Tribune Co. Redesign Could Kill More Book Coverage: Amid the pending real estate sale and newsroom cutbacks, rumors have surfaced about book sections being cut at Tribune-owned papers. One freelance critic told PW that the Tribune Company is planning to slash overall page counts across the chain. [Publishers Weekly]
Cody’s, landmark Berkeley bookstore, closes: Cody’s Books, the legendary Berkeley bookstore that catered to literati nationwide for more than half a century and was firebombed in the 1980s because of its support of the First Amendment, has closed its doors, the victim of lagging sales. [San Francisco Chronicle]
University Presses Start to Sell Via Kindle: By the beginning of the fall, Princeton plans to have several hundred books available for sale through Kindle. Yale University Press and Oxford University Press already have a similar presence there. The University of California Press recently had about 40 of its volumes placed on Kindle and is ramping up. [Inside Higher Ed]
Nick Harkaway: Le Carré with ninjas: Nick Harkaway describes the challenges of writing a novel in the shadow of a famous father. [Telegraph]
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