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First LookDespite decline, bookmobiles connect and enrich communitiesAcross the country, librarians drive around 650 bookmobiles, providing a vital service in rural areas with limited access to libraries and the internet.聽Most importantly, says a聽Kentucky聽librarian Sandra Hennessee, her bookmobile helps provide a sense of community.聽
First LookSpanish booksellers deploy 'Don Quixote' in free speech battleBooksellers in Spain are using a digital tool built with 17th century 'Don Quixote' to recreate a banned book and protest censorship. In the digital age, banning books is 'ridiculous and anachronistic,' the Madrid Booksellers's Guild says.聽
First LookA colorful bus brings books and joy to Afghan childrenA library on wheels, the blue bus of Kabul is giving children in war-torn Afghanistan the opportunity to read. The initiative is a step toward reducing the country's 62 percent illiteracy rate.
First LookTown library starts newspaper after local paper shutteredA small New Hampshire town library offers a model of how others can step in to provide information for communities in 'news deserts.'
Why Oprah Winfrey chose 'Ruby' for her book clubCynthia Bond's novel "Ruby" is set in Texas and tells a fierce and poetic tale of a worldly, beautiful black woman, Ruby Bell, and her struggle not to be destroyed by her home community of Liberty Township.
Laura Ingalls Wilder autobiography of pioneer girl a 'blockbuster'The Laura Ingalls Wilder autobiography 'Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography' sales have taken off. And sales are likely to get another lift from a Google Doodle on her 148th birthday.
Harper Lee's second novel to be published this summerPublisher聽Harper聽announced Tuesday that "Go Set a Watchman," a novel the Pulitzer Prize-winning author completed in the 1950s and put aside, will be released July 14.
Navy SEAL, who wrote book about the bin Laden raid, loses $4.5 millionFormer Navy SEAL, Matt Bissonnette, filed a lawsuit against his ex-lawyers for advising him it was OK to publish his book about the Osama bin Laden raid. The book聽聽"No Easy Day," prompted a Pentagon inquiry that evolved into a criminal probe by the Justice Department.
French author Patrick Modiano wins Nobel prize for literatureThe Frenchman has written about the German occupation of his country during World War II.
Nobel Prize in literature: Have you heard of these front-runners?The Nobel prize for literature has gone to well-known authors long lauded by critics, but just as frequently plucks unknown authors from obscurity.
Why is Singapore banning Archie comics?"Archie: The Married Life Book Three" was removed from bookshelves because it featured same-sex marriage. Last week, Singapore's National Library Board said it would destroy three children's books seen as being pro-homosexual.- Michelle Obama honors Maya Angelou at memorial serviceFirst lady Michelle Obama said that Maya Angelou told black women that "our worth had nothing to do with what the world might say."
George Patton death to be examined in new Bill O'Reilly bookGeorge Patton book:聽Stephen Rubin, president and publisher of Henry Holt and Company, announced Wednesday that 'Killing聽Patton' will be published on Sept. 23.
LeVar Burton brings 'Reading Rainbow' plea to KickstarterLeVar Burton聽was the host of 'Reading Rainbow,' the children's literacy program that aired on public TV through 2009.
Amazon: Hachette dispute may not be solved quicklyAmazon聽and Hachette are reportedly at odds over terms for e-book prices, at a time when聽Amazon聽is in a position of strength and vulnerability.
Dana Perino, former White House press secretary, to publish bookDana Perino, a Fox News commentator, plans to produce a book in 2015. The book's title: "And the Good News is..." Dana Perino was press secretary for President George W. Bush.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez: Latin America's literary icon and bestselling authorGabriel Garcia Marquez, considered the Mark Twain or Charles Dickens of Latin America, died Thursday. His works included 'One Hundred Years of Solitude,' and 'Love in the time of Cholera.' Gabriel Garcia Marquez was the best-known practitioner of magical realism.- 'Mein Kampf,' signed by Hitler, sold for $64,850Mein Kampf lays out Adolf Hitler's vision for a resurgent Germany after World War I along with his racist National Socialist political ideology. While copies of the book "Mein Kampf" are not rare, editions signed by Hitler are scarce.
Harper Lee settles lawsuit with Alabama museumHarper Lee, author of 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' sued Monroe County Heritage Museum for using her name and her book without compensating her.
Jimmy Carter's next project: Speaking up for the world's womenJimmy聽Carter's聽next book will defend women's rights and challenge the use of religion to deny equality, reports Simon & Shuster, who have published several of Jimmy Carter's books.
