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Independent author John Locke joins Amazon's million-Kindle-seller club, but at what cost?
Jacket CopyJohn Locke tops the Kindle bestseller list with his 99-cent novels. Is this a good thing?... -
Bookstore of the week: Small World Books in Venice
Jacket CopyThe owner of Small World Books and the Sidewalk Cafe in Venice, CA says she'll keep selling books as long as people buy hamburgers.... -
Diesel Books in Malibu closing, but owner promises a return
Jacket CopyDiesel Bookstore in Malibu to close, but its owner promises a return.... -
Two Southern California bookstores call it quits
Jacket CopyVillage Books in Pacific Palisades and Latitude 33 in Laguna Beach will close.... -
Food books, a feast of ideas
Special to the Los Angeles TimesThere's a Calvinist streak marbling the fat of any good American eater: One hand giveth and the other taketh away. I should. I shouldn't. Pleasure and pain. I want it but I shouldn't have it. This is a good time to reflect on just how American our...Tags: Weather, Agricultural Research and Technology, Rachael Ray, Anthony Bourdain, Distilling and Brewing Industry
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A night at the Southern California Independent Booksellers Assn. Awards
Jacket CopySaturday night, the Southern California Independent Booksellers Assn. gathered members, authors and publishers for its annual awards dinner at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel. Located in the Hollywood and Highland complex, it's sort of glamorous -- just a... -
Amazon criticized for selling advice book for pedophiles
L.A. Times Tech BlogOnline retail giant Amazon.com came under a storm of electronic protest Wednesday for selling a self-published electronic book called "The Pedophile's Guide to Love and Pleasure." The title -- published Oct. 28 by Phillip R. Greaves -- has been flooded...... -
In our pages: Buying banned books in the Middle East
Jacket CopyWhat's the most widely requested banned book at Al Taliya Books in Amman, Jordan? Salman Rushdie's "The Satanic Verses." Al Taliya Books is the place readers go when they want to get a book that has been officially banned, Borzou...... -
IRAN: Book reading on the decline in the Islamic Republic, clerics and officials warn
Babylon & BeyondIran has invested heavily in literacy campaigns over the past 30 years, but some Iranian officials and high-ranking clerics suggest Iranians aren't embracing books after all. They warned recently that "the culture of reading books" among Iranians is... -
Random House switches to e-book agency model; little bookseller chagrined
L.A. Times Tech BlogUpdate added 5:00 p.m. Random House Inc. on Monday ended its long stand against the so-called "agency model" for sales of e-books, a move that could pave the way for the publisher to join its competitors on Apple's iPad. Under...... -
iPad 2 announcement: The book news
Jacket CopyThe first look at Apple's new iPad 2 includes news for ebooks. Or make that iBooks.... -
OpenSky helps authors develop their brands
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterNEW YORK -- About a year ago Mary Ann Naples had a holy-cow moment. If she'd been a cartoon character, she would have smacked her forehead until stars came out. She was standing atop an escalator at Book Expo America, the publishing world's spring...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Services and Shopping, Pluto (fictional animal), Tools and Hardware, Real Estate
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