Harry Potter e-books plan worries bookstore owners

Last Updated: Saturday, June 25, 2011, 10:45

A new website will be the exclusive seller of the e-book editions `Harry Potter` series.

Scott wins Australia`s top literary award for his 2nd novel

Last Updated: Friday, June 24, 2011, 18:47

Indigenous author Kim Scott on Thursday won Australia`s most significant literary prize, the Miles Franklin Award, for his second novel ‘That Deadman Dance’.

Indian writer wins Betty Trask award for debut novel

Last Updated: Friday, June 24, 2011, 09:03

Mumbai-based Anjali Joseph has won this year`s Betty Trask Award for her first novel "Saraswati Park".

Rowling’s Harry Potter wizard series to be sold as e-books

Last Updated: Thursday, June 23, 2011, 18:33

Author JK Rowling announced Thursday that her seven Potter novels will be sold as e-books starting in October — ending the boy wizard`s status as one of the highest-profile holdouts against digital publishing.

Children`s writer finds place in Norway, Japan text books

Last Updated: Thursday, June 23, 2011, 12:31

Hailing from Hyderabad, Ramendra Kumar is a prolific children`s writer whose stories on the Jagannath cult in Orissa have found place not only in CBSE textbooks, but also textbooks in Norway and Japan.

Amitav Ghosh`s `River of Smoke` new bestseller

Last Updated: Thursday, June 23, 2011, 09:08

Ghosh`s `River of Smoke` is the bestseller in the fiction category this week.

First wife Najwa was Osama`s only love match: Sasson

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 22, 2011, 18:49

Najwa Bin Laden, slain Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden`s first wife, was his favourite because she was his only love match. The rest of Osama`s wives were arranged - women that he had never met before, says biographer Jean Sasson.