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Castle Cant Author Jailed for Possessing Child Pornography

Children's author K. July 9, 2010

James Patterson Has Sold Over 1 Million Ebooks

Hachette Book Group announced that author James Patterson has has sold 1,141,273 ebook units. July 8, 2010

Molly Ringle Wins The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest

The winner of the 2010 Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest is Molly Ringle of Seattle, Washington. July 8, 2010

Gallery Books to Publish Ace Frehley's Memoir

Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, will publish Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley's memoir called No Regrets. July 7, 2010

The Writer Who Couldn't Read

NPR created this video about an amazing story of a writer who suddenly could not read. July 7, 2010

New Stephen Hawking Book Coming Out in September

Stephen Hawking has a new book coming out in September. June 28, 2010

MoMA Acquires the @ Symbol

MoMA's Department of Architecture and Design announced earlier this year that it acquired the @ symbol into its collection. June 28, 2010

82-Year-Old Teacher Lands Three Book Deal

It really is never too late to start writing your novel and get it published. June 28, 2010

Stephenie Meyer: Writing Twilight Feels Like Homework

Stephenie Meyer, author of the Twilight saga, stopped work on her fifth novel in the series when the unedited manuscript for Midnight Sun was leaked online. June 27, 2010

Neil Gaiman Wins 2010 Carnegie Medal for The Graveyard Book

Neil Gaiman won the 2010 CLIP Carnegie Medal for children's fiction in the UK for The Graveyard Book. June 24, 2010

Rick Atkinson to Receive 2010 Pritzker Military Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement

Author, historian and journalist Rick Atkinson will receive the 2010 Pritzker Military Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing. June 22, 2010

Mark Twain Manuscript Sells for $242,500 at Sotheby's Auction

A tribute Mark Twain wrote to his daughter was sold at a Sotheby's auction for $242,500. June 21, 2010

Perez Hilton Losing Ads Over Miley Cyrus Photo

Celebrity gossip blogger Perez Hilton recently linked to an alleged "upskirt" photograph of 17-year-old Miley Cyrus on his Twitter account. June 17, 2010

Ellen DeGeneres Writing Third Book

Ellen DeGeneres is writing another book. June 17, 2010

Clive Owen to Play Ernest Hemingway in Movie

Clive Owen will play Ernest Hemingway in the upcoming film, Hemingway & Gellhorn. The film will co-star Nicole Kidman. June 17, 2010

Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Winners Announced

Amazon. June 14, 2010

Harlequin Launches Digital Imprint Called Carina Press

Harlequin Enterprises Limited has launched a digital imprint called Carina Press. June 12, 2010

Star Jones Lands Book Deal With Gallery Books

Star Jones, a former The View host, has landed a book deal with Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. June 12, 2010

Steig Larsson Short Stories Discovered

Stieg Larsson's Millennium series became a huge international bestseller after his death. June 12, 2010

Stephen Fry Selects the Most Beautiful Tweet Ever Tweeted

There it is. The most beautiful tweet ever tweeted according to Stephen Fry. June 10, 2010

Original Glee Novel Due in September

Fox's Glee has been entertaining but it is so good that people will want to read novels about the characters? Poppy, a Hachette Book Group imprint, thinks so. June 10, 2010

Shakespeare & Company Bookshop Launching Literary Magazine

A Paris bookstore called Shakespeare & Company Bookshop is launching a magazine called Paris Magazine. June 10, 2010

Large Hadron Collider Pop-up Book Coming in August

A 3D pop-up book about the Large Hadron Collider will be released in August. June 9, 2010

Jennifer Weiner Signs 4 Book Deal With Atria

Author Jennifer Weiner has signed a deal with Atria Books to publish four more books. June 4, 2010

Mike Magner Lands BP Book Deal

Publishers Weekly reports that journalist Mike Magner has landed a six figure book deal with St. June 4, 2010