Bits Blog: Amazon vs. Hachette: When Does Discouragement Become Misrepresentation?

After Amazon’s aggressive stance against a major book publisher became public last week, criticism and complaints mounted. But Amazon seems confident it will get what it wants.



New Novel by Rowling, Using Pseudonym, to Be Published in June

Her publisher described the new work as a “compulsively readable crime novel.”

    



ArtsBeat: Tavis Smiley to Write Book on Martin Luther King Jr.’s Final Days

The TV and radio host’s new book, “Death of a King,” was acquired by Little, Brown and Company and will show “the real Martin, a man hounded and set upon by all comers in the 12 months before he died.”

    



At 28, Writer Is Youngest to Receive Booker Prize

Eleanor Catton was awarded the Man Booker Prize for “The Luminaries,” a tale set in 19th-century New Zealand that explores identity, greed and human frailty.

    



Revelations by Rowling

J. K. Rowling, of Harry Potter fame, shared a bit of the back story of her new book, written as Robert Galbraith.