Daily Wrap-Up

Randy Myers of the Wichita Eagle on a movie about the life of Truman Capote.

Joe Eskenazi of the Jewish News Weekly on the 17th annual Contra Costa Jewish Book Festival, November 5th through 14th.

AFP: “In a broad swipe at conservative politicians, best-selling British author Nick Hornby advised Germans to emigrate before Angela Merkel becomes their next chancellor.”

Asaf Carmel of Haaretz on a book by Menashe Darash being fought by the Hasidic who don’t want it published.

Reuters: “Major book publishers have quietly begun selling directly to customers over the Internet, in a move that could transform the trade by putting them in competition with online retailers like Amazon.com.”

Tayari Jones visited an independent book store in Maryland, and found that they thrive because of good customer service and the passion of the users that frequent the place.