I had not heard of Laura Albert but apparently she got in trouble for creating a fictional identity to publish her fiction. That seems like an extension of artistic license to me. I mean, she's not overtly lying in a memoir like some other authors of recent memory. What's the hubbub?

This seems like a handy service. You can select a Public Domain book from the Internet Archive or Google Books and have it printed by Lulu for you.

The New York Times Book Reviewers each select their personal Top 10 for the year. There is lots of good reading to be found here.

Quoted: Janet Maslin, Michiko Kakutani and William Grimes pick their favorite books of 2007.

Bookgasm posts a list of the "5 Best Sci-Fi Books of 2007."

Quoted: In formulating this year's list, I took a long, hard look at my nominees and made, perhaps, a bold choice: I left out William Gibson. It's not that SPOOK COUNTRY isn't a good book – it is. What it isn't, however, is science fiction. Mr.

Online graphic novel set in Paris - "The Killer." Looks great playing in Flash. I definitely want to check this out later.

A complete transcript of Doris Lessing's outstanding Norbel Prize for Literature speech. A wonderful read about the state of reading and the hunger for knowledge.

Top 10 Best Books of 2007 as selected by the New York Times Book Review.

Quoted: The Book Review picks the best works from the last year.

I love these. Classic literature in the shape of cigarette boxes. Great for kids!