Readers Can't Get Enough of Christian Grey

Readers can't get enough of Christian Grey. E.L. James' new book, Grey, told from Christian's point of view broke sales records in its first week of release. June 23, 2015

Gina Rodriguez to Publish Book With Simon & Schuster

Actress Gina Rodriguez will publish her first book with Simon & Schuster in 2016. June 22, 2015

Taylor Swift Criticizes Apple Music's Free Trial in Open Letter

Taylor Swift has criticized Apple's new music service in an open letter. She attacks the tech giant for offering three months free while not paying artists and songwriters. June 21, 2015

John Spurling Wins 2015 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction

John Spurling has won the 2015 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction for The Ten Thousand Things. The book was rejected 44 times before being published. June 20, 2015

Fifty Shades of Grey Fan Fiction is Booming

E.L. James new book Grey is already a bestseller. But the book has competition from the explosion of fan fiction about Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele. June 20, 2015

Amazon Inks Deal With Penguin Random House

Amazon finalized a deal with Penguin Random House for the sale of ebooks and print books. But the European Commission wants to know what's in these contracts. June 19, 2015

R.L. Stine Recommends Some Scary Summer Reading for Kids

Goosebumps author R.L. Stine tells the story of how a special librarian introduced him to one of his favorite authors. He recommends a scary book for summer reading. June 18, 2015

Donald Trump Announces He is Running for President

Donald Trump wants to be president. He announced his bid to run in the 2016 campaign yesterday. June 17, 2015

First Lady Michelle Obama Guest Edits More Magazine

First Lady Michelle Obama is the guest editor of the July/August 2015 issue of More magazine. June 15, 2015

Miguel de Cervantes Laid to Rest 400 Years After His Death

No one hired a proofreader for the new tomb of Miguel de Cervantes, Spain's greatest writer. The Don Quixote author has a new tomb and headstone, but it has a typo. June 15, 2015

Swedish YouTube Star Felix Kjellberg Inks Book Deal

Swedish YouTube star Felix Kjellberg aka PewDiePie has signed a book deal with Penguin Random House. The inspirational book hist stores in October. June 12, 2015

John Scalzi Inks $3.4 Million Publishing Deal With Tor

SF author John Scalzi has signed a decade long, $3.5 million deal with Tor for 13 books. He discusses the deal. June 12, 2015

Jimmy Fallon Stars in the Book Trailer for His New Children's Book

Jimmy Fallon has written a new children's book called Baby's First Word Will Be Dada. Here he stars in the book trailer. June 8, 2015

Saudi Blogger to Receive 1,000 Lashes and Ten Years in Prison

A Saudi blogger will receive 1,000 lashes and ten years in prison. The sentence has been upheld by Saudi Arabia's Supreme Court. June 7, 2015

Naya Rivera is Writing a Memoir

Glee star Naya River is writing a memoir about her career, her love life and the challenges she's faced as a mixed race actress. June 7, 2015

Aziz Ansari Writes a Book About Love and Online Dating

Aziz Ansari teamed up with sociologist Eric Klinenberg to write Modern Romance, a book about the state of love in the modern world. June 5, 2015

Jacqueline Woodson Named Young People's Poet Laureate

Jacqueline Woodson has been named the new Young People's Poet Laureate by the Poetry Foundation. She is the author of Brown Girl Dreaming. June 4, 2015

Gabourey Sidibe Inks Memoir Deal With Houghton Mifflin

Oscar nominated actress Gabourey Sidibe is writing a memoir for Houghton Mifflin Harcrourt. June 3, 2015

Ali Smith Wins Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction for How to Be Both

Ali Smith won the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction for her sixth novel, How to Be Both. The prize carries a cash award of 30,000 British pounds. June 3, 2015

James Patterson Launching Children's Book Imprint at Little, Brown

James Patterson is launching a new kids book imprint called jimmy patterson at Little, Brown. He will donate all his profits to children's literacy efforts. May 30, 2015

Rodale Launches Organic Life Magazine

Rodale has launched a new magazine called Rodale's Organic Life. The first issue was the May/June 2015 issue. May 27, 2015

Bobby Jindal to Publish American Will Book in October

Bobby Jindal will publish a new book, American Will, in October through Threshold Editions. May 27, 2015

Vox Media Acquires Recode.net

Vox Media has acquired the Recode tech news site. The site will continue to publish at the recode.net site. May 26, 2015

Meredith Launches Parents Latina Magazine

Meredith has launched a new print magazine called Parents Latina. It is part of the Meredith Parents Network. May 26, 2015

Orbit Acquires Two New Science Fiction Novels by Ann Leckie

Orbit has acquired two new science ficiton novels by award-winning author Ann Leckie. May 26, 2015