Suit

Terry McMillan cites extortion in post-divorce mud-slinging contest

Mar 23, 07 10:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bestselling author Terry McMillan filed a $40 million lawsuit Wednesday against her ex-husband Jonathan Plummer, alleging that he conspired to destroy her reputation during their divorce. In the lawsuit McMillan alleges that her "little fag," a.k.a. "common extortionist" ex-husband has threatened her safety after the... More »

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Terry McMillan • divorce • Jonathan Plummer • literature • lawsuit • book

Muggles Save Trees From Harry

Mar 21, 07 11:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - It's almost 800 pages long and everyone you know will buy one, so Scholastic has a big chance to score green points with the printing of the final Harry Potter book this summer. The latest installment will use at least 30% recycled material in the U.S., and a "... More »

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Harry Potter • Scholastic Books • Greenpeace • environmentalism • consumer • publishing • book

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