Amy Chua Controversy, Best Mystery Books & Making Book Handbags: Top Publishing Stories of the Week

By Jason Boog 

As we head home for the weekend, we wanted to make sure you had plenty of publishing headlines to keep you busy. Here are the most popular headlines of the last week, including handbag books (embedded above), free book samples, and Fight Club, the musical.

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1. How To Turn Your Book into a Handbag
2. Amy Chua Responds to ‘Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior’ Debate
3. What’s the Best Font for a Book?
4. Best Mystery Books of 2010: Free Samples of Edgar Award Nominated Books
5. Julian Assange Coloring Book Online
6. C.S. Lewis Gets His Own Bible
7. Anonymous Obama Novel Excerpts Released
8. Amazon Sells 1.3 Million Gift Cards on LivingSocial
9. Fight Club, The Musical?
10. The Rise of the $5 eBook