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Review: Bob Dylan's new book about songwriting is fascinating, amusing and not what was expected

The Minnesota icon riffs about 66 songs and his philosophies on war, marriage and money.

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US Judge lays out case for blocking publishing giants merger

A federal judge has laid out a data-laden case for why she blocked Penguin Random House’s proposed purchase of Simon & Schuster

The Independent UK

Authors celebrate antitrust case

CEOs gave bizarre testimony. Stephen King took the stand. Simon & Schuster and Penguin will remain separate

Salon

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Penguin’s £1.9bn merger with US books giant is halted by judge

A merger would have ‘impoverished our democracy’, US judge finds

Evening Standard

Judge blocks Penguin Random House-Simon & Schuster merger

A federal judge blocked Penguin Random House's proposed purchase of Simon & Schuster, saying that the joining of two of the world's biggest publishers could "lessen competition."

WEKU

Judge blocks Penguin Random House takeover of Simon & Schuster

A federal judge has blocked Penguin Random House’s attempt to swallow its smaller rival, Simon & Schuster, dealing a blow to the world’s largest book publisher’s attempt to become an even bigger giant.

Los Angeles Times

US judge blocks $2.2bn Penguin Random House merger

Justice department argued the melding of the publishing house with Simon & Schuster would harm competition and authors’ pay

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Judge blocks $2.2 billion merger of Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster

The DOJ has argued that the merger violates antitrust law and would harm competition.

Axios

Why Stephen King turned on his own publisher in a battle over the future of the book industry

Josh Marcus looks into why the horror king — and the Biden administration — has been trying to stop the big-money merger between Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster

The Independent UK

Judge blocks Penguin Random House from buying rival Simon & Schuster

Horror author Stephen King testified on behalf of the Biden administration in August trial

The Independent UK

Author Colleen Hoover went from tending cows to writing bestsellers

The top-selling author in the country right now is a 42-year-old mom and former social worker who lives in the same small Texas town where she's spent practically her entire life.

WEKU

Lana Del Rey says she lost unpublished book manuscript and new music in car break-in

Grammy-nominated singer had a backpack stolen out of her car in Los Angeles

The Independent UK

Anthony Bourdain biography reveals a man spiraling and ‘addicted to being busy’

The impressionistic portrait that emerges is of a complex man who combined swagger and spiky cool with deep insecurity, neediness and image-consciousness.

Chicago Sun-Times

Bourdain & the "unauthorized" biography

There exists no such thing as "authorized" or "unauthorized" biography, and such labels are misleading

Salon

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The Conversation

Anthony Bourdain and the farce of the 'unauthorized' biography

“The agents of reticence,” wrote the English poet Ian Hamilton in “Keepers of the Flame,” “have no truck with the agents of disclosure.”

Los Angeles Times

Author responds to family's unrest over controversial new Anthony Bourdain book

Author Charles Leerhsen has responded to criticism from the family of celebrated chef, writer and world traveler Anthony Bourdain condemning his unauthorized biography of the "No Reservations" star that includes some of the last text messages Bourdain sent before dying by suicide in 2018.

Tribune News Service

This week's bestsellers from Publishers Weekly

Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Sept. 24, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by NPD BookScan © 2022 NPD Group.

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This week's bestsellers from Publishers Weekly

Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Sept. 17, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by NPD BookScan © 2022 NPD Group.

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The Independent UK

Why Stephen King turned on his own publisher in a battle over the future of the book industry

Josh Marcus looks into why the horror king—and the Biden administration—are trying to stop the big-money merger between Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster

The Guardian - UK

Children’s and teens roundup – the best new chapter books

Estranged friends navigate a sleeping world, a boy discovers he is part-alien, and the hunt for a missing mother touches lightly on mental health issues

The Guardian - UK

Trauma memoir puts spotlight on mums turning daughters into child stars

In a new book, ‘iCarly’ star Jennette McCurdy reveals how being pushed into acting by her mother at six led to anxiety and self-loathing

The Conversation

The US government is trying to stop the merger of two of the world's biggest publishers – but will it help authors?

When Allen Lane set out to make cheap paperbacks for commuters in the 1930s, no one imagined he was building what would become the biggest publishing house we’ve ever seen.

Chicago Sun-Times

David McCullough, Pulitzer-winning historian, dies at 89

Beyond his books, the handsome, white-haired McCullough may have had the most recognizable presence of any historian, his fatherly baritone known to fans of PBS’s “The American Experience” and Ken Burns’ epic “Civil War” documentary

The Independent UK

David McCullough, Pulitzer-winning historian, dies at 89

David McCullough, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author whose lovingly crafted narratives on subjects ranging from the Brooklyn Bridge to Presidents John Adams and Harry Truman made him among the most popular and influential historians of his time, has died

WEKU

Authors and bookstore owners worry a big publishing merger will affect diversity

The proposed merger between Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster will likely change things for authors and readers - for better or worse

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