An American writer has become the first self-published author to sell a million eBooks.
John Locke from Kentucky writes westerns and crime thrillers.
American writer sells a million
22 Wednesday Jun 2011
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50 Cent to write anti- bullying book
21 Tuesday Jun 2011
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Duchess of Cornwall promotes reading
21 Tuesday Jun 2011
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Source: princeofwales.gov.uk
Camilla will meet children and staff at a school in Chiswick to meet people she sponsors through the Volunteer Reading Help charity.
She will tour the school, visit its recently developed library and watch a reading session.
British Library and Google team up
20 Monday Jun 2011
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The British Library has sorted out a deal with Google.
It will allow readers to view and copy the out-of-copyright works of about a quarter of a million texts dating back to the 18th Century.
The search engine has similar arrangements with about forty libraries around the world.
McCann scoops prestigious award
16 Thursday Jun 2011
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Colum McCann has won the International Impac Dublin Literary Award.
It’s for his book Let The Great World Spin.
It scoops the world’s most lucrative literary prize worth £88,000.
The story of colliding cultures set in 1970s New York was described by judges as a “remarkable literary work”.
Denny Bradbury Books 