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  • The Atlantic Launches New Line of Ebooks (May 5, 2013)

  • Harper Lee Suing Literary Agent for Stealing To Kill a Mockingbird Copyright (May 4, 2013)

  • NASA Seeks Haikus to Send to Mars (May 3, 2013)

  • Mitch Albom Signs Three Book Deal With HarperCollins (May 2, 2013)

  • Australian's Vogel Literary Prize Unable to Find Winner (May 1, 2013)

  • William Morrow Announces Witness, a Digital Mystery/Thriller Imprint (April 30, 2013)

  • Amazon Cracking Down on Very Short Kindle Books (April 29, 2013)

  • Zach Braff Uses Kickstarter to Raise Over $2 Million for Film Project (April 28, 2013)

  • General Mills Launches 2013 Cheerios New Author Contest (April 27, 2013)

  • Body of Chilean Poet Pablo Neruda Being Tested for Poison (April 26, 2013)

  • Don DeLillo Awarded First Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction (April 25, 2013)

  • Ralph Murphy Talks Laws of Songwriting at ASCAP Expo (April 24, 2013)

  • Prada Launches Writing Contest (April 23, 2013)

  • 2013 Indies Choice and E.B. White Award Winners Announced (April 22, 2013)

  • Orwell Prize Shortlist Includes Late War Reporter (April 20, 2013)

  • Deb Futter Named Publisher of Twelve (April 18, 2013)

  • Dennis Lehane Pens Op-Ed About Boston Marathon Bombing (April 17, 2013)

  • ALA Announces Top Ten Most Challenged Books for 2012 (April 16, 2013)

  • Ray Bradbury's Books to be Released in Ebook Form (April 13, 2013)

  • Trailer for Romeo and Juliet Starring Hailee Steinfeld and Douglas Booth (April 12, 2013)

  • Julie Taymor Settles Royalty Claims Lawsuit Over Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark (April 10, 2013)

  • Barnes and Noble Launches Nook Press (April 9, 2013)

  • Julianne Moore Stars in The English Teacher (April 5, 2013)

  • Third Trailer for The Great Gatsby Starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Carey Mulligan (April 4, 2013)

  • Film Critic Roger Ebert Dies at 70 (April 4, 2013)

  • Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's Manuscript Up for Auction (April 2, 2013)

  • E.L. James Inks Deal for Limited Edition Fifty Shades of Grey Toilet Paper (April 1, 2013)

  • Legendary Music Producer Phil Ramone Dies at 79 (March 30, 2013)

  • Emmy Winning Simpsons and Thor Screenwriter Don Payne Dies at 48 (March 28, 2013)

  • Breaking Bad Script Stolen From Bryan Cranston's Car (March 27, 2013)

  • Barnes and Noble and Simon and Schuster Go to War, Authors in Crossfire (March 26, 2013)

  • Melville House Launching British Publishing House (March 25, 2013)

  • Chinua Achebe, Father of African Literature, Dies at 82 (March 24, 2013)

  • Goblinproofing One's Chicken Coup Wins Oddest Book Title of the Year (March 22, 2013)

  • Supreme Court Upholds First Sale Rule: Librarians Thrilled, Publishers Unhappy (March 20, 2013)

  • Amazon Publishing to Speed Up Royalty Payments to Authors (March 19, 2013)

  • Amazon Launches Literary Imprint Called Little A (March 15, 2013)

  • Kate Moss Reads From E.L. James' Fifty Shades of Grey for Comic Relief Charity (March 15, 2013)

  • Reuters' Social Media Editor Indicted on Hacking Charges (March 14, 2013)

  • Trailer for Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing (March 8, 2013)

  • Addicted to Ghostwriting: Milton Scholar Amy Boesky Reveals Her Secret Life Writing Sweet Valley High Novels (March 5, 2013)

  • New Collection Contains Fifty Previously Unseen Rudyard Kipling Poems (March 3, 2013)

  • Quentin Tarantino Wins Best Original Screenplay at 2013 Oscars (February 25, 2013)

  • Zero Dark Thirty and Argo Get Top Honors at Writers Guild Awards (February 18, 2013)

  • U.S. Justice Department Approves Random House Penguin Merger (February 14, 2013)

  • HarperCollins' Epic Reads Team Shows Off Harlem Shake Dance Moves (February 12, 2013)

  • David O. Russell Wins Best Adapted Screenplay BAFTA for Silver Linings Playbook (February 11, 2013)

  • Quentin Tarantino Wins BAFTA for Best Original Screenplay for Django Unchained (February 10, 2013)

  • Macmillan Settles Ebook Price Fixing Case, Now Apple is the Only Remaining Defendant (February 9, 2013)

  • James Cameron Wins Lawsuit Which Alleged He Stole the Idea for Avatar (February 5, 2013)

  • Barnes and Noble Announces Finalists for 2012 Discover Great New Writers Awards (February 4, 2013)

  • Richelle Mead Talks Vampire Academy Feature Film, Casting News (February 2, 2013)

  • This is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen Wins 2013 Caldecott Medal (February 1, 2013)

  • The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate Wins the 2013 Newberry Medal (January 31, 2013)

  • Ebook Usage Has Doubled Among Children, But Printed Books are Best For Bedtime (January 29, 2013)

  • Ten Finalists for 2013 Man Booker International Prize Announced (January 24, 2013)

  • John Hodgman's Advice to Aspiring Writers (January 22, 2013)

  • Video: Richard Blanco Reads Inaugural Poem (January 21, 2013)

  • Jimmy Fallon's List of Books You Should Not Read (January 18, 2013)

  • Dan Brown's Next Book is Based on Dante's Inferno, Will Be Released in May, 2013 (January 15, 2013)

  • Quentin Tarantino Thanks His Writing Group in Golden Globes Acceptance Speech for Best Screenplay (January 14, 2013)

  • Nicholas Carr: Printed Books Aren't Going Away (January 12, 2013)

  • Richard Blanco is First Latino Inaugural Poet (January 11, 2013)

  • Seth MacFarlane Pokes Fun at Screenwriters During Oscar Nominee Announcements (January 10, 2013)

  • Eoin Colfer Revealed as First Dr. Who Short Story Author (January 9, 2013)

  • 50 Shades of Grey Screenwriter Kelly Marcel Says the Movie Will be Very Raunchy (January 8, 2013)

  • 2013 Writers Guild Award Nominations Announced (January 7, 2013)

  • 11 Children's Authors to Write Short Stories in Honor of Dr. Who's 50th Anniversary (January 6, 2013)

  • Interesting 2012 Book Cover Designs (January 4, 2013)

  • Barnes and Noble Overall Holiday Sales Down 10.9%, But Digital Content Sales Increase 13.1% (January 3, 2013)

  • Rare Edition of Stephen King's Novel The Regulators to be Auctioned For Charity (January 2, 2013)

  • Macmillan to Launch Crowdsourced Teen Romance Imprint (December 26, 2012)

  • Jerry Seinfeld Explains How He Writes Jokes (December 22, 2012)

  • Second Trailer for The Great Gatsby Starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Carey Mulligan (December 20, 2012)

  • Ben Fountain Wins 2012 Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize (December 18, 2012)

  • Ken Follett and Margaret Maron Named Grand Masters by Mystery Writers of America (December 14, 2012)

  • Amazon Announces Sixth Annual Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award (December 12, 2012)

  • Linda Woolverton Hired to Write Alice in Wonderland Sequel (December 10, 2012)

  • Eloise Klein Healy Named First Poet Laureate of the City of Los Angeles (December 8, 2012)

  • HarperCollins Lures International Bestselling Author Wilbur Smith Away From Macmillan (December 5, 2012)

  • Washington Post Book Editor Skewers Publisher's Weekly for Choosing E.L. James as Person of the Year (December 4, 2012)

  • Journalist David Oliver Relin, Co-Author of Three Cups of Tea, Takes His Own Life at 49 (December 3, 2012)

  • Simon and Schuster Launches Self-Publishing Service Called Archway Publishing (December 1, 2012)

  • Publishers Weekly Names 50 Shades of Grey Author E.L. James as its Person of the Year (December 1, 2012)

  • Stephen King Tops The Hollywood Reporter's List of the 25 Most Powerful Authors in Hollywood (November 28, 2012)

  • HarperCollins Launches New Digital Imprint Called HarperTeen Impulse (November 26, 2012)

  • President Obama Celebrates Small Business Saturday at Independent Bookstore in Virginia (November 24, 2012)

  • French Publisher of 50 Shades of Grey Sends Warning Letters to Publisher of Similar Titles (November 23, 2012)

  • News Corp Wants to Buy Simon and Schuster, Combine With HarperCollins (November 22, 2012)

  • Singer Songwriter John Fogerty Reveals Battle With Debilitating Writer's Block in New Memoir (November 21, 2012)

  • Trailer for The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones Starring Lily Collins and Jamie Campbell Bower (November 20, 2012)

  • SNL Cold Open: Paula Broadwell's Author Tour for All In: The Education of General David Petraeus (November 18, 2012)

  • Martha Grimes Moves to Scribner (November 15, 2012)

  • Trailer for Stephenie Meyer's The Host Starring Saoirse Ronan and Jake Abel (November 13, 2012)

  • Biographer Paula Broadwell's Affair with David Petraeus Leads to His Resignation as Head of CIA (November 10, 2012)

  • Britney Spears to Write Novel For HarperCollins (November 9, 2012)

  • Oscar Winner Michael Arndt Has Written Screenplay for Star Wars: Episode VII (November 8, 2012)

  • Authors Guild Extremely Critical of Penguin Random House Merger (November 5, 2012)

  • Spanish Novelist Javier Marias Refuses Spain's National Narrative Award, 20,000 Euro Prize (November 3, 2012)

  • Funny or Die: Arthur H. Cartwright, Children's Theater Critic Starring Alfred Molina (November 2, 2012)








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