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DQ Books brings together artists, illustrators and photographers and places their visuals within the context of the book form using Flash technology. Each thematic issue is accompanied by a soundscape created by French composer Avril.

These are pretty cool. Click through to check ’em out.

Could out-of-print books be a phenomenon of the past? That's the question that will be facing publishers, agents and authors after the launch on June 2 of a new imprint from Faber and Faber designed to make available a large number of titles which until now have been out of print.

An awesome idea IMO.

Books are coming pre-signed by the authors now, and it’s disturbing to book signing junkies. “I am a compulsive author-reading attendee, an obsessive reader and fan. People like me are the reason publishers send authors on book tours” says Emily Grosvenor, who sees a signed book as a memento of having met the author and a pre-signed book as a souvenir of something that never happened.

ONE of the great publishing taboos of modern Germany is beginning to buckle: historians are pressing the authorities to bring out a new edition of Adolf Hitler's anti-Semitic manifesto, Mein Kampf.

What makes a book a cult classic? There’s really no nailing it down. They’re not only some of the best but also some of the worst books of all time. They’re not just bestsellers; nor are they necessarily books that present new earth-shattering ideas. Whatever it is that makes them so, here is a list of fifty recognizable cult classics.

Have any of these had an impact on your world view?

An online poll seeks to establish the planet's top reads. Marketing opportunity or innovative research? You decide.

A great book has the power to move, inspire or even change lives. From adventure tales of the Arctic to the ultimate in quantum weirdness, here are the books that have left a lasting impression on some of the world’s top scientists.

Feel free to share the book(s) that most affected your life.

Hint: Click the titles to read each scientist’s take on the books.

Here’s a departure from the usual ‘book list’ fare. Self-help books provide more than guidance; they apparently also provide a blueprint for the stages of life, as these ten books in the genre illustrate.

Okay, so e-books save trees, but what about the non-biodegradable plastic and batteries? And yes, paper books degrade and damage easily, but will your e-book reader stand the test of time? Blogger Sam Houston has a rebuttal for each argument author Lisa Logan puts forth on the advantages of e-books over the real McCoy. What side of the fence are you on?

In the late 1980’s, a French scholar discovered that Alexandre Dumas had penned an obscure work entitled The Last Cavalier. Lost for over a century, this “stirring 750-page rampage through the Napoleonic wars” echoes the themes and style of Dumas’ The Three Musketeers. The author’s final novel is already a big hit in France, and will be published in Britain next month.