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Cool fall books: Warm up with these reads

Cooler temperatures loom, and along with them plenty of cool books for fall. From a former president (George W. Bush) to a rock star (Keith Richards) ...

Cool fall books: Sara Gruen finds trust at 'Ape House'

'Water for Elephants' author shows her affinity for animals again in her novel about humans and animals at a university research facility.

Cool fall author: Bill Bryson

The American author, who lives in the U.K., is out with At Home: A Short History of Private Life in October.

Cool fall authors: Lisa Birnbach and Chip Kidd

They're releasing 'True Prep: It's a Whole New Old World.'

Cool fall author: Terry McMillan

Her new book is 'Getting to Happy,' a sequel to 'Waiting to Exhale.'

New in paperback: 'Wolf Hall' by Hilary Mantel

Also recently released: fiction from Nick Hornby and an account of Hurricane Katrina survivors.

Variety Publishing News

Cuts put end to Paste

Publishing News: Music mag keeps website -- The long-imperiled yet highly-regarded music magazine Paste has folded its print edition, laying off nine of ...

Plays booking a novel source

Publishing News: Theater returns to literary adaptations and both benefit -- Americans are catching up to Brits when it comes to finding legit material ...

USA Today's overhaul cuts 130 jobs

Publishing News: Paper makes move to de-emphasize print edition -- USA Today, the nation's second largest newspaper, is making the most dramatic overhaul ...

Eisner: Content still king

Publishing News: Former Disney CEO offers a few thoughts to 'Variety' -- Eisner said he is glad to have taught a valuable lesson to Comcast's Brian Roberts ...

Tribune Co. says negotiations have failed

Publishing News: Debt-laden company to try one last time to win over creditors -- The Tribune Co.'s plan to emerge from bankruptcy has unraveled in the ...

Gordon Hitchens dies at 85

Publishing News: Former Variety journo wrote for weekly in 1970s, '80s -- Former Variety journo Gordon Hitchens died Aug. 7 in Long Island of cancer. He ...

NY Times Books

A Physician Examines His Novels

The literature of Hans Keilson, a doctor who escaped to the Netherlands from Nazi Germany, is getting new attention in America.

Roger Ebert: No Longer an Eater, Still a Cook

After losing his lower jaw to cancer, the film critic, who canâ€™t eat, has written a cookbook that is an ode to the rice cooker.

Yahoo Books

Judge OKs sale of Ohio-based newspaper chain (AP)

AP - A federal bankruptcy judge in New York on Friday approved the sale of most of the assets of Ohio-based newspaper chain Brown Publishing Co. to the ...

Sara Paretsky publishes 14th Warshawski mystery (AP)

God did not create the universe, says Hawking (Reuters)

Reuters - God did not create the universe and the "Big Bang" was an inevitable consequence of the laws of physics, the eminent British theoretical physicist ...

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST-SELLERS (AP)

AP - 1. "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" by Stieg Larsson (Knopf)

USA TODAY BEST-SELLERS (AP)

AP - Best-Selling Books Week Ended August 22

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