The accuracy of Truman Capote's In Cold Blood is being called into question. New evidence in a Wall Street Journal investigation shows details in two chapters were fudged to make the Kansas Bureau of Investigation and the book's hero, Alvin Dewey Jr., look better in history's light.
Today in books and publishing: Vanity Fair grants publication to unearthed portion of Answered Prayers; Mario Vargas Llosa considers E.L. James; Nora Roberts is a boon for Boonsboro.
Today in books and publishing: Chelsea's Printed Matter drenched; New York library patrons get week-long extension; D.C. Barnes & Noble to close; happy National Novel Writing Month.
Today: CNN power couple John King and Dana Bash are splitting, Larry David struggles with parking lot meters just like us, and Darren Aronofsky plans to put Russel Crowe on a boat with a ton of animals. What could go wrong?
Today in publishing and literature: Random House increases the price libraries have to pay for e-books, a Jose Saramago novel sees the light-of-day 59 years after it was written, and the house where Truman Capote wrote Breakfast at Tiffany's sells for $11 million
Today in books: The New York Daily News tips its toe into the world of blog blogging with a picture of a semi-nude Truman Capote, Walter Isaacson's Steve Jobs biography was Amazon's top-selling book of 2011, and "China's Amazon" is going to start selling e-books.
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