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Byline: HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer

26 Dec

Richard Perry, record producer behind ‘You’re So Vain’ and other hits, dies at 82

published on December 26, 2024 - 2:18 PM

Richard Perry, a hitmaking record producer with a flair for both standards and contemporary sounds whose many successes included Carly

27 Aug

Leonard Riggio, who forged a bookselling empire at Barnes & Noble, dead at 83

published on August 27, 2024 - 1:51 PM

Leonard Riggio, a brash, self-styled underdog who transformed the publishing industry by building Barnes & Noble into the country’s most

18 Oct

Serena Williams has a 2-book deal, starting with an ‘intimate’ and ‘open-hearted’ memoir

published on October 18, 2023 - 2:13 PM

Now that she’s stepped back from the sport she dominated like few others, Serena Williams is ready to reflect. The tennis great

20 Sep

John Grisham, George R.R. Martin and more authors sue OpenAI for copyright infringement

published on September 20, 2023 - 3:05 PM

John Grisham, Jodi Picoult and George R.R. Martin are among 17 authors suing OpenAI for “systematic theft on a mass

16 Aug

Jerry Moss, co-founder of A&M Records and Rock Hall of Fame member, dies at 88

published on August 16, 2023 - 1:35 PM

Jerry Moss, a music industry giant who co-founded A&M Records with Herb Alpert and rose from a Los Angeles garage

24 May

Tina Turner, unstoppable superstar whose hits included ‘What’s Love Got to Do With It,’ dead at 83

published on May 24, 2023 - 2:20 PM

Tina Turner, the unstoppable singer and stage performer who teamed with husband Ike Turner for a dynamic run of hit

08 May

Barbara Kingsolver, Hernan Diaz win fiction Pulitzer Prizes

published on May 8, 2023 - 2:12 PM

The Pulitzer Prize for fiction was awarded Monday to two class-conscious novels: “Demon Copperhead,” Barbara Kingsolver’s modern recasting of the Dickens classic “David

28 Oct

Rare John Steinbeck column probes strength of US democracy

published on October 28, 2022 - 12:44 PM

(AP) — Decades ago, as communists and suspected communists were being blacklisted and debates spread over the future of American

15 Jun

Independent booksellers grew in number, diversity in 2021

published on June 15, 2022 - 1:47 PM

(AP) — Laura Romani, a Chicago-area resident with a background in education and library science, had been thinking of a

13 Oct

Indie bookstores launch anti-Amazon ‘Boxed Out’ campaign

published on October 13, 2020 - 12:32 PM

(AP) — With many independent bookstore owners facing the most dire financial crisis in their lifetimes, the American Booksellers Association