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Books Critics' Recommendations
The National Book Critics Circle has started a monthly Best Recommended list, polling their nearly 800 members plus their prize winners and finalists to find out what recently read books they "have truly loved." With votes from about 300 critics and 200 writers, they are starting with a list covering all of 2007. The pics include:
Fiction
1. Junot Diaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
2. Denis Johnson, Tree of Smoke
3. Michael Chabon, The Yiddish Policeman's Union
4. Philip Roth, Exit Ghost
5. Per Petterson, Out Stealing Horses
Nonfiction
1. Edwidge Danticat, Brother, I'm Dying
2. Alan Weisman, The World Without Us
3. Naomi Klein, The Shock Doctrine
4. David Michaelis, Schulz and Peanuts
5. Tim Weiner, Legacy of Ashes |
Borders to Cut Costs
Borders has filed their delayed 10-k, the long version of a company's annual statistics filed with the SEC. The filing shows a company that's steadily running out of working capital, even as in-store sales of books is holding steady or improving. Working capital is down to a reported $38 million, compared to almost $128 million a year ago. Money owed to vendors was down slightly, with trade payables at $550 million versus $562 million a year ago, and inventories--reported as of February 2, probably in advance of the announced reductions to focus on more face out--were also about even with last year at $1.327 billion, down just $20 million. |
J. K. Rowling Protects Work
Lawyers for J.K. Rowling have indicated in public filings that the author of the Harry Potter series has directed them to use their "full powers" to protect the reading experience of fans of her iconic work. In an additional new move, the lawyers have copyrighted and trademarked the words "Harry" and "Potter" and will protect those brands. In a statement, the author said, "Muggles everywhere should be happy that I have been so restrained. Some thought I should protect every word I wrote in the seven Harry Potter volumes." Nonetheless, a range of affected people and groups have already protested, and Rowling quickly responded with suggestions that she said would be legally satisfactory to her. For one, new editions of Peter Rabbit titles can have the byline "Beatrix P." Likewise future DVDs of the 1989 classic may be retitled When Harold Met Sally. And Chapin and Connick, Jr., should be enough to convey the identities of those magical musicians. |
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