Cautionary cat tales and other books backed by politicos (The Grand Rapids Press)

Politicians list their favorite children's books. Do you and pols share beloved stories?

Local school districts eye getting digital books (Lincolnshire Review)

Someday, when you are telling your grandchildren about how hard you had it when you were younger, you won't have to make up stories about walking to school, in the snow, uphill both ways and all that. Just tell them you had to carry textbooks in your backpack. It is entirely possible that a generation from now, students primarily will be reading digital books on "e-readers".

Malaysia's 'bad' books sent into literary limbo (Asia Times)

KUALA LUMPUR - The confiscation of books by Malaysian authorities is raising concern and demands in some quarters for the repeal of laws that allow the government to suppress freedom of expression.

Amazon Kindle E-Books Expand Reach (seattlepi.com)

Seattle-based Amazon.com announced today that its Kindle Digital Text Platform can now be used by authors and publishers to upload their electronic books in Spanish, Portuguese, and European to the Kindle Store. The assist is already available for English, French, and German books. Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) also said yesterday that its Kindle application is now ...

Altrusa Club collecting books (Bellevue Leader)

The Bellevue Altrusa Club collects books for its ongoing project of promoting literacy.

City National Bank's Literacy Program to Provide Nearly 11,000 New Books to 12 California Schools (GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)

LOS ANGELES -- City National Bank's Reading is The way up® nonprofit literacy program, in partnership with Barnes & Noble, has donated nearly 11,000 new books to schools in the Los Angeles, San Jose, San Francisco and San Diego areas in an effort to promote literacy and support the topical community.

E-books: Publishers poised for victory in latest battle (Times Online)

Publishers look set to win the latest round in the battle for supremacy on electronic books, with Google ready to offer major concessions as it prepares to enter the increasingly competitive e-book market.

Books Between Bites meets today (Fond du Lac Reporter)

Books Between Bites will meet at 12:10 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9, at Salem United Methodist Church, 120 Sheboygan St.

Macmillan books coming back to Amazon (The Jackson Sun)

NEW YORK (AP) â€" After a weeklong absence, new copies of Andrew Young’s ‘‘The Politician,’’ Hilary Mantel’s ‘‘Wolf Hall’’ and other books published by Macmillan are available for purchase on Amazon.com.

Books group to meet Tuesday (Fond du Lac Reporter)

Books Between Bites will meet at 12:10 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9, at Salem United Methodist Church, 120 Sheboygan St.

Prepare for snows by stocking up on books at sale (The Newport Plain Talk)

With snows and cold temperatures headed our way, make sure you have plenty of books, CDs, and DVDs to see you through the harsh times. This Saturday, Library Friends will hold their monthly sale of books, CDs, and DVDs at Stokely Memorial Library, 383 East Broadway.

Kenya : Sh1.7 Billion Books Stolen in Free School Shame (AllAfrica.com)

Nairobi â€" Books worth Sh1.7 billion bought with funds from the free primary education programme have disappeared from public schools, according to a government investigation.

Silver Hawks Mini Packages and Coupon Books (FOX 28 South Bend)

Silver Hawks fans, it's time to get ready for the season! Mini Packages and Coupon Books are on sale starting Tuesday February 9, 2010! If you're interested you can get in line at noon. Just head over