From Publishers Weekly, here is their annual best books list. From The New York Times, here are the 100 notable books of 2009. From Amazon, here are their Best Books of 2009. From THES, on the "giving it away" argument: Matthew Reisz assesses what open access means for book authors. The future of bookselling: Borders has gone belly-up, Amazon thrives, and doom-mongers are proclaiming the death of literature on the high street — but this could be the opening of a fine new chapter. A look at why Borders's demise is not the end of the book world. The point of diminishing returns: Publishers are beyond risk-averse, they are decision-averse — and we are all suffering from the lack of variety. Meet publishers' enemy No. 1: Sci-fi novelist Cory Doctorow is shaking up the traditional book-selling model, and apparently

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