Post publisher apologizes for paid dinner plan (AP) Books News - Yahoo! News - Sun, 05 Jul 2009 10:59:18 GMT The Washington Post building in Washington, DC. Amid an outcry from its own newsroom, The Washington Post on Thursday canceled plans to host events offering lobbyists access to US government officials, members of Congress and Post reporters.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Alex Wong)

Author Vikram Seth writing "A Suitable Boy" sequel (Reuters) Books News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:55:44 GMT Reuters - Indian poet and novelist Vikram Seth is writing a sequel to his acclaimed, monumental story "A Suitable Boy" to be titled "A Suitable Girl."

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST-SELLERS (AP) Books News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:44:30 GMT AP - 1. "Finger Lickin' Fifteen" by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's)

BC-US--Best Sellers-Books-USAToday (AP) Books News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:43:40 GMT AP - Key: F-Fiction; NF-Nonfiction; H-Hardcover; P-Paperback

WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST-SELLERS (AP) Books News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:42:09 GMT AP - 1. "Finger Lickin' Fifteen" by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's)

SC 1st lady says she may forgive husband's affair (AP) Books News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:44:14 GMT Jenny Sanford, wife of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, speaks about her husband's recent affair admission at the family beach house in Sullivans Island, S.C., on Friday, June 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Alice Keeney)

`Girls From Ames' chronicles longtime friendships (AP) Books News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:50:24 GMT This undated picture provided by Penguin shows author Jeffrey Zaslow. A year before it became a best seller, Zaslow wondered if all the time he'd put into his book about the longtime friendship of 11 women would be wasted. The women initially had been eager to talk about their enduring relationship, which began as teens in Iowa and continued decades later. But after reading a draft of what would become 'The Girls From Ames,' some thought they may have been too open with him. (AP Photo/Penguin)

Ark. town a forgotten haven for Hemingway (AP) Books News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:01:04 GMT AP - The quail rose out of the cornfields and briars of northeast Arkansas, giving the young writer just enough time to swing his shotgun up like a pitchfork toward their flight.

Judge blocks publication of Salinger spinoff book (AP) Books News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:40:38 GMT FILE - In this 1951 file photo, J.D. Salinger, author of 'The Catcher in the Rye', 'Nine Stories', and 'Franny and Zooey' is shown. (AP Photo, file)

Paper says publishers' conference won't be held (AP) Books News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:53:49 GMT AP - The Washington Post asked lobbyists and business leaders to pay $25,000 to attend a dinner discussion with government officials and journalists at the home of its publisher, and then canceled the event after the invitations became public.