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Thousands of used books go on sale Saturday-Sunday at the Columbus Public Library (Columbus Ledger-Enquirer)
About 1,000 people are expected to browse through stacks of 4,000-5,000 books 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 2-4 p.m. Sunday in the library's CB&T-Synovus Room, organizers announced today.
Equator Books In Venice Closes (The Huffington Post)
Venice's Equator Books has been a welcoming independent option for book lovers on Abbot Kinney for over five years, but now they have announced that this weekend they are closing their doors for good.
Historian Robert Service Selects Top 5 Books on Totalitarianism (St. Petersburg Times)
Robert Service is professor of Russian studies at St. Antony's College, Oxford. His research interests cover Russian history from the late 19th century to the present day, and he has written numerous books on the subject.
Sports books expected to post win on Super Bowl (Las Vegas Sun)
Las Vegas sports books didn't score a monumental victory in the New Orleans Saints' 31-17 victory against the Indianapolis Colts in Super Bowl XLIV Sunday. But most of them didn't lose, either. Although the Nevada Gaming Control Board won't release the official figures until later in the week, sports book directors around the Las Vegas valley reported a small win Monday.
Kindle Books in Snack Sizes (New York Times)
FT Press is selling stripped-down, 1,000- to 2,000-word versions of books, for $1.99, and a new series of essays of about 5,000 words, for $2.99.
Major Publishers to Hike Prices of Electronic Books (HispanicBusiness.com)
Los Angeles (dpa) - Three of the largest U.S. book publishers are to hike the prices of their electronic books after the introduction of Apple's iPad tablet computer forced Amazon to abandon its one-price- fits-all policy, Information Week reported Monday.
Amazon's relents on e-book pricing and resumes sales of Macmillan books (InternetRetailer.com)
Amazon.com Inc.'s strategy of selling low-priced e-books to encourage sales of its Kindle e-book reader is in jeopardy as the world's largest online retailer formally ceded ground to one publisher that demanded higher prices for the digital products and faced similar pressure from another.
Amazon reshelves Macmillan titles but not e-books (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Online retailer Amazon.com Inc resumed selling hardcover and paperback books from Macmillan Publishers late on Friday in a sign the two companies are getting closer to resolving a pricing dispute over Macmillan's electronic books, which remain unavailable on Amazon.
CM donates 1,000 rare books to new library (The Times of India)
Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi on Monday donated about 1,000 rare books from his collection to the upcoming Anna centenary library.
Macmillan books coming back to Amazon (USA Today)
After a week-long absence, new copies of Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall and other books published by Macmillan are available for purchase on Amazon.com.
