Today’s book news:

• How U.S.-based Shilpi Somaya Gowda came to dominate the Canadian bestsellers list
• NY Times takes a closer look at the high-stakes Barnes & Noble squabble
• Donald Rumsfeld memoir to be released in January
• A look inside an Iraqi bookstore
• The CBC chats with Kobo CEO Michael Serbinis
• Neat piece about the personal libraries of deceased authors