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Washington Post Book World to close

Jan 28 2009: It has been confirmed that 'Book World', the Washington Post's stand-alone book section, will cease publication as a print edition in mid-February. Book coverage will now be divided between the daily Outlook section and the Sunday Style & Arts section of the newspaper....

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Author John Updike dies, age 76.

Jan 27 2009: American novelist, poet, short story writer, art and literary critic, John Updike, died this morning from lung cancer. He was 76.

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Kindle 2.0 arriving soon?

Jan 27 2009: Mediabistro reports on the possible imminent arrival of the Kindle 2.0 based on the press conference booked for Feb 9th in midtown Manhattan. The last time Amazon held a press conference in Manhattan was in November 2007 to unveil the Kindle 1.0.

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Publisher rejected Obama's book

Jan 27 2009: In a story to warm the hearts of every author who's received a rejection letter or missed a deadline, The Daily Beast reports that Barack Obama received a $100,000 advance from Simon & Schuster to write Dreams From My Father (1995), but when the first two parts of...

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Amazon to drop all e-book formats other than its own

Jan 26 2009: Amazon.com has notified its publisher and author clients that it plans to cease offering e-books in the Microsoft Reader and Adobe e-book formats. In the future, the online retailer says it plans to offer only e-books in the Kindle format (for wireless download to its ...

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Caldecott and Newbery Awards announced

Jan 26 2009: The American Library Association have announced the winners of the Caldecott, Newbery and other awards for the best in children's books.

The John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children's literature has been won by Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard ...

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NBCC announce 2008 award finalists

Jan 26 2009: The National Book Critics Circle have announced their 2008 award finalists in fiction, nonfiction, criticism, poetry, biography & autobiography. The winners will be announced in March.

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Roberto Bolano, 2666
Marilynne Robinson, Home
Aleksandar Hemon, ...

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Movies based on books score well in Oscar nominations

Jan 23 2009: Films based on novels have, once again, proved to be a winning formula when it comes to Oscar nominations which include:

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