Reactions Coming Soon to Facebook as Like Button Alternative

Reactions are coming soon to Facebook to offer an alternative to the universal Like button. January 27, 2016

Egypt Jails Female Poet Fatima Naoot for Insulting Islam

Poet Fatima Naoot has been sentenced to jail for 3 years by an Egyptian court for insulting Islam. January 27, 2016

Meredith Corporation Launches Fit Pregnancy and Baby Magazine

Meredith Corporation has launched the first issue of its new title, Fit Pregnancy and Baby. The magazine is targeted at expecting and new mothers. January 21, 2016

Douglas Preston Hosts Panel to Discuss How Evil Amazon.com Is

Douglas Preston and Authors United are holding a panel discussion to talk about Amazon.com and how it is ruining authors' lives. January 21, 2016

Scholastic Pulls Controversial Picture Book: A Birthday Cake for George Washington

Scholastic pulls the plug on the picture book A Birthday Cake for George Washington after a tsunami of criticism for its portrayal of happy slaves. January 18, 2016

Big Bang Theory Producers Sued for Copyright Infringement of Soft Kitty, Warm Kitty Song

The Big Bang Theory producers are being sued for copyright violations over the song Soft Kitty, Warm Kitty which was written by poet Edith Newlin in 1937. January 5, 2016

Neil Gaiman's How to Talk to Girls at Parties to be Film, Graphic Novel

Dark Horse Books will publish a graphic novel version of Neil Gaiman's short story How to Talk to Girls at Parties. It will also be a feature film. December 14, 2015

Study Finds Books Are Getting Longer and Readers Love It

A new study reveals that books are getting longer and longer. Readers love longer titles, it's like binge watching Netflix -- only with books. December 12, 2015

George Saunders Reads Stephen Colbert a Christmas Bedtime Story

George Saunders wrote a short story just for Stephen Colbert. He read the Christmas story aloud to Stephen. December 11, 2015

Margaret Atwood Pens Superhero Graphic Novel for Dark Horse Comics

Margaret Atwood has created a new superhero for Dark Horse Comics. Angel Catbird is part owl, part man and part cat. December 9, 2015

Greta Van Susteren Writing Social Media Guide for Simon & Schuster

Greta Van Susteren inked a book deal with Simon & Schuster to write a social media guide. December 7, 2015

Book Sales by Dead Authors are Booming

Publishers are seeing great returns on sales of books by dead authors. In the world of posthumous publishing business is booming. December 5, 2015

Oprah Winfrey Writing Memoir, Launching Book Imprint

Oprah Winfrey will publish her memoir in January, 2017. She will also launch a new book imprint in conjunction with MacMillan. December 3, 2015

Japanese Librarians Furious Over Haruki Murakami Privacy Breach

Japanese librarians are furious about a leak to a newspaper of what books Nobel Prize winning author Haruki Murakami read in high school. The newspaper refused to apologize. December 3, 2015

Pope Francis Writing Children's Book

Loyola Press will publish Dear Pope Francis: The Pope Answers Letters from Children Around the World in March, 2016. November 24, 2015

Poet and Artist Ashraf Fayadh Sentenced to Death by Saudi Arabia

Poet and artist Ashraf Fayad has been sentenced to death by Saudi Arabian court on the grounds his poetry promotes atheism and spreads destructive thoughts. November 24, 2015

Shakespeare and Co. Bookstore Sheltered Customers From Paris Terror Attacks

Canadian author Harriet Alida Lye describes customers being sheltered during Paris terrorist attacks by the famous Shakespeare and Co. bookstore. November 16, 2015

Anne Frank's Father Added as Co-Author to Extend European Copyright Protection

Anne Frank's father, Otto Frank, has been added as a co-author to her diary in a bid to extend the European copyright. Without the addition, the copyright ends in January, 2016. November 16, 2015

James Corden's New Book Club Discusses How to be a Bad Bitch by Amber Rose

James Corden and Reggie Watts launch their new book club. Johnny Galecki and Christoph Waltz discuss Amber Rose's book, How to Be a Bad Bitch. November 13, 2015

Gwyneth Paltrow Launching Book Imprint With Hachette Called Goop Press

Gwyneth Paltrow is going into the book publishing business. She is partnering with Grand Central Publishing to create a new imprint called Goop Press. November 11, 2015

Book by Assassinated Charlie Hebdo Editor in Chief to be Published by Little Brown

Little Brown will posthumously publish slain Charlie Hebdo's editor's book Open Letter: On Blasphemy, Islamophobia and the True Enemies of Free Expression. November 10, 2015

Stephenie Meyer Producing New Supernatural TV Show Called The Rook

Twilight author Stephenie Meyer is producing a new supernatural tv show based on The Rook by Daniel O'Malley. The British show will air on Hulu in the U.S. November 10, 2015

Barnes & Noble to Offer 500,000 Signed Books on Black Friday

Barnes & Noble will offer half a million signed books by over 120 authors on Black Friday. November 9, 2015

David Mitchell Wins Best Novel for The Bone Clocks at 2015 World Fantasy Awards

David Mitchell wins Best Novel at the World Fantasy Awards for The Bone Clocks. Also, H.P. Lovecraft has been dumped as the image for the award statuette. November 9, 2015

Bridget Moynahan Talks The Blue Bloods Cookbook

Bridget Moynahan talked about the Blue Bloods Cookbook on CBS This Morning. November 8, 2015