News that Spain's economy entered another recession renewed worries about the fragility of Europe's finances today and nudged stocks lower on Wall Street last night.

James Bond has a new American publisher: Amazon.com.

Good news is on the horizon for readers as retailers such as Amazon are on the brink of being allowed sell ebooks cheaper than Apple.

The man who shot President Ronald Reagan appeared fixated during a visit to a bookshop last year on a bookshelf bearing titles on presidential assassinations and Reagan’s presidency, according to testimony at a court hearing.

US stocks closed broadly lower for a third straight week on signs that consumer demand may be weakening.

Stocks pared their losses today after President Barack Obama and Republican lawmakers promised to seek a compromise before the end of the year on extending Bush-era tax cuts.

THE voice on the phone asked if I was me.

Speculation grew today that Apple is about to unveil a tablet-style hand-held for music, films, books and other media.

A former US government informant was charged over the country’s largest case of credit and debit card data theft.

Eleven people face charges over the hacking of nine major US retailers and the theft and sale of more than 41 million credit and debit card numbers.

American bookstore Barnes & Noble has overturned its decision not to stock OJ Simpson's hypothetical book about the murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman in its shops.

O.J. Simpson's hypothetical book about the murder of his ex-wife and her friend Ronald Goldman will not be sold in the shops of American bookstore chain Barnes & Noble.

A young Irish writer has just signed a significant publishing deal in the US.

Wall Street ended a winning week with a quiet advance today as investors awaited the release of March employment figures and remained cautiously optimistic after their recent buying streak.

Wall Street advanced for a second session in a row today after minutes from the latest Federal Reserve meeting failed to produce any bombshells about the US economy, and oil prices dropped below $70 a barrel.

A sharp drop in oil prices helped Wall Street extend its rally for a third straight session today, with strong earnings from Hewlett-Packard also giving stocks a modest lift.

LATE as always, but still greeted by cheers and screams of “Bill, we love you,” former US President Clinton opened the year’s hottest book tour with a marathon signing at a midtown Manhattan Barnes & Noble.

Reviews have been discouraging and conservatives are on the attack, but booksellers still expected the best as they braced for today’s release of Bill Clinton’s My Life, the year’s most anticipated non-fiction book.

HUNDREDS of people stood in line yesterday morning, some after waiting through the night, for the chance to get Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton to autograph her new book.

Wall Street passed another milestone in its budding recovery today as the Dow Jones industrials crossed 9,000 for the first time in six weeks.

Relatively solid retail sales figures inspired another rally on Wall Street today as investors grew more confident about an impending economic recovery.