Tucked away in libraries across the country are unexpected archives and world-class treasures, including nurse romance novels, forgers and other frauds, and painted books.
Amazon's reader is a brilliant device that shanghais book buyers and the book industry into accepting a radically diminished marketplace for published works.
Amazon charged $29.95 for the digital version of Confessions of a Butcher when the paperback cost only $11.95. After an outdry -- including a posting by the author's wife -- Amazon reduced the ebook price to $10.76
Not all books get returned to the publisher: One of Britain's biggest book warehouses sparked a stampede after opening its doors to give away the remaining stock for free
Monty Python: "We're letting you see absolutely everything for free. So there! But we want something in return. None of your driveling, mindless comments. Instead, we want you to click on the links, buy our movies & TV shows and soften our pain and disgust at being ripped off all these years."
Author of best-selling 'misery memoir' sued by mother over claims of childhood abuse. Heart-rending "misery memoirs" are a booming genre in publishing, and this is not the first time an autobiography's truth has been questioned.
