Senator Brown snags deal for memoirs

2010-03-10T08:46:54Z

<div><p>BOSTON (Reuters) - Scott Brown, the Republican whose surprise victory in the Senate race in Massachusetts rocked the political landscape, has signed a deal to write his memoirs, the publisher

Mass. Sen. Scott Brown to release memoir in 2011

2010-03-10T07:30:24Z

<div id="subtitle">Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., to release memoir in 2011, says he hopes book will inspire, inform</div><div><p>Sen. Scott Brown, the Massachusetts Republican who pulled off one of the biggest upsets in recent years by winning the seat once held by Sen. Edward K...

Palin to pen book on American values

2010-03-04T08:33:17Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin will come out with a new book that is a "celebration of American virtues and strengths," publisher HarperCollins announced on Thursday.</p><p>The as-yet untitled book by Palin, wi...

Sarah Palin to pen patriotic book

2010-03-04T08:15:56Z

<div><p>Republican star Sarah Palin will write a new book reflecting her patriotic and "spiritual" values, publishers HarperCollins announced Thursday.</p><p>The conservative former governor of Alaska and vice presidential candidate will pen "a celebration of American virtues and strengt...

Palin working on book about virtues and strengths

2010-03-03T21:45:11Z

<div id="subtitle">Sarah Palin working on book that will honor 'American virtues and strengths'</div><div><p>Sarah Palin is ready for the next chapter of her publishing career.</p><p>Publisher HarperCollins announced Wednesday that the former Alaska governor and Republican vi...

Next threat to Amazon's $9.99 books? Rupert Murdoch

2010-02-22T12:29:42Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Enjoy $9.99 electronic books while you can -- for they soon may be a thing of the past.</p><p>News Corp Chief Rupert Murdoch, who oversees a media empire than includes HarperCollins books, home to au...

AP source: Palin book sells big in first week

2010-02-24T01:15:15Z

<div id="subtitle">AP source: Sarah Palin's book "Going Rogue" sells 700,000 copies in its first week</div><div><p>Sarah Palin appears well on her way to becoming a million-selling author.</p><p>"Going Rogue" sold 700,000 copies — a number that includes pre-orders — in its first week of release, according to a publishing official close to the former Sarah Palin's memoir, "Going Rogue: An American Life," shot to the top of Amazon's bestseller list Thursday even before being published.</p><p>The book is due to be released November 17 by HarperCollins.</p><p>However, early orde...

Palin memoir 'Going Rogue' due out in November: publisher

2010-02-25T00:20:45Z

<div><p>Former US vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin's memoirs will be released November 17 under the title "Going Rogue: An American Life," her publisher said Tuesday.</p><p>Publishing house HarperCollins said that the ex-Alaska governo...

Sarah Palin's memoirs due out in November

2010-02-25T01:09:10Z

BRITAIN ANGRY AUTHORS

2009-07-16T08:17:41Z

In this undated file photo made available by Harper Collins Thursday July 16, 2009 of British author Michael Morpurgo. Morpurgo and other prominent childrens' authors in Britain are protesting new government regulations requiring everyone who comes into contact with children to undergo...

Fitzgerald threatens to sue publisher over book

2010-02-26T23:55:56Z

<div id="subtitle">Federal prosecutor threatens to sue publisher, alleging errors in book about terrorism cases</div><div><p>The top federal prosecutor in Chicago is threatening to sue publisher HarperCollins, calling a book about the war on terrorism that focuses in part on cases he handled "a deliberate l...

Chicago prosecutor threatens to sue book publisher

2010-02-27T00:03:19Z

<div id="subtitle">Federal prosecutor threatens to sue publisher, alleging errors in book about terrorism cases</div><div><p>Chicago's top federal prosecutor, Patrick Fitzgerald, is threatening to sue publisher Harper Collins, saying one of...

Sarah Palin signs book deal

2010-02-27T11:19:44Z

<div><p>ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Sarah Palin, the Alaska governor pulled from the U.S. political periphery onto the 2008 Republican presidential ticket, has signed a deal to write her memoirs wit...

Palin has book deal, memoir to come next year

2010-02-27T11:21:03Z

<div id="subtitle">The 'pit bull' has a book deal: Sarah Palin agrees to deal for memoir, scheduled for 2010</div><div><p>You knew it was coming: Sarah Palin is ready to tell her side, agreeing to publish a memoir with HarperCollins. The book comes out in Spring 2010 — the year she is up for re-elec...

'Harry Potter' among those missing from e-library

2010-02-28T09:09:47Z

<div id="subtitle">Tolkien in the e-library, 'Harry Potter' still out</div><div><p>The latest J.R.R. Tolkien project lasted six years, more than half as long as the author needed to complete his "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.</p><p>Getting permission to release a book in electronic form can be as hard...

British writer JG Ballard died at age 78

2009-04-21T15:35:46Z

An black and white handout photograph taken 2007 released by HarperCollins Publishers of British writer JG Ballard, a cult author best known for his book 'Empire of the Sun' (filmed by Steven Spielberg) about his childhood struggle to survive in a Japanese internment camp, has died after a...

HarperCollins lays off employees, closes division

2010-03-01T06:27:18Z

<div id="subtitle">HarperCollins lays off 'small percentage' of employees, closes division</div><div><p>The wave of book publishing cuts has now reached HarperCollins.</p><p>The publisher of such authors as Nobel laureate Doris Lessing, HarperCollins,the cover of "Out of Captivity," is shown. The memoir, about Americans Marc Gonsalves, Keith Stansell and Thomas Howes held captive by Colombia<...

Books Children's Prizes

2009-03-14T09:50:45Z

In this undated photo released by HarperCollins, Neil Gaiman, author of "The Graveyard Book," is shown. (AP Photo/Philippe Matas,HarperCollins)

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