<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Books: News &amp; Videos about Books - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Books</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Books from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:13:35 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Books: News &amp; Videos about Books - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/TECH/04/06/print.on.demand.publishing/tztop.lisa.genova.courtesy.jpg</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Books</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Books from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>More authors turn to Web and print-on-demand publishing</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/04/06/print.on.demand.publishing/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/04/06/print.on.demand.publishing/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>"Still Alice," written by Lisa Genova, is a novel about a 50-year-old Harvard professor's struggle with Alzheimer's disease. It's also a book, Genova was told, that nobody would want to read.</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:04:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tori Spelling Not in a Race with Mom Over Her Book</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20266023,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20266023,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>The actress feels no competition when it comes to Stories from Candyland, says a source</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:02:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Children's books: Classic reading for fans</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/books/03/12/childrens.books/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/books/03/12/childrens.books/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>They feature characters such as hat-wearing cats, very hungry caterpillars, nice girls named Madeline and naughty boys named Max.</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:18:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rare Harry Potter book fetches $19,000 at auction</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/books/03/10/harry.potter.auction/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/books/03/10/harry.potter.auction/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A first-edition Harry Potter book was sold for about $19,000, according to an auction house in Dallas, Texas.</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:06:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cell phone stories writing new chapter in print publishing</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/02/25/japan.mobilenovels/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/02/25/japan.mobilenovels/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Yume-Hotaru's first novel was a best-seller in Japanese bookstores, and he wrote it entirely with his thumbs.</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 07:40:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Racism row over chimp cartoon sparks debate</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/19/chimp.cartoon.react/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/19/chimp.cartoon.react/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Racist, unfunny, hilarious, confusing, lame.</description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 03:35:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Famed author John Updike dies of cancer at 76</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/books/01/27/obit.updike/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/books/01/27/obit.updike/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Author John Updike, regarded as one of the greatest and most prolific writers in modern American letters, died Tuesday, his publicist said. He was 76.</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Celebrating with Booker Prize Winner Aravind Adiga</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1850424,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1850424,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Judges laud Adiga's tale of murder and social injustice in modern India as an entertaining yet disturbing read</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 07:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>From 'Love Kitten' to child literacy</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/04/30/heroes.ethiopia/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/04/30/heroes.ethiopia/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>At age 19, Yohannes Gebregeorgis borrowed a soft-cover romance novel entitled "Love Kitten" that changed his life forever.</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:44:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>France's Le Clezio Wins Nobel Literature Prize</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1848553,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1848553,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>French novelist Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio won the 2008 Nobel Prize in literature for his poetic adventure and "sensual ecstasy."</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Oprah's Book Club</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1844724,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1844724,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>It's the greatest force in publishing today, with the power to raise authors from the dead and banish them from the bestseller lists</description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 02:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Appreciation: David Foster Wallace 1962-2008</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1841102,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1841102,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The acclaimed author and journalist had a singular voice and a harsh, but honest, worldview. He was also the man behind the single best book published during Joel Stein's lifetime</description><pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The 39 Clues: The Next Harry Potter?</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1839822,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1839822,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>J.K. Rowling's U.S. publisher is trying to match her success with a new series of children's books that adds multimedia -- but seems a little more engineered</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Review: What children say about children's books</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/books/07/01/childrens.books/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/books/07/01/childrens.books/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Ask an adult what makes a children's book appealing, and she might talk about the colorful artwork, the clever storytelling or the lessons imparted.</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:45:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>J.K. Rowling pens Harry Potter prequel</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/books/05/29/potter.auction/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/books/05/29/potter.auction/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling is writing a prequel to her best-selling series  to be auctioned for charity -- but at just 800 words, it may lack some of the magic fans of the boy wizard might be hoping for.</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 13:30:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>McClellan latest White House figure to leave and tell</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/28/bush.books/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/28/bush.books/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>In 2004, just after the release of Ron Suskind's "The Price of Loyalty," a critical account of former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill's experiences in the Bush administration, Scott McClellan, then the administration spokesman, was asked what he thought of the work.</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 08:28:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Guess Who's Gay in Hip-Hop</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1807080,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1807080,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Terrence Dean's new book about gays in the entertainment industry has been stirring up the blogs -- partly because he doesn't name names</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Everybody has a story -- but is it worth telling?</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/books/04/15/memoirs/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/books/04/15/memoirs/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Everybody wants to leave their mark. Nowadays, that means everybody is writing a memoir.</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:28:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pottermania lives on in college classrooms </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/books/03/25/cnnu.potter/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/books/03/25/cnnu.potter/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>J.K. Rowling has retired Harry Potter, but the fictional boy wizard lives in on college classes across the country where the children's books are embraced as literary and academic texts.</description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:03:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pitching your ideas to the big shots</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/02/13/smbusiness/pitch_cartoon.fsb/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/02/13/smbusiness/pitch_cartoon.fsb/index.htm</guid><description>Dear FSB: I have an idea for a new cartoon. How do I pitch the idea to the big companies? What will I need for the pitch?</description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:49:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>A World Without Humans</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1704584,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1704584,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Alan Weisman, author of The World Without Us, talks about our fascination with the end of the world</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:25:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The sad, wonderful, complicated life of Charles M. Schulz</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/books/10/16/schulz.peanuts/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/books/10/16/schulz.peanuts/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Who was the real Charles M. Schulz?</description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:17:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Kids are the experts in reviewing children's books</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/books/12/18/childrens.books/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/books/12/18/childrens.books/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>What William Goldman once said about Hollywood -- "Nobody knows anything" -- can easily describe the decisions made by children's book publishers.</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:26:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>HarperCollins acquires new James Frey novel</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/09/12/news/newsmakers/james_frey_novel.ap/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/09/12/news/newsmakers/james_frey_novel.ap/index.htm</guid><description>Book publisher HarperCollins has acquired North American rights to Bright Shiny Morning, a novel by James Frey, author of the admittedly embellished nonfiction memoir, A Million Little Pieces.</description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2007 10:09:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Oprah vs. James Frey: The Sequel</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1648140,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1648140,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The editor of A Million Little Pieces says that her author got a raw deal from the "mean and self-serving" TV host</description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 20:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Harry Potter posts spellbinding sales</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/07/23/news/companies/scholastic_potter/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/07/23/news/companies/scholastic_potter/index.htm</guid><description>The final book in the Harry Potter series sold an estimated 8.3 million copies in its first 24 hours of sale, setting a new record for the book industry, according to U.S. publisher Scholastic.</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2007 04:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Harry Potter publisher seeks magic in Buffett</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/06/28/news/companies/bloomsbury_buffett.reut/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/06/28/news/companies/bloomsbury_buffett.reut/index.htm</guid><description>Harry Potter publisher Bloomsbury has been inundated with orders for the final installment about the boy wizard and hopes a book on billionaire investor Warren Buffett will become one of its new best-sellers.</description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 04:43:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Biographer delves into life of Einstein</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/books/05/21/albert.einstein/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/books/05/21/albert.einstein/index.html</guid><description>Albert Einstein was more than an Einstein.</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2007 14:32:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>EW review: A brilliant 'Hoax'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/04/06/ew.mov.hoax/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/04/06/ew.mov.hoax/index.html</guid><description>The two-bit distortions in "A Million Little Pieces" that landed squirming memoirist James Frey on Oprah Winfrey's couch of shame last year were chump change compared with the million-dollar lies served up by Clifford Irving some 35 years ago.</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2007 16:56:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Harry Potter book record 1st run of 12M</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/03/14/news/funny/harry_potter/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/03/14/news/funny/harry_potter/index.htm</guid><description>The latest Harry Potter book, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," will have a record-breaking 12 million copies printed in its first run, according to a release.</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2007 13:06:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Last Harry Potter book already No. 1</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/02/02/news/companies/harrypotter/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/02/02/news/companies/harrypotter/index.htm</guid><description>The final chapter of the Harry Potter series has at least one thing in common with the first six - it's already a runaway best seller, six months before it hits store shelves.</description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2007 10:59:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Publishing's easy money</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/01/29/magazines/fortune/government_publishing.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/01/29/magazines/fortune/government_publishing.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>Dependably profitable books are rare in the publishing business, and they generally come with a name like Stephen King or Harry Potter attached. 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Check. City setting? Check. Bitchy boss? Check. Brand names? Check.</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2006 14:57:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The joy of reading </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/08/24/joy.of.reading.par/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/08/24/joy.of.reading.par/index.html</guid><description>Reading to your child can be one of life's sweetest pleasures. You're spending focused time together and teaching a habit that can open countless doors throughout his or her life.</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Aug 2006 18:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>A child looks at (more) children's books</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/books/06/29/review.childrens.books/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/books/06/29/review.childrens.books/index.html</guid><description>Children's books don't always engage the audience they're intended for, which is why we asked 6-year-old Andrew Oglesby, son of CNN.com staffer Christy Oglesby, to review a selection of books for young readers.</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jun 2006 13:56:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>A rat, a pig and some really dumb crocodiles</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/books/05/03/pastis.pearls/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/books/05/03/pastis.pearls/index.html</guid><description>Stephan Pastis knows his comic strip, "Pearls Before Swine," can be a little dark at times. But it's not like that outlook is anything new, he says.</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 May 2006 14:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Greenspan to write his memoirs</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/03/07/news/newsmakers/greenspan_memoirs/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/03/07/news/newsmakers/greenspan_memoirs/index.htm</guid><description>Recently retired Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan has signed a book deal with The Penguin Press to publish his memoirs.</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2006 14:19:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Cream of the crop</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/03/06/8370684/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/03/06/8370684/index.htm</guid><description>Here's the scoop: Using Internet-era technology, a Massachusetts company has figured out how to make and sell a cup of fresh, custom-made, premium ice cream from a vending machine in 45 seconds. An... </description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Mar 2006 19:11:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Oprah to author: 'You conned us all'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/books/01/27/oprah.frey/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/books/01/27/oprah.frey/index.html</guid><description>Author James Frey on Thursday admitted he lied and embellished events about himself and other characters in his best-selling book about substance abuse and recovery.</description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2006 05:46:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Whose life is it anyway?</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/01/12/eye.ent.story/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/01/12/eye.ent.story/index.html</guid><description>Perhaps Dave Eggers did it right.</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2006 14:41:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Amazon has new stories to tell</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/22/technology/amazon_shortstories/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/22/technology/amazon_shortstories/index.htm</guid><description>Amazon.com wants your short stories.</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2005 11:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>As boomers age, books get bigger</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/12/news/midcaps/large_print/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/12/news/midcaps/large_print/index.htm</guid><description>They call them pocket-size books, but that name may no longer fit as some mass-market paperbacks get bigger.</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2005 11:46:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Getting the funnies</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/07/07/eye.ent.comics/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/07/07/eye.ent.comics/index.html</guid><description>Another weekend, another comic book-inspired film. This time around it's "Fantastic Four."</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2005 13:07:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Harry Potter and 'Deep Throat'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/books/06/07/summer.books/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/books/06/07/summer.books/index.html</guid><description>This summer, we're off to see the wizard -- and "Deep Throat," Walt Whitman, John Irving, a few vampires, some sharks and an unhappy San Francisco family.</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2005 13:31:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Alan Hollinghurst TalkAsia Interview Transcript</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/05/11/talkasia.hollinghurst.script/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/05/11/talkasia.hollinghurst.script/index.html</guid><description>Airdate: May 7th, 2005</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2005 04:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>showbuzz</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/04/29/showbuzz/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/04/29/showbuzz/index.html</guid><description>Looking for Mr. Romance?</description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2005 17:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Harry Potter and the publishing record</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/03/30/news/newsmakers/harrypotter/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/03/30/news/newsmakers/harrypotter/index.htm</guid><description>The publishers of the Harry Potter series are expecting a record-breaking performance from the sixth book, which hits stores in July.</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2005 12:17:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>A book end to the year</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/12/22/eye.ent.books/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/12/22/eye.ent.books/index.html</guid><description>I'm in a monthly face-to-face book club. I post to an Internet book group. I try to read, on average, a book a week, and if I don't have a book in my hand while I'm waiting in line or seated in a doctor's office, I get antsy.</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2004 16:51:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>A delightful variety of children's books</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/books/12/15/childrens.books/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/books/12/15/childrens.books/index.html</guid><description>This season a new group of children's books will captivate families with funny, heartwarming tales of adventure, make believe and imagination.</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2004 20:12:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Halloween frights</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/books/10/25/halloween.books/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/books/10/25/halloween.books/index.html</guid><description>Just in time for Halloween, to quote the Bard in "Macbeth," act four, scene one: "By the pricking of my thumbs, / Something wicked this way comes."</description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2004 19:49:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Superman publisher beats Kryptonite</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2004/09/23/news/midcaps/kryptonite/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2004/09/23/news/midcaps/kryptonite/index.htm</guid><description>Kryptonite may hurt Superman, but it wasn't able to defeat the company that publishes his comic books in a federal court case.</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2004 10:49:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The funny side of politics</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/29/political.cartoons/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/29/political.cartoons/index.html</guid><description>An exhibit titled "Campaigns, Conventions and Cartoons" at Boston's Suffolk University features original works by the nation's top political cartoonists.</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2004 01:04:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>showbuzz</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/07/21/showbuzz/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/07/21/showbuzz/index.html</guid><description>Chris Noth, who played Mr. Big on HBO's "Sex and the City," greeted fans in Israel at Judaism's holiest site, the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2004 14:29:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Endangered: the American reader</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2004/07/09/news/bookreading/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2004/07/09/news/bookreading/index.htm</guid><description>Americans do not read like they used to. On Thursday, the National Endowment for the Arts reported that book reading has dropped sharply in the United States during the past 10 years.</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2004 19:06:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Summer is already booked</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/06/30/eye.ent.books/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/06/30/eye.ent.books/index.html</guid><description>This is the time of year you see all those articles about summer reading -- that is, if they didn't all appear a month ago around Memorial Day.</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2004 14:45:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Critics take on 'My Life'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/books/06/26/clinton.reviews/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/books/06/26/clinton.reviews/index.html</guid><description>As with his presidency, while Bill Clinton's autobiography has generated widespread popular support, the reviews have not been as favorable.</description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2004 18:03:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Clinton memoir selling at record pace</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/06/23/clinton.book/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/06/23/clinton.book/index.html</guid><description>Former President Bill Clinton can add the title of best-selling author to his resume, as his memoir establishes record-setting sales figures.</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2004 21:17:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Reagan memorabilia flood the market</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2004/06/07/news/newsmakers/reagan_memorabilia/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2004/06/07/news/newsmakers/reagan_memorabilia/index.htm</guid><description>From a $150 Air Force One jelly bean jar bearing Ronald Reagan's signature in gold  to his signed memoirs priced at $4,000, the market is suddenly flooded with memorabilia related to the nation's 40th president.</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2004 13:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Clinton memoir due in June</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/books/04/26/clinton.book/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/books/04/26/clinton.book/index.html</guid><description>Former President Bill Clinton's memoir, "My Life," will be published in June, according to a statement from his publisher, Alfred A. Knopf.</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2004 18:11:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>FORTUNE's Cultural Cheat Sheet</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/08/14/285593/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/08/14/285593/index.htm</guid><description>A lot of kids (probably yours) think the four Harry Potter books are the greatest thing since The Phantom Tollbooth. They're definitely worth reading yourself, but in case you don't have the time, ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2000 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>'Sister Carrie' Is Gone For Good We all work; many of us are defined by it. Then why is the workplace so absent from contemporar</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/03/06/275209/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/03/06/275209/index.htm</guid><description>In 1970, Vladimir Nabokov was visited in Switzerland by Charles Givan, a graduate student from California who was going to teach creative writing. Nabokov was imperiously skeptical about the whole ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Mar 2000 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Angry White Knuckleheads</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/11/22/269069/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/11/22/269069/index.htm</guid><description>Stiffed: The Betrayal of the American Male by Susan Faludi Morrow, 662 pages </description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 1999 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Buy-the-Book Strategy Okay, so Amazon.com and Barnes             &amp;amp; Noble lead the online bookstore pack. Which one's        </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1998/05/01/241575/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1998/05/01/241575/index.htm</guid><description>How much fun is shopping? Let's say you want to buy a particular book. The nearby shop doesn't have it, the chain outlet at the mall has only the more expensive hardback version, and it's 20 minute...</description><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 1998 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>ALSOP TO PUBLISHERS: WAKE UP!</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/09/29/232058/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/09/29/232058/index.htm</guid><description>I owe my sister an apology. More than a year ago I left a message on her answering machine, announcing that I was giving a speech called "Authors Are Road Kill on the Information Highway." I though...</description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 1997 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>THE SINFUL JOYS OF CAMPAIGN BOOKS AN AMERICAN IN WASHINGTON</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1996/07/08/214356/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1996/07/08/214356/index.htm</guid><description>President Clinton's reelection campaign seems to have it all: expert advance work, nimble use of focus groups, sophisticated polling in real time. Along one small battlefront of the larger electora...</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jul 1996 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>SCRAMBLE ON THE INFORMATION HIGHWAY Soon artists from Arnold Schwarzenegger to the Grateful Dead to Danielle Steel will be able </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/02/07/78931/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/02/07/78931/index.htm</guid><description>HOLLYWOOD HAS BEEN SLOW to catch on to the computer age. Sure, last year the Macintosh PowerBook became a fashion accessory for producers and stars -- even though it isn't always a useful tool for ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 1994 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>EASTERN EUROPE IS ONE HOT MARKET</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/01/25/77418/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/01/25/77418/index.htm</guid><description>-- From the Baltic to the Black Sea, Eastern Europeans are loading up on merchandise bearing U.S. brand names like Kodak, Kellogg's, Band-Aids, Rice-a- Roni, SlimFast, and Purina Cat Chow. Warsaw s...</description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 1993 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>THE BUYING BINGE IN BUSINESS BOOKS . Now it can be told! Readers have discovered that the corporate world is about Money! Power!</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/02/13/71605/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/02/13/71605/index.htm</guid><description>STAND ASIDE, Rhett Butler, for a new literary hero, who at 64 is even older than Gone With the Wind and really does give a damn. With over 2.6 million copies in print, Iacocca: An Autobiography has...</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 1989 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>CAPITALISM'S HIDDEN HEROES The literary establishment contrives to ignore the business giants in the American novel.</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/02/18/65576/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/02/18/65576/index.htm</guid><description>America's professors of literature do not understand capitalism, and they do not like what little they know about it. Some of their disdain is Marxist- inspired, but not much. After all, one has to...</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 1985 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>