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VANCOUVER — A Canadian translator says she’s reached a settlement with the British Museum over unauthorized use of her work.

Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List): 1. Out of Nowhere by Sandra Brown - 9781538742976 - (Grand Central Publishing) 2. Tom Lake by Ann Patchett - 9780063327542 - (Harper) 3. Dead Fall by Brad Thor - 9781982182229 - (Atria/Emily Bestler Books) 4.

NEW YORK (AP) — Simon & Schuster has been sold to the private equity firm KKR, months after a federal judge blocked its purchase by rival publisher Penguin Random House because of concerns that competition would shrink the book market.

TORONTO — A Canadian author says a production company belonging to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex has bought the screen rights for her romantic novel.

“Disobedient” by Elizabeth Fremantle (Pegasus Books) Artemisia Gentileschi’s painting skills quickly surpass her father’s, but society dictates that as a woman, she must stay home and protect her virtue.

“Dead and Gone,” by Joanna Schaffhausen (Minotaur) A private eye named Sam Tran is dead, hanged from a tree in a local cemetery, and Chicago P.D. Detective Annalisa Vega catches the case.

“The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store” by James McBride (Riverhead Books) “The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store,” James McBride’s tour de force of a new novel, opens in 1972, when authorities discover a human skeleton and mezuzah at the bottom of a w

NEW YORK (AP) — Broadway star Phillipa Soo has not forgotten her childhood stage fright.

“The Slip,” by Prudence Peiffer (HarperCollins) Group biographies are ambitious undertakings.

Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List): 1. Dead Fall by Brad Thor - 9781982182229 - (Atria/Emily Bestler Books) 2. The Collector by Daniel Silva - 9780062834935 - (Harper) 3. Light Bringer by Pierce Brown - 9780425285985 - (Random House Worlds) 4.