Mark Zuckerberg Starts World's Biggest Book Club

Mark Zuckerberg has started an online book club called A Year of Books. You better be a fast reader: he's reading one book every other week. January 3, 2015

Thomas Piketty Refuses France's Legion d'Honneur

Economist and bestselling author Thomas Piketty refuses his country's honor. He will not accept France's Legion d'Honneur. January 3, 2015

Dick Van Dyke Inks Deal for Book on Aging

Dick Van Dyke inks deal with Weinstein Books for book on aging. The book will be released on his 90th birthday. January 2, 2015

Senate Torture Report Sells Out in a Day, Melville to Print More

The Senate Torture Report published by Melville House sells out in a day. The indie publisher will go back to press for another run. January 1, 2015

Bebo Returns as a Messaging App

Bebo is back as a messaging app for iOS and Android December 30, 2014

Dr. Dobb's to Cease Publishing

Dr. Dobb's will cease publishing content on drdobbs.com at the end of 2014 December 29, 2014

Barnes and Noble Buys Back Pearson's Stake in Nook Media

Barnes and Noble will own 100% of its Nook business after buying out Pearson's stake in the ebook reader business. December 29, 2014

Authors See Income Dive After Joining Kindle Unlimited

Many authors are seeing big income drops after joining Amazon's ebook subscription service Kindle Unlimited. They did better just selling the titles individually. December 29, 2014

Macmillan Reaches Ebook Deal With Amazon

Macmillan CEO John Sargent announced a new, multiyear deal for print and ebooks with Amazon.com. He wrote to authors explaining how the ebook lawsuit settlement will affect pricing December 23, 2014

The Interview Screenwriter Talks Sony Hack

Dan Sterling wrote the screenplay for The Interview, which led to the massive hack of Sony. Sterling talks about being called the man who brought down Sony. December 17, 2014

Prominent Authors Accused of Conspiracy Against Turkish Government

Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk and novelist Elif Shafak are being accused of being part of an international literature lobby which aims to destroy the government of Turkey. December 12, 2014

Smithsonian Creates 3-D Portrait of President Obama

President Obama is the first president to be scanned in 3D. The portrait is now on display at the Smithsonian Castle. December 10, 2014

Instagram Reaches 300 Million Monthly Users

Instagram says it now has over 300 million monthly users on its photo sharing site. December 10, 2014

Time Names Ebola Fighters Person of the Year

Time has named the Ebola Fighter as the 2014 Person of the Year. December 10, 2014

Report: Startups Trying to Lure YouTube Stars Away From YouTube

A report in the Wall Street Journal says startups and Facebook are trying to lure YouTube talent away from YouTube. December 9, 2014

USA Today to Cease Publishing USA Weekend

USA Today has announced it is going to end publication of USA Weekend December 9, 2014

Hachette Tests Book Sales Using Twitter

Hachette is launching a new way to buy books: through Twitter. Promoted titles can be purchased on the author's Twitter: each title comes with a bonus. December 8, 2014

Robb Report Acquired by Rockbridge Growth Equity

Robb Report has been acquired by Detroit-based Rockbridge Growth Equity. December 7, 2014

Cat Fancy and Dog Fancy Become Catster and Dogster

Cat Fancy and Dog Fancy are being morphed into new publications called Catster and Dogster. December 5, 2014

Unpublished Raymond Chandler Comic Operetta Discovered

An L.A. author discovered an unpublished comic operetta by crime novelist Raymond Chandler. The libretto has been tucked away in the Library of Congress all these years. December 5, 2014

Google+ Now Lets Users Pin Posts

Google+ has added the pinned posts capability to Google+ pages. December 4, 2014

Meredith Publishes Eat This, Not That Magazine

Meredith has started publishing Eat This, Not That magazine which is based on the popular book franchise. December 4, 2014

J.K.Rowling's Harvard Commencement Speech to be Illustrated Book

Little Brown will publish an illustrated book version of J.K. Rowling's moving Harvard Commencement speech. Joel Holland will do the illustrations. December 3, 2014

HarperCollins Launches New Imprint Called HarperElixir

HarperCollins is launching a new mind, body, spirit imprint called HarperElixir. Four Agreements author Don Miguel Ruiz has already been signed. December 3, 2014

Amazon Reports Big Kindle Sales Over Black Friday

Amazon reports that its Kindle ebook reader and its Kindle Fire tablets have sold significantly more units than last year. December 1, 2014