Book News, In Brief

Ah, corporate America...
Borders posted a quarterly loss on Tuesday, sending its shares up nearly 14 percent. Wait, what?

Ah, synergy...
Charlie Higson, author of the Young Bond series, has launched a computer game set in the world of 007 in hopes of getting boys reading. Higson's new game, The Shadow War, combines gaming with reading both on and offline -- specifically the aforementioned Young Bond series.

Ah, controversy...
The Danish love f**king with the Muslims. First they ran a series of newspaper cartoons that spawned riots and death threats, now they're announcing their plans to publish The Jewel of Medina, Sherry Jones' novel about the child bride of Muhammad, which was dropped by Random House.