The 20 best books of the year [Independent]
The 50 best fiction, poetry books of 2008 [San Francisco Chronicle]
The 50 best nonfiction books of 2008 [San Francisco Chronicle]
More Readers Picking Up Electronic Books: For a decade, consumers mostly ignored electronic book devices, which were often hard to use and offered few popular items to read. But this year, in part because of the popularity of Amazon.com’s wireless Kindle device, the e-book has started to take hold. [NYT]
The Greatest Love Story Ever Sold: Is the author of a new Oprah-touted love story the next James Frey? [The New Republic]
Read it and weep: The economic news couldn’t be worse for the book industry. Now insiders are asking how literature will survive. [Salon]
Booker Prize Sponsor Caught in Madoff Web: The Man Booker Prize said that the financial services company that sponsors the prize would continue to subsidize it even though it had about $360 million in funds linked to Bernard L. Madoff. [NYT]
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