THE PEOPLE pounding the pavements above are oblivious, but under the streets of central Auckland lies a vault holding comic books of such worth that they have been brought out of their secure holding only three times in the past eight years.

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Comics good as gold (Marlborough Express)

The rumors traveled urgently from Haiti: Beyond all the death and wreckage, one of the nation's greatest exports -- its cultural scholarship -- was buried that awful afternoon in January.

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Digital archivists work to save rare books, historical documents (Miami Herald)

Old Editions Book Shop and Cafe has been operating for the past 33 years. The four story store and book warehouse at 74 East Huron Street in Buffalo offers a wide variety of used or out of print books including some very valuable first editions of books.

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Unique Places: Old Editions and Book Collecting (WGRZ-TV Buffalo)

Eighth-seeded Sam Querrey upset top-seeded Andy Roddick 7-5, 3-6, 6-1 to book a semi-final berth as top seed Maria Sharapova moved into the women's final at this combined ATP/WTA tennis tournament.

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Roddick ousted as Sharapova books final berth (Fijilive)

The most expensive comic book in history belongs to a Rochester collector and is being sold at auction, with the top bid so far of $350,000.

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Rare 1939 Batman comic book may fetch big bucks (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)

AMHERST – Are those old books you found in your grandmother’s attic rare first editions or just interesting? At 7 p.m.

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Old book expert to talk about finds (The Nashua Telegraph)

Photo by sadjeans via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Venice's Equator Books has been a welcoming independent option for book lovers on Abbot Kinney for over five years, but now they have announced that this weekend they are closing their doors for good. In an announcement sent out by email and posted on their website, the bookstore's owners are asking their customers to come by and ...

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Equator Books in Venice to Close Up Shop Sunday (LAist)

Hard to believe it's almost 44 years since Australia moved to decimal currency and more than 25 years since the $1 note was replaced by a coin.

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Bank on this paper trail (Moneymanager)

Q: We moved to the Quad-Cities in 1960; we had been inBettendorf for more than 40 years and Davenport since 2001.

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Questions, answers about mediacom (Quad-City Times)

Online rare book seller Alibris said this morning that it has joined Aliso Viejo-based Buy.com's online marketplace. Alibris, which sells new, rare, and used books, said that Buy.com will feature its catalog of books through Buy.com's web site

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Buy.com Links With Alibris (socalTech.com)