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Emory University received an early Christmas gift: a collection of 700 editions of the novel Robinson Crusoe. http://bit.ly/IX9k
Becky Saletan, the publisher of the adult trade division at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, has resigned. http://bit.ly/n7sX
It appears to be the beginning of the end for the Misery Lit genre. http://bit.ly/4VrH
Saks Fifth Avenue's holiday windows this year were inspired by the children's holiday book, A Flake Like Mike http://bit.ly/b2SJ
Random House has announced plans to expand its ebook library - plans to add 6,000 backlist titles. http://bit.ly/IG8K
Alaska governor Sarah Palin could receive up to a $7 million advance for a memoir. http://bit.ly/SC3Y
Cornelia Funke, author of the bestselling Inkheart series, has signed a multi-book deal with Little, Brown. http://bit.ly/SA7e
Michael Crichton's next book may be canceled - unclear how far along he was in the book before he died. http://is.gd/7oUi
Anne Kornblut of The Washington Post is writing a book about Hillary Clinton. Crown will publish the book. http://twurl.nl/n64tbz
Barack Obama's book sales have soared following his victory on Election Day. http://twurl.nl/pdbfko
Author Michael Crichton has died at the age of 66 after a long, private battle with cancer. http://twurl.nl/7hwejz
Google is paying $125 million to settle the lawsuit brought against it by publishers and authors. http://twurl.nl/djnp8e
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch reportedly unhappy with the first draft of Michael Wolff's new book about him. http://twurl.nl/ykfex2
Eight delightfully creepy Halloween picture books - Goodnight Goon is a clever title http://twurl.nl/sqs32t
A pop-up book produced by Marion Bataille delivers a 3-D alphabet. http://twurl.nl/srgpss
J.K. Rowling will launch The Tales of Beedle the Bard in Edinburgh, Scotland at a tea party for schoolchildren. http://twurl.nl/e31k85
The latest book that Starbucks will feature in its stores is The Traveler by Daniel and Daren Simkin. http://twurl.nl/db4evq
50 years later Jon Provost, who played Timmy Martin on Lassie, writes an autobiography called Timmy's in the Well http://twurl.nl/6iegga
Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon, is writing his memoirs. http://twurl.nl/6bg5lr
Lolcats in Print: Book called I Can Has Cheezburger?: A LOLcat Colleckshun out this month. http://twurl.nl/j17ks6
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