In a speech he gave at the American Library Association, US President Barack Obama named Maurice Sendak's "Where the Wild Things Are" as a book that made an impact on his early life, expressing gratitude to his mother, who always gave him books as a present for every occasion, no matter what was on his wishlist. "I'd be disappointed initially, but she knew that eventually I'd end up picking them ......

When a backstreet publisher based near Baker Street, London, bought the rights to an obscure Swedish crime novel written by an unknown author who had died years earlier, it struggled to get it on to bookshop shelves....

In the midst of one of the most disruptive transitions the modern publishing industry has ever experienced, it can be easy to give in to pessimism, fall in with doom-saying pundits and short-term gamblers, and forget why you thought working in publishing was ever a good idea to begin with....

The CEO defends unadulterated reading, while his company plans to sell a type of e-book so media-rich and new that they don't even have a name yet E-book - Amazon.com - Wall Street Journal - New York Times - IPad...

In focusing on independent bookstores, I introduce you to The Twig Book Shop, long a fixture in San Antonio's literary community....

MONT ALTO -- Three area librarians on June 26 traveled to Washington, D.C., to share their work with library professionals from across the country at the annual conference of the American Library Association....

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is investigating deals struck by Amazon.com Inc. and Apple Inc. to offer low prices on electronic books, saying the agreements may block rivals from providing attractive pricing....

The American Library Association is asking an Ozarks school board to reconsider its decision to ban a novel....

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is investigating deals struck by Amazon.com Inc. and Apple Inc. to offer low prices on electronic books, saying the agreements may block rivals from providing attractive pricing....

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is investigating deals struck by Amazon.com Inc and Apple Inc to offer low prices on electronic books, saying the agreements may block rivals from providing attractive pricing....