British Lawyer Who Blabbed J.K. Rowling's Secret Pen Name Gets Fined and Reprimanded

Christopher Gossage, the attorney who revealed that J.K. Rowling is also Robert Galbraith, has been fined and reprimanded by Solicitors Regulation Authority. January 3, 2014

Bill de Blasio is 109th Mayor of New York City

Bill de Blasio is the 109th Mayor of New York City. He was sworn in by former President Bill Clinton. January 2, 2014

Tale of Despereaux Author Kate DiCamillo Appointed National Ambassador for Young People's Literature

Newberry Award-winning author Kate DiCamillo has been appointed as the new National Ambassador for Young People's Literature by the Library of Congress. January 2, 2014

Scholastic Launches Reading Campaign Called Get Book Fit

Scholastic launches a reading campaign for families called Get Bookfit which features giveaways, inspirational stories from top athletes and fun reading lists for kids of all ages. January 2, 2014

Shia LaBeouf Apologizes for Plagiarism Using Sky Writing

Shia LaBeouf hires sky writing plane to apologize to Daniel Clowes for plagiarizing his work in new film. January 2, 2014

Twitter Reveals Top Retweeted Tweets of 2013

Twitter has revealed the top tweets of 2013. The top three were all celebrity related. January 1, 2014

Trailer for Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond Starring Dominic Cooper

The BBC is releasing a miniseries about James Bond author Ian Fleming and his real life spy exploits.The miniseries stars Dominic Cooper. December 30, 2013

Welcome to Night Vale Creators Ink Book Deal With HarperCollins

Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor signed a book deal with HarperPerennial to write a novel based on their hit podcast, Welcome to Night Vale. It's a mix of comedy, sf and horror. December 28, 2013

Mommas Gone City Blogger Jessica Shyba Lands Two Book Deal With Macmillan

Jessica Shyba, who writes the Momma's Gone City blog, inked a two book deal with Feiwel & Friends. The book came out of cute photos she posted of her son and his puppy napping. December 28, 2013

Shia LaBeouf Facing Possible Legal Action for Plagiarism

Shia LaBeouf is facing possible legal action from several parties over multiple allegations of plagiarism. December 27, 2013

Author and Screenwriter Ned Vizzini Dead at 32

Author and screenwriter Ned Vizzini has died of an apparent suicide at the age of 32. December 20, 2013

David Lagercrantz Hired to Pen More Books in Stieg Larsson's Millenium Series

David Lagercrantz has been hired to write more books in Stieg Larsson's Millenium series, which began with The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. December 17, 2013

Cary Elwes Writing Book About the Making of The Princess Bride

Cary Elwes is writing a book about the making of the film, The Princess Bride. Cary played Westley in the film. December 12, 2013

New University of Colorado-Ricoh Study Finds Readers Won't Give Up Printed Books

Ricoh and the University of Colorado study finds consumers won't give up on printed books for ebooks. Says 60% of downloaded ebooks are never read. December 9, 2013

Amazon.com Launches Short Story Imprint Called StoryFront

Amazon.com launches new short story imprint called StoryFront. It will publish short works and poetry by emerging and established authors. December 8, 2013

New York Magazine Goes From a Weekly to Biweekly Schedule

New York magazine is the latest casualty in the industry. It's going from a weekly to a biweekly publishing schedule, but no layoffs are expected. December 2, 2013

President Obama and Daughters Sasha and Malia Visit Independent Bookstore for Small Business Saturday

President Obama kept up his family tradition of visiting an independent bookstore on Small Business Saturday. First daughters Malia and Sasha accompanied him on the trip. December 1, 2013

Rare Book of Psalms Sells for $14.16 Million at Auction

A rare 1640 Book of Psalms is now the most expensive printed book: it sold at auction for $14.16 million to a collector. December 1, 2013

Three Unpublished J.D. Salinger Manuscripts Leaked Online

Three J.D. Salinger manuscripts that are only available to scholars at Princeton and UT have been leaked online after a strange Ebay auction. November 30, 2013

Apple Objects to Mega Bill Submitted by Court Ordered Antitrust Monitor

Apple has objected to the massive invoice submitted by the court ordered monitor in the antitrust case. The invoice is for nearly $140k for two weeks' work. November 29, 2013

Buttercupgate: Suzanne Collins Forces Director of Hunger Games to Fire Cat Who Played Buttercup, Part Recast

Hunger Games author Suzanne Collins forced the director to fire the black and white cat cast as Buttercup in the movie. A new more buttery colored cat has now been cast in the role November 27, 2013

E.L. Doctorow's Accepts the 2013 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters

E.L. Doctorow gave an interesting speech about the Internet and free speech as he accepted the 2013 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters November 26, 2013

James McGrath Wins the National Book Award for Fiction

James McGrath won the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction for his novel, The Good Lord Bird November 26, 2013

Oxford Dictionaries Names Selfie the Word of the Year

Selfie is the new word of the year, according to The Oxford Dictionaries. November 19, 2013

Screenwriter and Teacher Syd Field Dies at 77

Syd Field, known as the guru of screenwriting, has died at the age of 77. November 19, 2013