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The U.S. has evidence that Apple Inc. participated in a conspiracy to raise the prices of electronic books, the federal judge overseeing the government’s civil antitrust case against the company said. “I believe that the government will be able to show at trial direct evidence that Apple...
Updated : 2013.05.24 21:10
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South Korea is witnessing renewed public attention to books on humanities, with some observers suggesting it is a “revival of humanities.” However, many in the publishing industry cast doubts on whe...
Updated : 2013.05.24 18:29
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Korean-born American writer Maija Rhee Devine was just getting ready to study abroad after graduating from the English literature program at Sogang University in Seoul, when a family secret that had b...
Updated : 2013.05.23 19:59
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To some people ― those who might attend a guerrilla reading in San Francisco, for example ― Ken Baumann is a writer and small-press publisher who is part of the contemporary literary vanguard. And y...
Updated : 2013.05.23 19:58
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The Kings and Queens of RoamBy Daniel Wallace (Touchstone)“Once upon a time” is probably the most seductive phrase in the language of books. Add a forest, a witch, a giant and a princess, and child...
Updated : 2013.05.23 19:56
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A local book club is hosting two famous authors on May 25.Novelist Kim Young-ha, whose internationally-acclaimed works “I Have the Right to Destroy Myself” and “Your Republic is Calling You” have earned him fans at home and abroad, is the invited speaker for the 10 Magazine Book Club m...
Updated : 2013.05.22 20:32
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NEW YORK (AP) ― Over the past two years, publishers have been steadily filling one of the largest gaps in the e-book catalogue ― poetry.Adrienne Rich, Allen Ginsberg, Langston Hughes and Wallace Stevens have been among the poets whose work recently became available in electronic format. ...
Updated : 2013.05.19 20:08
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A Man Without Breath, By Philip Kerr (Marian Wood/G.P. Putnam’s Sons)Through nine Philip Kerr novels spanning the rise and fall of Nazi Germany and the subsequent pursuit and prosecution of some of i...
Updated : 2013.05.09 19:31
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Board StiffBy Elaine Viets (Obsidian)With few exceptions, characters in mysteries change and grow throughout the series. Not only does that reflect real life ― are any of us the same person we were ...
Updated : 2013.05.09 19:30
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WASHINGTON (AP) ― While most Americans have never seen Ernest Hemingway’s home in Cuba where he wrote some of his most famous books, a set of 2,000 recently digitized records delivered to the United...
Updated : 2013.05.09 19:29
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After the film adaptation of his 2010 novel “Eungyo”― a tale about a 70-something poet falling for a teenage girl ― created much hype even before its release, author Park Bum-shin in 2011 moved al...
Updated : 2013.05.09 19:29
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Author Hwang Sok-yong said he plans to sue Jaeum & Moeum, the publishing house accused of hoarding copies of his latest novel in an attempt to have it included in the bestseller list, for libel and financial and psychological damages, according to news reports.The author said he wants his ...
Updated : 2013.05.09 19:22
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Celebrated author Hwang Sok-yong said he wants his best-selling novel “Yeowoolmoolsori” off the shelves after a TV program accused his publishing house, Jaeum & Moeum, of hoarding copies of the nove...
Updated : 2013.05.08 20:15
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KYOTO, Japan (AFP) ― Bestselling author Haruki Murakami said Monday that writing a novel is like descending to a very dark second basement of your psyche, when you are not even sure where the corridors are.In a rare public appearance by the publicity-shy but wildly popular writer, Murakam...
Updated : 2013.05.07 20:00
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Writer Frank X Walker is driving to Alabama with a trunk full of books.The eight-hour trip is not out of the ordinary for Walker, who is promoting his latest collection of poems, “Turn Me Loose: The ...
Updated : 2013.05.02 19:54
