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Nov 30 2009: Colleen McCullough, the Australian author of the best-selling novel The Thorn Birds, is to undergo brain surgery for a condition known as trigeminal neuralgia that causes "unbelievable pain" to her face.
Nov 30 2009: Borders UK launched a closing down sale this weekend, with all 45 branded Borders and Books Etc stores across the UK affected.
Nov 25 2009: A copy of Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" bought for a 'few shillings' about 50 years ago, and shelved in the family's bathroom in Oxfordshire for many years (where it was recently discovered) sold at auction yesterday for 103,250 UK pounds (about US $171,000).
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Nov 24 2009: Barnes & Noble reported that store sales fell 2% in their second quarter. BN.com sales rose 9% and College sales (from the newly purchased Barnes and Noble College Booksellers) were down 0.2% on the one month of sales that is measurable. Overall, BN reported a loss of ...
Nov 24 2009: Total sales at Borders Group continued to sink in the third quarter, though the chain did better on the bottom-line. Revenue fell 12.7% in the quarter ended October 31, to $595.5 million, while the loss from continuing operations was cut to $38.5 million from $172.2 ...
Nov 19 2009: The winners of the 2009 National Book Awards have been announced at the National Book Foundation's 60th National Book Awards Ceremony and Benefit Dinner.
This year's winners are:
Nov 13 2009: After two delays, attorneys for the AAP, Authors Guild and Google filed an amended settlement agreement today in an effort to end litigation brought by the publishers and authors against Google over its library scanning program. The biggest change in the agreement deals...
Nov 11 2009: Veteran journalist and author Linden MacIntyre has won Canada's Giller Prize for his second novel. The Bishop's Man is published by Random House Canada, the title currently has no U.S. publisher.
Pony Confidential
by Christina Lynch
In this whimsical mystery, a grumpy pony must clear his beloved human's name from a murder accusation.
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