Some book-related links:

• French resistance to the Google Book Search project (The Independent)
• Novelist/neurologist Liam Durcan on why we read fiction (The Globe and Mail)
• Bestsellers in Iran (Mehr News)
• Ten things you should know about Haruki Murakami (Times Online)
• James Wood’s new book (Los Angeles Times)
• Hidden literary treasures in a library basement (Boston.com)
• Ewwww link of the week: creepy library foot fetishist gets off  is discharged  beats the rap is set free by judge (Stuff.co.nz)