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Ken Auletta’s new book peeks inside Google’s “black box of search.”

iPhone users downloaded more books than games in September.

“Chick lit” gets a bigger dress size.

Hyperion has named its new editor-in-chief.

Mattel releases “Twilighted” versions of Barbie and Ken.

Colum McCann’s “Let the Great World Spin” is at the top of Amazon’s 2009 best books list.

Marie NDiaye wins the Prix Goncourt for her novel “Three Strong Women.”

The Impac Dublin long list is very long.

Nelson Mandela’s collected papers are the hot item in Frankfurt.

Chinua Achebe thinks that “Heart of Darkness” is inappropriate.

Carl Sagan becomes a meme.

Google’s new e-book service, Google Editions, is set to challenge Kindle.

Take that, Darcy! British readers name Mr. Rochester the most romantic character in literature.

This is your brain on reading.

A children’s-book author responds to fan demands from the grave.

Disney wants your kids to start reading.