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Books Between Bites will meet at 12:10 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9, at Salem United Methodist Church, 120 Sheboygan St.

Little did I know while I was telling you, dear readers, how to opt out of getting countless phone books unceremoniously dumped on your doorsteps, State Rep. Mark Ferrandino, D-Denver, was crafting a bill to address that same issue.

Here’s a look at a few books exploring the mental decline that the “oldest old” experience. One is by a geriatric physician now facing challenges at home. A second is an eloquent story by novelist John Thorndike. The third suggests lifestyle changes to stave off dementia.

This year, the Long Beach Rotary's Charitable Foundation gave the centers 3,200 books. Photo gallery

A last volume of verse by Seattle poet Crysta Casey tops this week's list of books of local interest.

If e-books are to successfully replace paper, it won't happen at Amazon's $9.99 e-book pricing. Thank Steve Jobs for opening the door to higher prices.

Big increases in e-book prices seem like a bad deal for consumers. They may be necessary, however, to keep authors and publishers in business as e-books replace paper ones.

FT Press is selling stripped-down, 1,000- to 2,000-word versions of books, for $1.99, and a new series of essays of about 5,000 words, for $2.99.

After a week-long absence, new copies of Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall and other books published by Macmillan are available for purchase on Amazon.com.

Online retailer Amazon.com Inc resumed selling hardcover and paperback books from Macmillan Publishers late on Friday in a sign the two companies are getting closer to resolving a pricing dispute over Macmillan's electronic books, which remain unavailable on Amazon.