Hundreds cheer Palin in Mich. for book tour (AP) Books News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:38:49 GMT Todd Shaffer, 38, of East Lansing, Mich., in foreground, waits in line with hundreds of people at a Barnes and Noble bookstore Wednesday morning Nov. 18, 2009 for a wristband that would give them a chance to have Sarah Palin sign their copies of her new book, 'Going Rogue,' at a book signing that evening in Grand Rapids, Mich. Shaffer described himself as a Palin supporter who wanted a chance to meet the 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate, whom he says has been a pioneer for women in the party. (AP Photo/James Prichard)

Colum McCann novel wins national award for fiction (AP) Books News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:06:45 GMT Gore Vidal smiles after speaking at the National Book Awards Wednesday Nov. 18, 2009 in New York. Vidal was presented with the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)

New York inspired tales win U.S. National Book Awards (Reuters) Books News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:11:39 GMT Reuters - A novel about life in New York City in the 1970s and a biography of U.S. tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt were among the winners at the United States 60th annual National Book Awards on Wednesday.

Review: New York the subject of historical saga (AP) Books News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:13:37 GMT In this book cover image released by Doubleday, 'New York: The Novel,' by Edward Rutherfurd is shown. (AP Photo/Doubleday)

Karl Rove memoir coming in March (AP) Books News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:21:32 GMT FILE- In this May 26, 2009 file photo provided by StarPix, former Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove talks during Madison Square Garden Entertainment's 2009 Speaker Series, at Radio City Music Hall in New York. (AP Photo/Marion Curtis, StarPix, File)

Novel captures New York's 400 years in 900 pages (Reuters) Books News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:53:13 GMT The setting sun reflects off the buildings of Manhattan at sunset during the biannual occurrence named "Manhattanhenge" in New York in this May 31, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Gary Hershorn

Alaskans eager for Sarah Palin book release (AP) Books News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:45:48 GMT AP - Fans in Sarah Palin's home state turned out as early as possible Tuesday to snap up copies of her highly anticipated memoir.

Chinese writer Su Tong wins Asia's top literary prize (Reuters) Books News - Yahoo! News - Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:37:47 GMT Reuters - Chinese writer Su Tong has won Asia's top literary prize with a bleak novel about a disgraced Communist Party official's attempts to rebuild his life, trumping a clutch of Indian writers on the shortlist.

"Raise the Red Lantern" author wins Asian book prize (AFP) Books News - Yahoo! News - Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:18:15 GMT Author Su Tong poses for photos after his book "The Boat to Redemption" was awarded the third-annual Man Asian Literary Prize in Hong Kong. The story is about a Communist Party official forced to make a new life among a community of boat people after being banished from the Party at the end of the tumultuous Cultural Revolution in the 1960s-70s.(AFP/Mike Clarke)

Sarah Palin says presidency "not on my radar screen" (Reuters) Books News - Yahoo! News - Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:57:30 GMT This photo taken Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009 and released Friday, Nov. 13, 2009 by Harpo Productions, Inc., shows talk-show host Oprah Winfrey, second from right, with former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and her daughters, Willow, right, and Piper, left, during the taping of 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' in Chicago. The show will air on Monday, Nov. 16. (AP Photo/Harpo Productions, Inc., George Burns) MANDATORY CREDIT: Harpo Productions, George Burns. NO SALES