Popular Fiction

(Another) new James Patterson novel, along with new fiction by Daniel Silva, J. A. Jance, Suzanne Brockmann, and more. This week's new fiction books run through the same type of stuff we've seen throughout this (so far) slow month in the publishing world. While the amount of quality books have...  

Presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain are the heroes of two new biographical comic books available in October; J. Scott Campbell drew both covers.  

A $2, mini-bag sale will be 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today in the Classics Gift Shop, located on the garage level of Main Library, 325 North Michigan St. Shoppers will receive a small gift-sized bag which they can fill with sale books. The shop is operated by the Friends of the Library, and proceeds...  

WASHINGTON -- Salman Rushdie and Tiki Barber are among 70 authors scheduled to participate in the 2008 National Book Festival.  

SPRINGFIELD - The boys and girls at Daniel B. Brunton School will be presented with upwards of 30 new books for their school library when they return in September, thanks to Link to Libraries.  

Perhaps it takes attaining a certain level of accomplishment to be able to admit the famous books one hasn't read... The Telegraph (UK) 07/23/08  

Through PublishAmerica, local authors Frank Lewandowski and Maxine Watson were able to achieve their dreams of having their books published in spite of high rates of rejection and other obstacles and time-consuming processes associated with the publishing industry.  

A new addition this year to the 11th annual Mimico Summer Festival is Books in the Park. The Mimico Baptist Church and the Mimico Residents' Association is inviting local authors to showcase their wor...  

Our Life on the Run: 10:30 a.m. July 21, Victory Centre of Bartlett, 1101 W. Bartlett Road, Bartlett.  

Humorist Will Rogers noted, "There ain't nothing that breaks up homes, country and nations like somebody publishing their memoirs." Despite that observation, plenty of authors have put their lives in print, causing a number of memoirs and biographical projects to hit my desk recently.  

SINGAPORE: The National Library Board (NLB) is offering some 400,000 used books and magazines for sale, the largest number ever.  

In a one-bedroom flat above a noisy San Francisco street, Scott Sigler is plotting a revolution in the world of books. Sigler is a science-fiction writer with a host of fans, who are described as "junkies" on his website. His work is gripping, pacy, and often stomach-churningly violent. He tells...  

Gulping a cup of coffee at my desk at The Oklahoman, I answer the telephone, and the caller wants to know, "Why has the book page disappeared?” I go to the annual neighborhood July Fourth brunch and can hardly bite into my French toast before someone asks, "Why were the book reviews split...  

CALLANDER — It was all about the children Saturday morning at the Books by the Bay festival. The literary winners were announced and children's authors Frieda Wishinsky and Frank Glew entertained the crowd. Some of the other featured authors includes Lawrence Hill, Linwood Barclay and Karen...  

For Olga Velez, selling books in El Paso is tough enough even when the economy is doing well. Special Section: Living on Less