Japan Is Shaken After a Detainee, Wasting Away, Dies Alone in Her Cell (Published 2021)
NAGOYA, Japan — First came a high fever. Then her face and limbs turned numb. Soon, she could keep down little more than water, sugar and bites of bread as she wasted away in her cell in a Japanese detention center. By early March, Wishma Rathnayake — a migrant from Sri Lanka who was being held for overstaying her visa — could barely make a fist and was having trouble speaking, according to govern
Cruise Ship’s Coronavirus Outbreak Leaves Crew Nowhere to Hide (Published 2020)
The Diamond Princess at Daikoku Pier in Yokohama, Japan, on Monday. The cruise ship terminal has been closed to the public.Credit...Carl Court/Getty Images YOKOHAMA, Japan — In the passenger decks of the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship, more than 2,500 travelers are carefully isolated. Meals are delivered to their cabins. They have permission to walk on deck, six feet apart, for a few min
Come Meet the Author, but Open Your Wallet (Published 2011)
To see authors at Kepler's Books in Menlo Park, Calif., customers can buy a gift card or the book.Credit...Jim Wilson/The New York Times Independent bookstores, squeezed by competition from Internet retailers like Amazon, have long done something their online brethren cannot emulate: author events. And now many bookstores say they have no choice but to capitalize on this grand tradition. They are
Stores See Google as Ally in E-Book Market (Published 2010)
SAN FRANCISCO � Independent bookstores were battered first by discount chains like Barnes & Noble, then by superefficient Web retailers like Amazon.com. Now the electronic book age is dawning. With this latest challenge, these stores will soon have a new ally: the search giant Google. Later this summer, Google plans to introduce its long-awaited push into electronic books, called Google Editions.
Top Author Shifts E-Book Rights to Amazon.com (Published 2009)
Ever since electronic books emerged as a major growth market, New York’s largest publishing houses have worried that big-name authors might sign deals directly with e-book retailers or other new ventures, bypassing traditional publishers entirely. Now, one well-known author is doing just that. Stephen R. Covey, one of the most successful business authors of the last two decades, has moved e-book r
Government Urges Changes to Google Books Deal (Published 2009)
SAN FRANCISCO � In the latest challenge to Google’s plan to establish the world’s largest digital library and bookstore, the Justice Department said late Friday that a proposed legal settlement between Google and book authors and publishers should not be approved by the court without modifications. The Justice Department said that while the agreement would provide many benefits to the public, it a
Justice Dept. Opens Antitrust Inquiry Into Google Books Deal (Published 2009)
SAN FRANCISCO � The Justice Department has begun an inquiry into the antitrust implications of Google’s settlement with authors and publishers over its Google Book Search service, two people briefed on the matter said Tuesday. Lawyers for the Justice Department have been in conversations in recent weeks with various groups opposed to the settlement, including the Internet Archive and Consumer Watc
Kurt Vonnegut, Novelist Who Caught the Imagination of His Age, Is Dead at 84 (Published 2007)
Kurt Vonnegut, Novelist Who Caught the Imagination of His Age, Is Dead at 84 Kurt Vonnegut, whose dark comic talent and urgent moral vision in novels like “Slaughterhouse-Five,” “Cat’s Cradle” and “God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater” caught the temper of his times and the imagination of a generation, died last night in Manhattan. He was 84 and had homes in Manhattan and in Sagaponack on Long Island. His
Kurt Vonnegut, Writer of Classics of the American Counterculture, Dies at 84 (Published 2007)
Kurt Vonnegut, Writer of Classics of the American Counterculture, Dies at 84 Kurt Vonnegut, whose dark comic talent and urgent moral vision in novels like “Slaughterhouse-Five,” “Cat’s Cradle” and “God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater” caught the temper of his times and the imagination of a generation, died Wednesday night in Manhattan. He was 84 and had homes in Manhattan and in Sagaponack on Long Island
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Publishers Look Beyond Bookstores (Published 2011)