A daily roundup of book and publishing news from across the Web: Kindle Comes to Android; Summer Reading with the LA Times; Remnick Interviewed; Brits on Blurbs; Book As Database.

Kindle App for Android Coming Soon

On its official Kindle message board, Amazon announced that a Kindle app for Android phones will soon be available.

Summer Reading with the LA Times

You read our staff picks, now read the LA Times editors picks of this summer’s best reads.

An Interview with David Remnick

The Morning News talks to The New Yorker editor about Obama and American Idol.

Brits on Blurbs

The Bookseller contemplates the value of blurbs on bookjackets.

Book As Database

Publishing Perspectives reimagines the book as a database. The link above is to part 1 of this two-part series. Here’s part 2.