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A smart book about health choices
An excellent book about making sense of health advice from the southern hemisphere, by Les and Judy Irwig, Lyndal Trevena, and Melissa Sweet. Highly, highly recommended and now available for free online here: Smart Health Choices
03-11-2010 by tomdesanto Tags about, book, health, smart

Google-France book partnership stirs fears
A proposed partnership between the French government and Google is stoking fears in France that the country's literary treasures will fall under commercial control of a U.S. technology company.
02-10-2010 by tomdesanto Tags book, fears, partnership

Feds still troubled by Google's digital book deal (AP)
AP - The U.S. Justice Department still thinks a proposal to give Google the digital rights to millions of hard-to-find books threatens to stifle competition and undermine copyright laws, despite revisions aimed at easing those concerns.
02-06-2010 by joshduhamel Tags book, digital, feds, google, still, troubled

Book on Edwards details efforts to conceal affair
A new book about former Sen. John Edwards paints him as one willing to risk his marriage and put his party in jeopardy -- all in the name of trying to win the presidency.
01-31-2010 by jorgefigueroa Tags affair, book, conceal, details, edwards, efforts

REVIEW: ‘Book of Eli’ Finds Perfect Mix of Action
Unresolvable
01-14-2010 by brianreece Tags action, book, finds, review

Palin book tour avoids Democratic strongholds
Sarah Palin's book tour is a gift for her base. No stops are planned in Seattle, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and other major cities and book-buying communities that are standard for authors on the road, but where the voters tend to be
11-07-2009 by jeffmann Tags avoids, book, palin, strongholds, tour

Palin paid $1.25M for book before leaving office
Former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin reported that she has received at least $1.25 million for her upcoming memoir "Going Rogue." A disclosure statement discusses Palin's finances from Jan. 1 to July 27, when she resigned as Alaska govern
10-27-2009 by tomdesanto Tags before, book, leaving, office, paid, palin

‘Wild Things’ proves no book is unfilmable
If “Where the Wild Things Are” can be made into a movie, after all its trials and tribulations, then it stands to reason that there is no book Hollywood can’t translate to the big screen.
10-18-2009 by donmurphy Tags book, proves, things, unfilmable, wild

Google's 7-Million-Book Online Library Nearly Here
A federal judge set a Nov. 9 deadline Wednesday for submission of a revised agreement in the battle over Google Inc.'s effort to get digital rights to millions of out-of-print books
10-11-2009 by donmurphy Tags book, google, library, million, nearly, online

Book: Michelle Obama miffed by hubby's female fans
When your husband is the most sought-after figure in the free world, how do you handle female admirers who grab his behind? First lady Michelle Obama allegedly says, "Get a life" — according to author Christopher Andersen's new book "Barack and Mich
09-29-2009 by brianreece Tags book, fans, female, hubby, miffed

Google Book Search? Try Google Library
Friday's conference over the Google Book Search settlement will focus on privacy, quality, and Google's unique role as a private company operating a public library.
08-27-2009 by joshduhamel Tags book, google, library

Book it: L.A. style for less
Whatever your vibe, one of these new hotels will fit the bill.
07-28-2009 by ladiesman217 Tags book, style

Author tackles Facebook in book
He says it's nonfiction; others call him the ‘Danielle Steel of Silicon Valley’
07-20-2009 by williamfichtner Tags author, book, facebook, tackles

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