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State of the Art: Not Yet The Season For a Nook

Every one of the Nook’s vaunted distinctions from Amazon’s Kindle comes fraught with disappointing footnotes.

John Storm Roberts, World-Music Scholar, Dies at 73

Mr. Roberts was an English-born writer, record producer and independent scholar whose work explored the rich ways African and Latin American music influenced the United States.

Books of The Times: Personal Take on Public Projects in Two Devastated Lands

Greg Mortenson’s follow-up to “Three Cups of Tea” further details his efforts to build schools for girls in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Publishers Delay E-Book Releases

Publishers have been debating the timing of e-books in part as a way to protest the low prices that online retailers are offering on e-book versions of new releases and best sellers.

Oxford Institutes a New Election Process for Its Poetry Post

On Tuesday, Oxford announced that it was rewriting the rules for the election of its Professor of Poetry.