Book news from around the Web:

• Ian McEwen gets political during award acceptance speech at Jerusalem’s international book fair
• Barnes & Noble reports positive third quarter led by a rise in e-book sales, but still suspends dividend payment
• This one should get the hook: The Pirate Bay’s top-100 e-book list
• Hitchens, Franzen, and Smith receive nods for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize
• Is this idea overdue? The rise of the e-book lending library