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‘The Invention Of Wings’ retains perch atop US best-sellers list

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 08:40 PM PST

February 07, 2014

Sue Monk Kidd's newest novel, "The Invention of Wings," kept a firm grip on the top of the US fiction best-sellers on Thursday for a fourth consecutive week.

The list is compiled using data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide.

Hardcover Fiction

1. "The Invention of Wings" by Sue Monk Kidd     (Viking)                 

2. "The Goldfinch" byDonna Tartt (Little, Brown)

3. "First Love" by James Patterson and Emily Raymond (Little, Brown)

4. "Still Life with Bread Crumbs" by Anna Quindlen (Random House)

5. "Sycamore Row" by John Grisham (Doubleday)

6. "The First Phone Call From Heaven" by Mitch Albom (Harper)

7. "Command Authority" by Tom Clancy (Putnam)

8. "Cross My Heart" by James Patterson (Little, Brown)

9. "Standup Guy" by Stuart Woods (Putnam)

10. "An Officer and a Spy" by Robert Harris (Knopf)  

Hardcover Nonfiction

1. "Duty" by Robert M. Gates (Knopf)

2. "The Love Playbook" by La La Anthony (Penguin)  

3. "Super Shred" by Ian K. Smith (St. Martin's) 

4. "Killing Jesus" by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard (Henry Holt) 

5. "Things That Matter" by Charles Krauthammer (Crown Forum)  

6. "Soul Healing Miracles" by Zhi Gang Sha (BenBella) 

7. "The Doctor's Diet" by Travis Stork (Bird Street Books)

8. "David and Goliath" by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown)

9. "The Body Book" byCameron Diaz (Harper Wave, $25.99)  

10. "The Daniel Plan" by Rick Warren (Zondervan, $24.99)

Powered by Nielsen BookScan © 2014 The Nielsen Company. – Reuters, February 7, 2014.

Sony closing North American ebook store

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 07:43 PM PST

February 07, 2014

Sony announced yesterday it was closing its ebook store for North America, and giving its customer list to rival Kobo.

The Japanese company, which earlier unveiled a major reorganisation, said it will close its Reader Store in the US and Canada on March 20.

"Although we're sorry to say goodbye to the Reader Store, we're also glad to share the new and exciting future for our readers: Reader Store will transfer customers to Toronto-based eReading company, Kobo - an admired ebook seller with a passionate reading community," a blog post at the Sony Reader website said.

Sony said customers and their current ebook libraries "will transfer to the Kobo ecosystem" under the change.

"Kobo is the ideal solution for our customers and will deliver a robust and comprehensive user experience. Like Sony, they are committed to those most passionate about reading and share our vision to use open formats so people can easily read anytime and anywhere," said Ken Orii, Sony vice president for digital reading.

"Our customers can be assured that they will have a seamless transition to the Kobo ecosystem and will be able to continue to access and read the titles they love from Sony devices."

Canadian-based Kobo, founded in 2009, sells ebooks and reading devices and says it "offers one of the world's largest ebook stores with nearly four million titles across 68 languages," according to its website.

The news came as Sony announced in Japan it was cutting 5,000 jobs and exiting the PC market in the face of a billion-dollar annual loss.

Sony has pinpointed digital imaging, video games and mobile as the units which it hopes will lead a turnaround in its core electronics business. – AFP, February 7, 2014.

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