Instagram Announces 200 Million User Milestone

Instagram announced today it has reached the 200 million user milestone. They also have exceeded 20 billion photos shared so far. March 26, 2014

Amazon Issues Credits in Connection With Ebook Price Fixing Settlement

Amazon has issued credits to customers in connection with the ebook price fixing case in which the publishers settled with the Department of Justice. March 26, 2014

Amy Poehler is Named as the Honorary Chairperson of World Book Night

Amy Poehler is the Honorary Chairperson for the third annual World Book Night in which special editions of selected books are given away in communities all over the world. March 26, 2014

Writers Guild of America Asks FCC to Stop Comcast Time Warner Merger

The Writers Guild of America has filed a brief with the FCC asking that it stop the proposed merger between Comcast and Time Warner. March 25, 2014

Trailer for The Maze Runner Starring Dylan O'Brien, Kaya Scodelario and Will Poulter

Dylan O'Brien, Kaya Scodelario and Will Poulter star in the first full trailer for The Maze Runner, based on the bestselling YA novel by James Dashner. March 24, 2014

PEN International Demands that Turkey Reinstate Twitter Access as a Civil Right

PEN International slammed Turkey's banning of twitter. PEN says freedom of speech is a civil right and demands that access be reinstated. March 23, 2014

Trailer Video for the The Giver Starring Brenton Thwaites, Meryl Streep, Alexander Skarsgard

Brenton Thwaites, Meryl Streep and Alexander Skarsgard star in The Giver, based on the award winning dystopian young adult novel by Lois Lowry. March 21, 2014

The Vatican to Digitize 82,000 Rare Manuscripts and Make Them Available for Viewing Online

The Vatican Apostolic Library announced that it has hired a Japanese IT firm to digitize 82,000 rare manuscripts. The documents will be available for viewing online. March 21, 2014

J.R.R. Tolkien's Beowulf Translation Will Be Published for the First Time in May

Houghton Mifflin will publish J.R.R. Tolkien's Beowulf translation. Christopher Tolkien says his father expanded the backstories of the heroes and beefs up the dragon parts. March 20, 2014

Elizabeth Vargas to Publish Memoir With Grand Central Publishing

Elizabeth Vargas has announced plans to publish her memoir with Grand Central Publishing in Spring 2016. March 19, 2014

Janet Evanovich Talks The Chase on CBS This Morning

Janet Evanovich talked about The Chase on CBS This Morning. March 18, 2014

Ursula K. Le Guin Wins the Oregon Book Award for Fiction

Ursula K. Le Guin wins the Oregon Book Award for Fiction, Graham Salisbury picks up his eighth award, setting a record. March 18, 2014

Roxana Robinson Elected as the New President of the Authors Guild

Roxana Robinson has been elected as the new president of the Authors Guild. Judy Blume, Richard Russo, and James Shapiro will be vice presidents. March 17, 2014

Eight Writers Awarded $150,000 Yale Prize

Eight writers won the Windham Campbell Literature Prizes. Each writer will receive $150,000. March 16, 2014

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Wins National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction for her novel Americanah. Frank Bidart won the Poetry prize. March 15, 2014

Anne Rice is Writing New Book About the Vampire Lestat

Anne Rice announced that she is returning to the world of the vampires. The Prince Lestat will be released in October, 2014. March 13, 2014

Goodnight Songs is a Collection of Lullabies by Margaret Wise Brown

Goodnight Songs is a collection of lllabies by Margaret Wise Brown, the author of Goodnight Moon. March 9, 2014

George Saunders Wins The Story Prize for Tenth of December

George Saunders has won The Story Prize for 2013 for his short story collection, Tenth of December. March 9, 2014

College Board Removing Essay and Tough Vocabulary Words From SAT

The College Board is removing the essay and tough vocabulary words from the SAT March 8, 2014

John Ridley Wins Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay

John Ridley wins the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for 12 Years a Slave at the 86th Academy Awards March 5, 2014

Ellen's Oscar Celebrity Selfie Becomes Most Retweeted Tweet

Ellen Degeners' Oscar celebrity selfie has become the most retweeted tweet of all time. March 3, 2014

Spike Jonez Wins Oscar for Best Original Screenplay

Spike Jonez won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for his script for the film, Her. March 3, 2014

Author Philip Roth Says He Is Done Writing Fiction

Author Philip Roth tells The Book Haven at Stanford University that is he is done writing fiction. March 1, 2014

Biglari Holdings Acquires Maxim From Alpha Media Group

Biglari Holdings has acquired Maxim from Alpha Media Group for an undisclosed amount. February 28, 2014

Hillary Clinton is the Keynote Speaker at the AAP Annual Meeting

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is the keynote speaker at the annual meeting of the Association of American Publishers. She has a new memoir coming out this Spring. February 28, 2014