Powerball Winner Funds Theater Production of Roberto Bolano's 2666

Former monk Roy Cockrum won $153 million lottery jackpot. He's funding a five hour production of Roberto Bolano's award winning novel 2666. March 16, 2015

Alabama Agency: Harper Lee is Not Being Abused

The Alabama state agency looking into alleged elder abuse of author Harper Lee has ended its investigation saying Ms. Lee is fully aware of her book deal. March 15, 2015

WWD to Offer Weekly Print Edition Instead of Daily

WWD has announced a publication change. It will become a weekly print publication instead of a daily one. March 14, 2015

Robin Thicke and Pharrell Hit With $7.4 Million Verdict in Blurred Lines Copyright Infringement Case

Robin Thicke and Pharrell lost their copyright infringement case. The jury found they infringed the song Got to Give It Up by Marvin Gaye. March 11, 2015

Isabel Allende to Publish New Novel With Atria Books

Isabel Allende has moved to Atria Books. She will publish The Japense Lover with Atria this fall March 10, 2015

Facebook is Shutting Down FriendFeed

Facebook is shutting dowen FriendFeed. March 9, 2015

James Patterson to Donate $1.25 Million to School Libraries

Bestselling author James Patterson is donating $1.25 million to school libraries in the U.S. Schools can apply for one of the grants and get bonus points from Scholastic. March 9, 2015

Self-Published Teen Inks Deal With Scholastic

Self-published teen author Aija Mayrock just inked a deal with Scholastic for an expanded version of her Book, The Survival Guide to Bullying. March 7, 2015

Page Likes to Decrease as Facebook Removes Deactivated Accounts

Facebook has warned users that Page Likes are going to decrease as it removes deactivated accounts. March 6, 2015

U.S. Postal Service Honors Maya Angelou With Forever Stamp

The U.S. Postal Service is honoring writer Maya Angelou with a Forever Stamp. March 6, 2015

Veronica Roth Writing New Young Adult Series

Divergent author Veronica Roth has inked a two book deal with HarperCollins for a new young adult series. But the details are classified, as she's still writing the first book. March 5, 2015

Diablo Cody to Write Screenplay for Live Action Barbie Movie

Oscar winner Diablo Cody will write a new screenplay for Sony's live action Barbie movie. This time, Barbie is like a modern-day Mary Poppins. March 5, 2015

Server Overwhelmed by Screenwriters Applying for HBO Writing Fellowship

The servers crashed after too many aspiring screenwriters submitted applications for the HBOAccess Writing Fellowship. HBO will grant waivers for those shut out by the crash. March 4, 2015

Uber Launches Quarterly Print Magazine

Uber has launched a quarterly print magazine called Momentum. March 3, 2015

Entourage's Ari Gold Inks Book Deal With Hachette

Entourage character Ari Gold is writing a book just in time for the Entourage movie. The super agent, played by Jeremy Piven, will share his secrets to world domination. March 3, 2015

J.K. Rowling Calls New Harry Potter Bibliography Mind-Boggling

Philip Errington, the director of children's books at Sotheby's, has written the definitive Harry Potter bibliography which J.K. Rowling calls mind-boggling. March 3, 2015

Drew Barrymore to Publish Memoir With Dutton

Drew Barrymore will publish her second memoir with Dutton. It has not yet been named. February 26, 2015

Google to Ban Most Nude Imagery on Blogger

Google has announced a change to its adult content policy for Blogger. Sexually explicit and graphic nudity is now banned on public Blogger blogs. February 24, 2015

Graham Moore Wins Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Imitation Game

The Imitation Game by Graham Moore took home the Oscar in the Best Adapated screenplay category at the 87th Academy Awards. February 23, 2015

E.L. James Demanding to Write Screenplay for Fifty Shades Sequel

Fifty Shades of Grey sequel, Fifty Shades Darker, has no director as Sam Taylor-Johnson is out. E.L. James can't stand her and wants to write the screenplay herself. February 19, 2015

Author Oliver Sacks Discusses Terminal Cancer Diagnosis

Dr. Oliver Sacks, author of Awakenings, discusses his diagnosis with terminal cancer in a new op-ed. He lays out his plan for the time he has left. February 19, 2015

New Dr. Seuss Book to Be Published in July 2015

A new Dr. Seuss book, What Pet Should I Get?, will be published on July 28, 2015 February 18, 2015

Pitch Perfect 2 Screenwriter Talks Sequel Pressure, Writing Habits

Kay Cannon nearly didn't write the sequel to Pitch Perfect because she was worried she would disappoint fans of the movie. But she persevered and got it done. February 18, 2015

Barneys Launches The Window Magazine

Barneys has launched a print magazine called The Window. February 17, 2015

Pharrell Williams Cuts Happy Picture Book Deal

Pharrell Williams has a cut a deal with Putnam Books for children's boks inspired by his hit song, Happy. February 17, 2015