AP - A former vice president and advertising sales director for Sirius XM Radio has been named the new publisher of amNew York.

Reuters - Harry Markopolos' book "No One Would Listen" is full of details about his dispiriting efforts to alert the authorities to Bernard Madoff's $65 billion fraud.

AP - "If You Have to Cry, Go Outside: And Other Things Your Mother Never Told You" (HarperCollins, 197 pages, $22.99.), by Kelly Cutrone, with Meredith Bryan: Publicist Kelly Cutrone is mentor, big sister and life coach in her new book, "If You Have to Cry, Go Outside: And Other Things Your Mother Never Told You."

AFP - British media group Pearson, publisher of the Financial Times newspaper and Penguin books, said Monday that net profits jumped by almost 50 percent last year, buoyed by its US education division.

Reuters - Whether it's a career or a meal, we want to choose. Exercising control feels good. It defines who we are. It's what creates our lives.

Reuters - U.S. bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc reported lower quarterly profit on Tuesday as sales at its stores dropped sharply, and the company's outlook fell short of Wall Street expectations.

Reuters - Google Inc was lauded as a visionary intent on spreading the world's knowledge and reviled as a copyright infringer cavalier about protecting users' privacy in a hearing on Thursday to discuss its plan to digitize millions of books.

AP - A federal judge Wednesday cleared the way for newspaper owner Morris Publishing Group to emerge from bankruptcy protection less than a month after it filed under Chapter 11.

AP - Trade magazine publisher Penton Media said Tuesday that it's planning to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy within the next few days.

NewsFactor - Barnes & Noble said Monday that its popular nook e-book reader is back in stock online and will be rolling out in the majority of the bookseller's U.S. stores this week. Customers also will be able to enjoy exclusive Valentine's Day-themed online content this month, the company said.

AFP - US book publishers are smiling again, after years of watching digital versions of their titles sell for below what they thought they were worth.

NewsFactor - The Department of Justice believes significant antitrust, class certification, and copyright issues remain in the amended book settlement proposed by Google and publishing industry representatives in September. However,the government attorneys also said Thursday that the U.S. believes the parties have approached the effort in good faith.

Reuters - Borders Group Inc shares spiked nearly 40 percent on Wednesday after its largest investor, William Ackman, said there was little likelihood the struggling bookseller would file for bankruptcy and it could even be part of an industry consolidation.

AP - Bookseller Borders Group Inc. is laying off 164 staffers in an effort to cut costs amid slumping sales.

AP - Henry Paulson was gripped by a "jolt of fear" and felt ill as the financial crisis threatened to plunge the U.S. economy into the abyss, the former Treasury secretary says in his new book.