This is page 50 of the book publishing news archives.

Writing a Book is the 4th Most Popular Goal on 43Things (2005-06-08): If you want to write a book you're not alone.

Oprah's Book Club Boosts Faulkner Sales (2005-06-08): She's the only woman in the world who could tell people to read three books by William Faulkner this summer, and have them actually do it.

Harry Potter and The Case of the Stolen Book (2005-06-04): Two British men are in big trouble with the authorities, after being arrested for trying to sell a purloined copy of the new Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince to the tabloids.

Of All the President's Men, Deep Throat Revealed (2005-06-03): Go back in time with us to 1974: platform heels, bellbottom jeans and really hideous eyewear were all the rage, along with a book called All the President's Men, in which Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein laid bare the story behind Watergate.

Paul McCartney Inks Children's Book Deal (2005-06-02): We know, we know.

The Ten Most Harmful Books of the 19th and 20th Centuries (2005-06-02): Thank goodness.

Candace Bushnell Sued By Former Manager (2005-06-02): Candace Bushnell is being sued by her former manager who claims she cheated him out of $1 million in fees for helping her sell the story that inspired the TV show Sex in the City.

New Line Cinema Gets Behind Steve Alten's MEG (2005-06-01): Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water.

John Edwards and the Hot New Political Book Trend (2005-06-01): Former Democratic Vice-presidential nominee John Edwards has inked a book deal with HarperCollins.

Johnny Depp, Hunter Thompson and the Cannon (2005-05-31): Funerals don't get much weirder than this.

Russell Crowe and The Starter Wife (2005-05-31): Rush & Malloy dish about yet another star-studded book party for Gigi Levangie Grazer's novel The Starter Wife (Simon and Schuster).

Podcast Novel Collects Thousands of Readers (2005-05-30): The typical print run for a first-time novelist ranges from 3,000 to 5,000 copies.

Oprah's Book Club is Back (2005-05-28): It's Back! Oprah has answered authors' prayers and officially announced in her newsletter that Oprah's Book Club will return on June 3rd.

What Not to Wear at BEA (2005-05-27): BEA 2005 or Book Expo America begins next week in Manhattan.

Sylvester Stallone and Edgar Allan Poe (2005-05-25): Sylvester Stallone's latest movie project is about Gothic writer Edgar Allan Poe. Stallone plans to write and direct.

Betting on Harry Potter Plot Twists (2005-05-25): The BBC reports on the increase in betting about plot twists in the upcoming Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

Harper Lee Makes Rare Appearance (2005-05-23): Harper Lee, the 79 year-old author of To Kill a Mockingbird, has avoided the press for decades and has never written another book.

Association of American University Presses Furious at Google (2005-05-23): Google's plans to digitize all the books in the libraries of Harvard, Stanford and the University of Michigan and make them available on the Web (while they sell ads next to the content) has caused quite a bit of consternation with the publishers and authors who hold the copyrights to those works.

Around the World in 80 Dates (2005-05-19): The is some interesting news in The Seattle Post-Intelligencer about Jennifer Cox, the author of Around the World in 80 Dates, which was a bestseller in Britain and has just been released in the U.

Jhumpa Lahiri and the Author Interview From Hell (2005-05-12): The New York Post's Page Six reports on a bizarre incident yesterday at an annual fundraising lunch to benefit the New York Public Library.