Friday, January 16, 2009

Book News, In Brief

Harry Potter fans rejoice! Your cloak of invisibility is one step closer to reality.

CSI: Berkley: Businessweek Online conducts an autopsy on a dead indie bookstore.

Fed up with a publishing industry filled with phony memoirs and crappy self-help books, The Huffington Post dares to speak out 'In Praise of Fiction.'

Call me a hypocrite, but as much as I shake my head at Rob Liefeld and Joe Quesada's attempts to cash in on Obama-mania, I've gotta admit, a Kyle Baker-penned Obama comic has me excited. If you've read Baker's Why I Hate Saturn, you know why.