Best books of 2008 [Slate]
10 Best Books of the Year [Washington Post]
Best Books of 2008 [Washington Post]
Beautiful art books published in 2008 [Chicago Tribune]
No downsizing in this literary field: With pain hitting the economy everywhere these days, you might think coffee-table books would shrink to night-table books – half the size they used to be, much like your 401k. You’d be wrong. [Philadelphia Inquirer]
The best business books of all time [Independent]
Many lie over books ‘to impress’: Nearly half of all men and one-third of women have lied about what they have read to try to impress friends or potential partners, a survey suggests. [BBC]
Layoffs and Restructuring at Macmillan: The drumbeat of grim news from the publishing industry continued on Monday as Macmillan, the company that operates imprints including Farrar, Straus and Giroux, St. Martin’s Press and Henry Holt, laid off about 4 percent of its staff and restructured its children’s book division. [NYT]
‘Exorcist’ Editor Retires: After 60 years in the publishing industry, Ann Harris, who edited such iconic books as The Exorcist and The Thorn Birds, is retiring. [Publishers Weekly]
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