Hachette Accuses Amazon of Deliberately Delaying Shipments for Some of Its Books

Hachette is accusing Amazon of delaying shipments for some of its books. Some books are getting delays of two to three weeks despite Hachette supplying Amazon with books. May 9, 2014

Saudi Blogger Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison and 1,000 Lashes for Insulting Islam

Saudi blogger Raif Badawi was sentenced to 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes for insulting Islam. May 8, 2014

Nylon Magazine to Merge With FashionIndie After Being Sold to Diversis Capital

Nylon magazine has been sold to Diversis Capital. The magazine will be merged with Fashionindie. May 8, 2014

Margaret Atwood and Kathleen Jamie Win 2014 Orion Book Award

Margaret Atwood and Kathleen Jamie are the winners of the 2014 Orion Book Award. May 8, 2014

Winner of the 2014 Pegasus Award for Poetry Criticism Announced

The University of California Press is the winner of the 2014 Pegasus Award for Poetry Criticism May 8, 2014

Amazon.com Expands Sunday Delivery to 15 More Cities

In addition to NYC and LA, 15 more cities will now get Sunday delivery from Amazon.com. May 8, 2014

Putin Signs New Law Requiring Bloggers to Register

Vladimir Putin has signed into law in Russia strict new rules regarding blogging. Bloggers will also have to register. May 7, 2014

Jet Magazine to End Print Edition as it Transforms Into Digital Publication

Jet magazine is ending its print edition as it transforms into a digital only publication. May 7, 2014

Dana Perino to Publish Memoir in May 2015

Dana Perino will publisher a memoir in May 2015 through Twelve, an imprint of Grand Central Publishing/Hachette Book Group May 7, 2014

Russian President Vladimir Putin Bans Swearing in Books

Russian president Vladimir Putin has banned swearing in books. May 7, 2014

Twitter Shares Fall 10% as Lock-up Period Ends

Twitter shares are down 10% as lock-up period expires. The lock-up expiration frees about 470 million shares for trading. May 6, 2014

Fast Company Named Magazine of the Year

Fast Company was named the magazine of the year at the 2014 National Magazine Awards May 6, 2014

Jason Priestley Publishes Memoir With HarperOne

Jason Priestley has published his memoir with HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins. May 6, 2014

Edgar Allan Poe House Reopens in Baltimore

The Edgar Allan Poe House has reopened in Baltimore. It will be open on weekends starting May 24. May 6, 2014

Nathaniel Mackey Wins 2014 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize

Nathaniel Mackey has won the 2014 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize May 6, 2014

Amazon Offers Twitter Shopping With Amazon Cart Feature

Amazon is offeirng shopping on Twitter with its new Amazon Cart feature. The feature uses the #AmazonCart hashtag. May 5, 2014

Cindy Crawford Covers Relaunch of Lonny Magazine

Cindy Crawford covers the relaunch of Lonny magazine. The digital magazine has a redesigned issue format for the May 2014 issue. May 5, 2014

Winners of the 2014 Edgar Allan Poe Awards Announced

Winners of the 2014 Edgar Allan Poe awards were announced at the Mystery Writers of America Gala Banquet in New York City. May 5, 2014

Gordie Howe's Autobiography Arrives in October

G. P. Putnam's Sons will publish Gordie Howe's autobiography, Mr. Hockey, in October. May 4, 2014

Baen Books Launches Baen Fantasy Adventure Award

Baen Books has launched a short story contest called the Baen Fantasy Adventure Award May 4, 2014

Vice President Joe Biden Joins Instagram

Joe Biden officially joined Instagram in April. He has been sharing personal photographs and selfies. May 3, 2014

Joyce Chang Named Editor-in-Chief of Self Magazine

Joyce Chang has been named editor-in-chief of Self magazine. The appointment was effective May 1st. May 3, 2014

Christie Brinkley to Publish Diet, Fitness and Style Book

Grand Central Publishing will publish a diet, fitness and style book by Christie Brinkley May 3, 2014

News Corp Buys Harlequin for $415 Million

News Corp. paid $415 million to purchase Harlequin, which will become a subsidiary of HarperCollins. Harlquin has a huge international readership. May 3, 2014

Kevin Spacey Discusses New Documentary, Playing Shakespeare's Richard III

House of Card star Kevin Spacey discusses his other passion: Shakespeare. He has a new documentary about the world tour of Richard III in which he plays the power hungry king. May 2, 2014