Roxane Gay to Receive 2015 Freedom to Write Award

PEN Center USA will award bestselling author Roxane Gay its 2015 Freedom to Write Award for her courage in defending free expression. November 6, 2015

Booksellers Sue to Overturn Louisiana's New Age Verification Law

Booksellers are suing to overturn Louisiana's new age verification law which required them to verify everyone's age before they can buy books or comic books. November 5, 2015

Amazon's New Poetry Contest Offers $5,000 Cash Prize and Publishing Contract

Amazon's Little A literary imprint is launching a poetry contest to discover emerging poets. Judges are Jericho Brown, Cornelius Eady and Kimiko Hahn. November 5, 2015

Twitter Changes Stars to Hearts and Favorites to Likes

Twitter has changed the icon used when favoriting a tweet from a star to a heart. November 3, 2015

Amazon Opens Real Bricks-and-Mortar Bookstore in Seattle

Amazon has opened its first real physical bookstore in Seattle. It is located in Seattle's University Village. November 3, 2015

Taylor Swift Sued for $42 Million for Alleged Copyright Infringement

Taylor Swift is being sued by songwriter who says she stole the lyrics for Shake it Off from him. He wants $42 million and a writing credit. November 2, 2015

Who's Down is a New Social App from Google

Who's Down is a new social app for Google for letting you know if you friends are available to do stuff. October 31, 2015

Mariah Carey to Publish Children's Book Based on Her Popular Christmas Song

Mariah Carey is publishing a children's book based on her popular Christmas song, All I Want For Christmas Is You. October 31, 2015

Laura Bush and Jenna Bush Hager Writing Children's Picture Book Benefiting National Parks

Laura Bush and Jenna Bush Hager are writing a children's book to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service. October 30, 2015

Jonathan Franzen Reads Stephen Colbert a Terrifying Bedtime Story

Jonathan Franzen read a bedtime story to Stephen Colbert. It was all about giant online bookstore that gobbled up independents. Now who could the Wolf be? October 29, 2015

American Writers Museum Finds Home on Michigan Avenue in Chicago

The first American Writers Museum is set to open in 2017. The museum announced it has leased space near the Chicago Art Institute on Michigan Avenue in Chicago. October 27, 2015

New York Times Closing Down City Room Blog

The New York Times is closing down its blog called City Room. October 26, 2015

Dark Horse Comics to Launch New Tomb Raider Series

Dark Horse Comics has announced it will launch a new Tomb Raider series written by Mariko Tamaki. October 26, 2015

Book Reviewer Harriet Klausner Dead at 63

Prolific book reviewer Harriet Klausner has died at the age of 63. The former librarian is Amazon.com's #1 Reviewer in its Hall of Fame from the early Web. October 26, 2015

Lincoln Chafee Drops Out of Democratic Presidential Race

There is one less contender for president on the Democrat's side. Lincoln Chafee is dropping out. October 24, 2015

Time Acquires HelloGiggles Site for Rumored $30 Million

Time has acquried the HelloGiggles site. Rumors put the purchase price at around $30 million. October 22, 2015

Pew Survey: Fewer Americans Reading Books

A new Pew Research Center survey reveals that fewer American adults are reading books than in previous years. Young adults now read more than older adults. October 22, 2015

Amazon Files Suit Against 1,000+ People Who Wrote Fake Product Reviews

Amazon.com has filed a lawsuit against more than 1,000 people who were hired to write fake product reviews. October 19, 2015

Phil Collins to Publish Autobiography in October 2016

Phil Collins will publish his autobiography in October 2016. It will be published by Crown Archetype. October 18, 2015

Neil Patrick Harris to Publish Middle Grade Series Called The Magic Misfits

Actor Neil Patrick Harris will publish a middle grade sereis called The Magic Misfits. October 17, 2015

Marlon James Wins Man Booker Prize for A Brief History of Seven Killings

Marlon James is the first Jamaican author to win the Man Booker Prize. He won for his novel A Brief History of Seven Killings. October 15, 2015

Amazon Committing $10 Million to Grow Literary Translation Imprint AmazonCrossing

AmazonCrossing is looking for books and translators to expand its line of foreign books to offer to American readers. It is seeking books in several genres. October 13, 2015

George R.R. Martin's Werewolf Novella Skin Trade Heading to Cinemax

Cinemax has ordered a pilot for George R.R. Martin's urban werewolf novella, Skin Trade. A werewolf and an ex-cop join forces to solve grisly murders. October 12, 2015

Dark Horse to Launch Comic Series Based on James Cameron's Avatar

Dark Horse Comics is launching a comic book series based on James Cameron's Avatar. October 9, 2015

Quvenzhane Wallis Inks Four Book Deal With Simon & Schuster

Quvenzhane Wallis just landed a four book deal with Simon & Schuster. The 12 year old Oscar nominee will write a chapter book series and a picture book based on her life. October 8, 2015