Microsoft is taking aim at Google's rival book-scanning project, saying the search company "systematically violates copyright." In prepared remarks he is scheduled to deliver Tuesday to a publishing industry group, a Microsoft lawyer also said Google is cutting into the profits of authors and publishers....

Local author Michael D'Orso recently received one of ten 2007 Alex Awards selected by the Young Adult Library Services Association . The YALSA, a branch of the American Library Association created the Alex Awards to recognize books that were written for adults but also appeal to sophisticated teen readers . D'Orso, who lives in Colonial Place, penned Eagle Blue: A Team, A Tribe, and A High School ......

Nearly a hundred years ago the Library of Congress established an exclusive service for Members of the House of Representatives and United States Senators....

The Random House Group has acquired 90 percent of Virgin Books and worldwide use of the Virgin brand in book, audio and digital publishing....

By JESSICA MINTZ SEATTLE - Microsoft is taking aim at Google Inc.'s rival book-scanning project, saying the search company "systematically violates copyright." In prepared remarks he is scheduled to deliver Tuesday to a publishing industry group, a Microsoft Corp....

CHICAGO - The polls will open on March 15 for the 2007 American Library Association (ALA) election. All paid ALA members as of January 31, 2007, are eligible to vote. Members must submit their ballots by April 24, 2007, at 11:59 p.m. CST....

A blessing can be a burden. That's one lesson I took away from David Lubar's action-packed novel True Talents, a follow-up to Hidden Talents, an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults....

The traditional seats of power in the publishing industry may be New York, London and Paris, but the real comers in the digital era are book houses based in Lincoln, Nebraska, Tucson, Arizona, and Bloomington, Indiana....

AUSTIN, Texas----At the upcoming Book Business Expo 2007 in New York, NY, executives from LibreDigital and HarperCollins Publishers will participate in a conference session exploring the opportunities that digital strategies can deliver to the book publishing industry....

Random House and HarperCollins have released widgets that allow anyone to embed sections of a book on web pages. It's a marketing move, but might also be an attempt to keep Google and Amazon from getting too powerful. ...