Changing the Diet of American Readers

Changing the Diet of American Readers "Translation is a remedy against the ostracism, against the apathy America often projects toward the rest of the planet," writes Ilan Stavans, publisher of Restless Books.

"Indies First" Will Most Certainly Not Be Last The "Indies First" promotion in which authors work in bookstores the Saturday after Thanksgiving should become a fixture on the calendar, writes author Denise Kiernan.

More News from PP: Yes, Virginia: Winning the Nobel Prize DOES Sell Books In the week after Alice Munro won the Nobel Prize for literature, sales of her books jumped 6,650% in Canada, and saw significant bumps around the world. "Popular Choice" Rules at Indian Book Awards Several top-selling titles were among the winners of this year's Crossword Book Awards, given by the Indian bookseller at the Times of India's Literary Carnival.

From the Archives: One Year Reading a Book from Every Nation in the World The UK's Ann Morgan discusses the challenges and surprises of spending a year reading a book from each of the globe’s 196 independent countries.