Today in books and publishing: The rush to out Batman, the many problems of librarians, the bailout guy gets a book deal.
Today in books: Kurt Vonnegut's son says that his dad may have been a grouch, but didn't own stock in Dow Chemical, the Department of Justice confirms an investigation into e-book price-fixing, and the tricky business of picking a pen name.
Today in books: Marco Rubio secures a well-timed book deal, a possible new image of Jane Austen has been discovered, and Byliner enters the short story publishing game.
Today in books: Martin Scorsese will direct another book based on an intricately plotted detective story, Europe's e-book pricing woes, and Neil Gaiman is a good sport on The Simpsons.
Plus: The drip-drop of book proposals from the Amanda Knox trial begins
Plus: Michael Chabon wife addresses his Amazon critics
Plus: Ebooks are now moving in on author signing sessions
Plus: How to bet on the Nobel Prize in Literature
Plus: Ebook sales were up a whopping 162 percent in the first half of 2011
Plus: The Huffington Post publishes its first ebook
Plus: An appropriate send-off for Borders
Plus: Stephen King's 'Under the Dome' is lined up for the Showtime miniseries treatment
Plus: The author of 'The Shack' signs a deal to write a follow-up
Plus: A new short story from Tom Rachmann is available as a Kindle Single
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