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Mansion Than Inspired F. Scott Fitzgerald to Write The Great Gatsby Destroyed

They have destroyed the 1902 mansion that inspired F. Scott Fitzgerald to write The Great Gatsby. It was also home to many lavish parties. April 20, 2011

Say Media Acquires Dogster and Catster

Say Media - the company that acquired Six Apart and then renamed itself Say Media -has acquired Dogster, a pet community and resource for pet owners. April 19, 2011

MailOnline Passes Huffington Post in Traffic

MediaWeek reports that new data from ComScore indicates the the MailOnline. April 19, 2011

Craig Gillespie to Direct Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

The Hollywood Reporter says Lionsgate has hired Craig Gillespie to direct a movied based on the novel, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, by Seth Grahame-Smith. April 19, 2011

Beryl Bainbridge Honored With Posthumous Booker

Author Beryl Bainbridge has been honored with a posthumous Booker. April 19, 2011

Quotes From Roald Dahl's Stories to Appear on Cereal Boxes

The Telegraph reports that Puffin, a division of Penguin, has struck a deal with the estate of Roald Dahl to have quotes from Dahl's books printed on cereal boxes in the UK. April 19, 2011

Orbit Starts Selling Short Stories in Ebook Form

Orbit, an imprint of the Hachette Book Group, has announced its digital short fiction program. April 19, 2011

2011 Pulitzer Prize Awards for Journalism

Here is a list of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize awards in the journalism category. April 18, 2011

Marcel the Shell to Star in Picture Book

Marcel, the tiny shell with shoes and a big heart, is going to be the star of a picture book. April 18, 2011

Kay Ryan Wins 2011 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry

Kay Ryan has won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in poetry for her poetry collection, The Best of It: New and Selected Poems. April 18, 2011

Jennifer Egan Wins Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

Jennifer Egan won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for fiction for her novel, A Visit from the Goon Squad (Alfred A. April 18, 2011

Jackie Collins Talks Goddess of Vengeance

Jackie Collins next novel, Goddess of Vengeance, will arrive in stores in September, 2011. April 17, 2011

Orange Prize for Fiction Shortlist Announced

The shortlist for the 2011 Orange Prize for Fiction has been announced. April 17, 2011

Mark McGurl Wins 2011 Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism

UCLA English professor Mark McGurl has been awarded the 2011 Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism. April 17, 2011

Site Attempts to Predict Your Next Tweet

A website called That Can Be My Next Tweet will attempt to guess your next tweet and let you tweet it. April 16, 2011

Tokypop Closing North American Division

Manga publisher Tokypop is shutting down its North American Publishing division and closing its Los Angeles offices on May 31, 2011. April 16, 2011

Nora Roberts Passes 1 Million Kindle Books Sold

Author Nora Roberts is the third author in the Kindle Million Club. April 16, 2011

Crown Publishing Launches New Fiction Imprint Named Hogarth

Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, and Chatto & Windus, an imprint of Vintage Publishing, have launched Hogarth, a new fiction imprint. April 16, 2011

Ebooks Top Selling Book Format According to Association of American Publishers

The Association of American Publishers (AAP) released highlights of its February 2011 books sales report. April 16, 2011

HarperCollins Signs Two-Book Deal With Candace Bushnell

HarperCollins Publishers has announced a two-book deal for young adult novels with Candace Bushnell, author of Sex and the City and The Carrie Diaries. April 15, 2011

The Annoying Orange to Become TV Show

Deadline. April 14, 2011

Rick Riordan's Throne of Fire Gets 1.5 Million Copy First Printing

Disney Publishing Worldwide has announced it will launch The Kane Chronicles, Book Two: The Throne of Fire with a 1. April 14, 2011

Company Creates Technology to Digitally Sign Ebooks

Author T. April 14, 2011

Steve Jobs Biography, Called iSteve, to be Published in 2012

Simon & Schuster announced it will publish a biography of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs in 2012. April 13, 2011

Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Has Sold Over 1 Million Digital Copies

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson has passed the 1 million digital copies sold mark. April 13, 2011