BEA Rebrands Consumer Day as BookCon

Readers will be welcome at BookExpo America at the new BookCon on Saturday, May 31, 2014. January 22, 2014

Tumblr's Traffic Growth May Have Flattened

Comscore data indicates that Tumblr's traffic growth has flattened. January 21, 2014

F+W Media Acquires New Track Media

F+W Media has announced the acquisition of New Track Media, a publisher of arts and crafts magazine. January 20, 2014

Amazon Announces Seventh Annual Breakthrough Novel Award Contest

Amazon's novel award contest returns for the seventh year this year. It opens to submissions on February 16. January 20, 2014

Simon and Schuster Expands Ebook Presence in U.S. Libraries With Full Catalog

Simon and Schuster took the plunge and is putting its entire catalog of ebooks available for libraries who are signed up with the OverDrive service. January 19, 2014

Herbie Hancock Named Harvard University's 2014 Norton Professor of Poetry

Grammy winning pianist and composer Herbie Hancock has been named Harvard University's 2014 Norton Professor of Poetry. January 18, 2014

AOL Finds Partner to Run Patch Local News Service

AOL has found a partner, Hale Global, to run Patch, its local news service. The deal was announced January 15. January 17, 2014

Sylvia Day to Publish New Blacklist Series With St. Martin's Press

Sylvia Day has signed a book deal with St. Martin's Press worth over $10 million. Her first novel, Blacklist, will debut with St. Martin's in 2015 January 17, 2014

Simon and Schuster Launching New SF Imprint Called Simon451

Simon and Schuster is launching a new sf imprint called Simon451. The first book is by the X-Files' Gillian Anderson and Jeff Rovin January 17, 2014

Oyster, an Ebook Subscription Service, Raises $14 Million

Oyster, a subscription ebook service, has raised $14 million January 16, 2014

Sinead Morrissey Wins 2013 T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry

Sinead Morrissey is the winner of the 2013 T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry. She has been shortlisted for the prize a total of four times. January 16, 2014

Screenplay Nominees for the 86th Oscars Announced

The screenplay nominees for the 86th Oscars have been announced. The winners will be announced on March 2, 2014 January 16, 2014

James Frey Sells Rights to YA Novel Endgame to Fox and HarperCollins for $2 Million

James Frey just sold the film rights to his YA novel Endgame to Fox and the book rights to HarperCollins. January 15, 2014

Spike Jonze Wins Best Screenplay at 2014 Golden Globes

Spike Jonze won Best Screenplay for his script Her at the 2014 Golden Globes. January 12, 2014

Shia LaBeouf Announces Plan to Withdraw From Public Life, Then Skywrites 5 Mile Long Message

Shia LaBeouf announces his retirement, then skywrites a five mile long message to stop creating. January 11, 2014

Penguin Random House, Twitter and AAP Launch Second Annual TwitterFiction Festival

Alexander McCall Smith, Brad Meltzer are headlining the TwitterFiction Festival which features top authors and aspiring writers. The call for entries is open now. January 10, 2014

Kensington Acquires Lyrical Press as its Digital Imprint

Kensington Publishing purchased Lyrical Press as its lead digital imprint. Kensington is actively acquiring new titles for the imprint and increasing marketing support. January 10, 2014

Barnes and Noble Announces Holiday Revenues Were Down Due to Slowing Nook Sales

Barnes and Noble announced its holiday revenues, which were essentially the same as last year when the Nook's performance is factored out. Nook revenues are down. January 9, 2014

Danielle Steel Named a Chevalier of the Legion d'Honneur by French Government

She's sold 600 million books worldwide. Now Danielle Steel has been awarded the French government's highest honor, the Chevalier of the Legion D'Honneur January 9, 2014

Apple Asks for External Monitor to be Fired Over Exorbitant Fees, Personal Bias

Apple has asked that the court fire the monitor it imposed on the tech giant in the antitrust suit. Apple says his fees are ridiculous and he is intrusive and biased. January 8, 2014

Yahoo Launches Yahoo Tech and Yahoo Food

Yahoo has launched new vertical sites, Yahoo Tech and Yahoo Food. January 7, 2014

2013 Costa Book Award Winners Announced

Winners of the 2013 Costa Book Awards have been announced. Kate Atkinson won the novel award for Life After Life. January 7, 2014

AARP Revamps iPad App

AARP has revamped its AARP Publications App. The App features both AARP The Magazine and AARP Bulletin January 6, 2014

Scottish Poet Douglas Dunn Wins 2013 Queen's Medal for Poetry

Scottish poet Douglas Dunn is the winner of the 2013 Queen's Medal for Poetry January 6, 2014

WGA Announces 2014 Writers Guild Awards Screen Nominations

The WGA has announced the nomations for the 2014 screenplay awards. The winners will be honored on February 1, 2014. January 5, 2014