This is page 47 of the book publishing news archives.

Hyperion to Publish Mansucript Featured on Lost (2005-11-03): The television show Lost is getting ready to break new ground once again.

James Patrick Kelly Dives Into Podcasting (2005-11-02): Two-time Hugo award-winning author James Patriick Kelly is trying an interesting experiment: he's podcasting his author reading of his new book in installments.

Microsoft Takes On Google in the Book-Scanning Biz (2005-10-31): The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports that Microsoft is getting into the book-scanning business.

Amazon Sales of Scooter Libby Novel Soar After Indictment (2005-10-29): OK, you now know that Irve Lewis

HarperCollins Launches Hispanic Imprint Called Rayo (2005-10-27): HarperCollins Publishers has launched Rayo, a new imprint that will market HarperCollins' romance, thriller and mystery mass market novels to the America's Hispanic market.

Playlogic Acquires Captain Blood (2005-10-26): Playlogic Entertainment, Inc.

Books: the Latest Fashion Accessory (2005-10-25): Why do people actually buy books? An avid reader would answer "to read the book, of course!" But that's not the reason that one in three people buy books.

British Authors Sue Random House For Theft of Ideas (2005-10-24): Dan Brown's lawyers are having a very good year.

The Stages of an Author's Journey (2005-10-22): Elizabeth Royte, author of Garbage Land: On the Secret Trail of Trash, wrote a very funny essay for The New York Times entitled "Publish or Perish," in which she describes the stages of the journey of a published author as a cross between Elisabeth Kubler-Ross's stages of grief and Stendhal's stages of love.

Penguin Buys Rights to Chinese Bestseller, The Wolf Totem (2005-10-20): The Chicago Tribune reports that The Penguin Group has purchased the English-language rights to the bestselling Chinese novel, The Wolf Totem for $100,000.

Philip Pullman Blasts Narnia Film (2005-10-17): British author Philip Pullman has absolutely slammed the new Narnia movie, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, based on the classic book by C.

Simon & Schuster Launches SimonSays Podcast (2005-10-14): Publishing house Simon & Schuster has launched SimonSays Podcast.

Quill Awards Announced (2005-10-13): The Quill Awards were announced, with J.

Yahoo Wants in on the Digital Library (2005-10-03): Not to be outdone by rival Google's plan to digitize every book every published without the permission of the authors or the publishers, Yahoo wants in on the action.

Celebrating the Freedom to Read (2005-09-29): The Book Standard is running an interesting series of articles celebrating Banned Books Week, the week that the American Library Association ("ALA") encourages everyone to go out and read all those books that various special interest groups want banned.

Oprah Has Chosen A Million Little Pieces (2005-09-23): Is Oprah stepping away from the classics? After her summer of Faulkner, she's decided that her next pick is A Million Little Pieces (Vintage) by James Frey.

Author's Guild Sues Google For Copyright Infringement (2005-09-21): The Authors Guild filed suit against Google, Inc.

Fan Bids $25,100 for Name in Stephen King Novel (2005-09-21): eBay is seeing some high bids for character names in a unique internet auction organized by bestselling authors to raise money for the First Amendment Project.

A FAQ on Google's Book Scanning Project (2005-09-19): The Associated Press has put together a FAQ about the now-infamous Google Total Book Copyright Infringement Project.

Is it Time for a TMO: Textbook Maintenance Organization? (2005-09-16): Ian Ayres, a professor at Yale Law School, writes an interesting editorial for The New York Times in which he discusses a possible solution to the soaring cost os college textbooks, which now can cost up to $150 -- for one book.