Paperbacks
When Pocket Books introduced the paperback to American consumers in 1939, book publishing changed forever. Paperbacks did more than make books affordable to a mass audience; they made books...
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The Tokyo High Court ruled Thursday against a lower court
decision that had ordered publisher Shinchosha Co. to suspend sales
of a paperback edition of a story originally ...
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For those frightened by the tale of global warming in Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth," and wondering what can be done, the former vice president has an answer: a sequel.Gore is working on a new e...
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Bloomsbury PLC, the British publisher of the Harry Potter books, said Thursday that advance orders for the latest and final volume of the series are 17 percent ahead of the pre-orders for the previ...
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STOCKHOLM, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Nobel prize-winning author
Doris Lessing accused Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on
Friday of depriving people of the chance to buy books or write
them because of h...
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Amazon.com Inc. is hoping to invigorate a nascent market for electronic books by introducing its own e-book reader with free wireless connectivity.Monday's long-anticipated announcement comes as e-...
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Looking for a 2-foot lacquered sushi boat or antique ribbon? How about a feather mask, a zebra hide or a lampshade custom-made from parchment? Perhaps a vintage accordian or Chilean goat-...
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Paperbacks
LEAD: High court rules against suspension of sales of 'libelous' paperback
