Ecco to Publish ISIS: The State of Terror by Jessica Stern and J.M. Berger

HarperCollins' Ecco has acquired the rights to Jessica Stern's and J.M. Berger's new book, ISIS: The State of Terror. September 18, 2014

Canada's Biggest Fiction Award Doubles the Prize Money to be Awarded

Scotiabank has stepped up and doubled the prize money for Canada's biggest fiction prize, the Scotiabank Giller Prize. C$140,000 will be awarded in November. September 18, 2014

Robin Thicke's Response to Copyright Lawsuit: He Was Too High to Have Written Blurred Lines

Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams' depositions have been released by the judge in the Blurred Lines copyright lawsuit. Thicke was too high to write the song, Williams wrote it. September 15, 2014

Alan Moore Finishes First Draft of Million Word Novel, Jerusalem

Alan Moore has finally finished the first draft of his second novel, Jerusalem. The word count is already over one million words, twice as long as War and Peace. September 12, 2014

Two American Authors Make the Shortlist for the 2014 Man Booker Prize

Americans Joshua Ferris and Karen Joy Fowler have made the shortlist for the $80,000 2014 Man Booker Prize. This is the first year Americans are eligible. September 10, 2014

Kindle Customers Get Notice of Apple Ebook Settlement From Amazon

Kindle customers got official notice from Amazon today that explains the Apple ebook settlement. If Apple loses on appeal a credit will show up in customers' accounts. September 10, 2014

Usher to Host Live Webcast to Promote Scholastic's Literacy Program

R&B superstar Usher has teamed up with Scholastic to promote reading and the love of books. He will do a live webcast on November 6th. September 9, 2014

Alicia Keys Explains How She Wrote Her New Single We Are Here

Grammy winning singer songwriter Alicia Keys explains her inspiration and how she wrote her new single We Are Here. September 9, 2014

Romance Novelist Rachel Ann Nunes Sues Kindergarten Teacher for Plagiarism

Women's fiction author Rachel Ann Nunes is suing a teacher for copyright violation and online harassment. The kindergarten teacher is accused of blatant plagiarism. September 8, 2014

Twitpic to Shut Down on September 25th

Twitpic is shutting its virtual doors. The last day for the photo sharing site will be September 25th. September 4, 2014

Amazon Launches KDP Kids With Illustrated Book Creation Software

Amazon.com announced KDP Kids and new software which allows authors to create chapter and illustrated books for the Kindle store. September 4, 2014

R.L. Stine Talks About Being Played by Jack Black in the Goosebumps Movie

R.L. Stine is very busy this year. Jack Black will play him in the Goosebumps movie, and he's relaunching Fear Street YA series with Party Games. September 2, 2014

Missing Chapter of Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Published

An early draft of Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory featured more children and some dire consequences in the Vanilla Fudge Room August 30, 2014

Bruce Springsteen Writes Picture Book for Adults Called Outlaw Pete

Bruce Springsteen and cartoonist Frank Caruso have teamed up to write a picture book for adults called Outlaw Pete. The book is based on Bruce's 2009 single of the same name. August 28, 2014

E.L. Doctorow to Receive Top Honor at the 2014 National Book Festival

E.L. Doctorow will receive the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction this weekend at the National Book Festival. President and Mrs. Obama are the honorary chairs. August 28, 2014

Steven Moffat Wins Writing Emmy for Sherlock: His Last Vow

Sherlock creator Steven Moffat was clearly stunned to win a writing Emmy for Sherlock: His Last Vow. August 26, 2014

Neil Gaiman and George R.R. Martin Take the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

Neil Gaiman stripped down to his shorts to take the ALS challenge by the beach, then challenged George R.R. Martin who took the challenge poolside. August 25, 2014

New York City is Getting a Pop Up Floating Library

New York City will get a pop up floating library on September 6, 2014. The library will be housed on the Lilac Museum Steampship in the Hudson River. August 22, 2014

Original Laura Ingalls Wilder Autobiography Reveals the Real Life on the Prairie

The original autobiography of Laura Ingalls Wilder will be published this fall. The adult book is a lot harsher and racier than the children's book series that it inspired. August 21, 2014

Former President George W. Bush Takes the Ice Bucket Challenge, Challenges Bill Clinton

Former President George W. Bush takes the ALS ice bucket challenge in hilarious video shot in Maine. Laura Bush also makes an appearance. August 20, 2014

Stephen King Takes the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, Nominates John Grisham

After the Foo Fighters recreated the prom scene from Carrie, they challenged Stephen King to the ALS challenge. King complied and challenged John Grisham. August 20, 2014

J.K. Rowling Writes New Story About Off-Stage Harry Potter Character Celestina Warbeck

J.K. Rowling has written an essay and a song about an obscure Harry Potter character. Celestina the Singing Sorceress has quite a colorful past. And she can really sing. August 18, 2014

1,100 German Authors Take Aim at Jeff Bezos and Amazon.com

1,100 German authors have penned an open letter to Jeff Bezos taking him to task over his negotiations with Bonnier Group over ebook pricing. August 18, 2014

Ann Druyan and Steven Soter Win Emmy for Writing Cosmos

Ann Druyan and Steven Soter picked up an Emmy for writing the reboot of Carl Sagan's Cosmos. Stephen Colbert's writing team also won an Emmy. August 17, 2014

Diana Gabaldon Talks Outlander TV Series

Diana Gabaldon reveals she only wrote the first Outlander book to learn how to write a novel. She never thought it would be published. Now it's a hit TV show on Starz. August 16, 2014