Hillary Clinton's New Book, Hard Choices, is Effectively Banned in China

Hillary Clinton's new memoir of her time as Secretary of State, Hard Choices, has been effectively banned in China. No publisher will touch the book which is critical of China. June 30, 2014

Judy Blume to Publish First Book for Adults in Sixteen Years

Judy Blume is writing a novel for adults, her first in 16 years. The drama will explore family, friendship and dealing with tragedy. June 30, 2014

Author Tom Perrotta and Damon Lindelof Talk Adapting The Leftovers into a TV Show

HBO's The Leftovers premieres tonight. Author Tom Perrotta and Damon Lindelof explain the changes they made to adapt the book to a television series. June 29, 2014

Barnes & Noble to Spin Off Nook Business

Barnes & Noble plans to separate its Nook business. The company recently partnered with Samsung to make the devices. June 26, 2014

Daniel Handler to Host the National Book Awards Ceremony

Daniel Handler, aka Lemony Snicket, will act as master of ceremonies for the National Book Awards in November. June 26, 2014

Kyle Mills Will Take Over the Bestselling Mitch Rapp Series by the Late Vince Flynn

Vince Flynn's family and his editor announced that author Kyle Mills will take over writing the bestselling Mitch Rapp political thriller series. June 25, 2014

Hachette to Buy Perseus Book Group

Hachette confirmed it is acquiring independent publisher Perseus Book Group, denies the move is to get leverage over Amazon.com. June 25, 2014

Bob Dylan's Like a Rolling Stone Lyrics Sell for More Than $2 Million at Auction

Sotheby's auctions off the original handwritten lyrics to Bob Dylan's Like a Rolling Stone for more than $2 million. The manuscript also has notes and doodles by Dylan. June 24, 2014

Nelson DeMille Cuts Six Book Deal With Pocket Books

Nelson DeMille has signed a six book deal with Pocket Books, a division of Simon & Schuster. June 22, 2014

Charles Wright Named U.S. Poet Laureate

Charles Wright has been appointed U.S. Poet Laureate by the Library of Congress. June 22, 2014

Computerworld to Cease Publishing Print Edition

Computerworld plans to cease publishing its print edition. The website will continue with a redesign. June 21, 2014

Angry Robot Books Shutters YA and Mystery Imprints

Angry Robot Books closes two imprints, its YA imprint Strange Chemistry and Exhibit A, which publishes mysteries and crime novels. June 21, 2014

Rian Johnson Chosen By Disney to Write and Direct Next Two Star Wars Films

Rian Johnson, who wrote and directed Looper, has been chosed by Disney to write and direct the next two Star Wars movies. June 20, 2014

Michelle Lee Named Editor-in-Chief of Nylon

Michelle Lee has been named editor-in-chief of Nylon and Nylon Guys magazines. June 19, 2014

Shortlists for 2014 PEN Literary Awards Announced

The shortlists for the 2014 PEN Literary Awards have been announced. The prizes, awards and grants total $150,000. June 19, 2014

Mary Higgins Clark to Collaborate With Alafair Burke on New Novel

Mary Higgins Clark will co-write her next novel with Alafair Burke. The Cinderella Murder will hit stores in November. June 18, 2014

George R.R. Martin Makes a Cameo in the Latest Gay of Thrones Recap

George R.R. Martin makes a hilarious cameo in the latest webisode of Gay of Thrones, the LGBT recap of HBO's Game of Thrones. June 18, 2014

Apple Settles Ebook Price Fixing Suit With Department of Justice

In a surprise move, Apple has reversed course and is settling the ebook price fixing case with the U.S. DOJ. The settlement is secret and subject to court approval. June 17, 2014

The Word Adorkable is Added to the Collins English Dictionary

The word that Zooey Deschanel made famous, adorkable, has been added to the Collins English Dictionary. June 16, 2014

Nick Offerman's Monologue at the Radio and TV Correspondents Dinner

Nick Offerman's monologue at the 70th annual Radio and Television Correspondents Dinner in Washington, D.C. featured a refresher on the Bill of Rights. June 14, 2014

Novelist Elin Hilderbrand Writes About Her Breast Cancer Diagnosis

Novelist Elin Hildebrand just finished a novel about a woman who gets breast cancer. Now, she has the same diagnosis. She writes about her journey. June 13, 2014

Maria Bello Inks Memoir Deal With Dey Street Books

Actress Maria Bello is writing a memoir based on her NY Times essay about coming out to her son. The book will explore her relationships over the years. June 12, 2014

Cory Doctorow's YA Book Little Brother Banned in Florida School

Cory Doctorow fights back after a principal cancels entire summer reading program so no one could read Little Brother. June 12, 2014

Ed Sheeran Discusses His Process for Writing His New Single, Sing

Singer songwriter Ed Sheeran describes how he and Pharrell collaborated to write their new single, Sing. June 11, 2014

Hillary Clinton Draws Huge Crowd for Booksigning at Barnes and Noble in Manhattan

Hillary Clinton launched her book tour for Hard Choices today at the Barnes and Noble in Manhattan. Hundreds of people waited for hours for a chance to meet her. June 10, 2014