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writer's blog home > blog archives page 37Hillary Clinton's New Memoir, Hard Choices, Arrives in Bookstores on June 10th
Hillary Clinton's new memoir is called Hard Choices. The title was revealed by publisher Simon & Schuster. April 21, 2014
Freelancer.com Announces Acquisition of Warrior Forum
Freelancer.com has announced the acquisitoin of Warrior Forum, an Internet marketing forum founded in 1997. April 19, 2014
George R.R. Martin Discusses His Inspiration for Game of Thrones
George R. R. Martin discusses his childhood and how it led to the creation of King's Landing and King Joffrey. He also reveals he will make a cameo on HBO's Games of Thrones. April 19, 2014
Leonard Riggio Sells 3.7 Million Shares of Barnes and Noble Stock
Barnes and Noble Chairman Leonard Riggio sells 3.7 million shares of stock. He will still own 20% of the company. April 17, 2014
Gabriel Garcia Marquez Has Died at the Age of 87
Nobel Prize winning Columbian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez has died at the age of 87 in Mexico after battling infections and dehydration. April 17, 2014
Boston Getting Life Size Bronze Sculpture of Edgar Allan Poe
Boston is getting an amazing life size bronze sculpture of Edgar Allan Poe. Stephen King and wife Tabitha helped fund the project. April 16, 2014
Twitter Acquires Gnip, a Social Data Provider
Twitter has acquired Gnip, a provider of social data. April 15, 2014
Author T.C. Boyle Inks Two Book Deal With HarperCollins
HarperCollins signed award winning author T.C. Boyle to a two book contract. The Harder They Come will be published in March, 2015. April 15, 2014
James Patterson Wins Chicago Tribune Young Adult Literary Award
James Patterson has won the Chicago Tribune Young Adult Literacy Award. He will accept the award at the 2014 Printers Row Lit Fest April 15, 2014
2014 Pulitzer Prizes for Journalism Announced
The winners of the 2014 Pulitzer Prizes for Journalism have been announced. The Guardian and New York Times won awards for the NSA PRISM coverage. April 14, 2014
J.K. Rowling, Gene Luen Yang and Ruth Ozeki Win L.A. Times Book Prizes
J.K. Rowling, Gene Luen Yang and Ruth Ozeki Win L.A. Times Book Prizes. The winners were announced Friday night. April 14, 2014
Donna Tartt Wins Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt wins the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Goldfinch, Vijay Seshadri wins the poetry prize. April 14, 2014
Geocache is First Fan-Voted Playable Word in Scrabble
Geocache has become the first fan-voted playable word in Scrabble. It beat out 15 other nominated words. April 13, 2014
Simon and Schuster and TED Conferences Team up for Book Collection
Smon and Schuster will publish a 12 book collection by popular TED speakers. The nonfiction collection will launch in September, 2014. April 12, 2014
Anna Gasteyer Interviews Ann Brashares About Her New YA Novel
Suburgatory star Anna Gasteyer interviews author Ann Brashares about her new book, The Here and Now. It doesn't go well, but it is hilarious. April 12, 2014
Amazon to Acquire ComiXology
Amazon has announced plans to acquire ComiXology, a cloud-based digital comics platform. April 10, 2014
Karin Slaughter to Publish Nonfiction Crime Series with HarperCollins
Karin Slaughter will publish a nonfiction crime series with HarperCollins. The series tells the stories of the FBI's Most Wanted. April 10, 2014
Michael Bond to Publish New Paddington Bear Book called Love From Paddington
Michael Bond will publish a new Paddington Bear book this fall to coincide with the release of the future film. Bond is 88 and still loves to write about Paddington. April 10, 2014
Alaska Dispatch Publishing to Acquire Anchorage Daily News From McClatchy
Alaska Dispatch Publishing is to acquire the Anchorage Daily News from McClatchy. The deal will close in the second quarter of 2014. April 8, 2014
Archie Andrews Dies in Upcoming Life With Archie Comic Book
Archie Comics has announced that Archie Andrews will die in an upcoming Life With Archie comic book. April 8, 2014
Microsoft Producing TV Shows for Xbox Live
Microsoft is producing TV shows for the Xbox Live. It already has six shows in production. April 7, 2014
ALA Announces Fiction and Nonfiction Shortlists for 2014 Andrew Carnegie Medals
The ALA has announced the fiction and nonfiction shortlists for the 2014 Andrew Carnegie Medals. Knopf cleans up, publishes three of the six nominees. April 7, 2014
Mara Anastas Named Publisher of Aladdin Books and Simon Pulse
Mara Anastas has been named publisher of Aladdin Books and Simon Pulse. April 6, 2014
Flea to Publish Memoir With Grand Central Publishing
Flea, bassist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, will publish his memoir with Grand Central Publishing. April 6, 2014
The Strand Magazine Publishes Previously Unseen Tennessee Williams Story
The Strand has published a previously unseen story by Tennessee Williams. It is called Crazy Night. April 6, 2014

