E.L. Doctorow and Maya Angelou to be Honored by National Book Foundation

Dr. Maya Angelou and E.L. Doctorow to be honored by the National Book Foundation for their contributions to writing and their humanitarian work. September 7, 2013

Dr. Seuss Books to Be Released as Ebooks for the First Time

Forty one bestselling Dr. Suess books will be released in ebook format for the first time by Random House beginning on September 24, 2013. September 4, 2013

Amazon Announces Kindle MatchBook Service

Amazon.com announces Kindle MatchBook Service which allows customers to buy ebook versions of purchased paper books at a steep discount. September 3, 2013

E.L.James Reveals Dakota Johnson and Charlie Hunnam Will Star in Fifty Shades of Grey Movie

Bestselling author E.L.James tweeted that Dakota Johnson and Charlie Hunnam will star in the movie version of Fifty Shades of Grey. September 2, 2013

Oxford Dictionaries Online Add Words Twerk, Babymoon and Selfie to its Lexicon

Babymoon, selfie, twerk and omishambles are all new words added to the Oxford online dictionary August 31, 2013

2013 Thurber Prize Finalists Announced

Dave Berry, Shalom Auslander, Alan Zweibel and Dan Zevin are named as finalists for the 2013 Thurber Prize for American Humor. August 31, 2013

Nobel Prize Winning Poet Seamus Heaney Dead at 74

Nobel Prize for Literature winner Seamus Heaney died at the age of 74. The renowned Irish poet died of complications of a stroke he suffered in 2006. August 30, 2013

CNN's Tom Foreman Describes Possible Targets in Syria if U.S. Strikes

CNN's Tom Foreman describes possible targets in Syria if U.S. and allies decide to strike. August 28, 2013

New Documentary and Book Claim a Treasure Trove of New J.D. Salinger Works to be Released in 2015

New documentary and movie claim a treasure trove of works by J.D. Salinger will be released starting in 2015 August 25, 2013

Adam Corolla Inks Political Humor Book Deal With It Books

Actor, comedian and bestselling author Adam Corolla inked deal for a book full of comedic rants about American politics and society. August 24, 2013

Today Book Club Selects The Bone Season as First Pick

Today has launched a book club. The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon is the first pick. August 22, 2013

Nielson Buys R.R. Bowker's Business Intelligence and Commerce Solutions

Nielson just bought R.R. Bowker's Business Intelligence and Commerce Solutions, so it can now track ebook sales as well as music, books, tv and videogame preferences of consumers. August 22, 2013

Facebook Now Lets Publishers Embed Public Posts

Facebook is now letting publishers embed public posts onto its blogs and websites. August 21, 2013

Barbara Cartland's Complete Collection of 883 Novels to be Published

Barbara Cartland's complete collection of 883 novels are being published as part of a deal with M-W Books August 21, 2013

13-Year-Old to Publish Book Series With Penguin Young Readers Group

13-year-old Jake Marcionette to publish series with an imprint of the Penguin Young Readers Group. August 20, 2013

Crime Novelist Elmore Leonard Dead at 87

Bestselling crime novelist Elmore Leonard died from complications of a stroke at the age of 87. August 20, 2013

LinkedIn Launches University Pages

LinkedIn has launched University Pgaes. It also plans to lower the minimum age required to make a page to 14 on September 12. August 19, 2013

Meryl Streep To Narrate Colm Toibin's The Testament of Mary

Meryl Streep will narrate the audiobook for Colm Toibin's The Testament of Mary. It will be released on September 10, 2013. August 17, 2013

Rhonda Byrne to Publish New Book, Hero, This Fall

Rhonda Byrne, author of The Secret, has a new book, Hero, coming out this fall. August 16, 2013

Sinead Morrissey is Belfast's First Poet Laureate

Sinead Morrissey is Belfast's first Poet Laureate. She will produce a series of poems about Belfast. August 16, 2013

Patricia Cornwell Leaves Penguin for Harpercollins

Patricia Cornwell is leaving Penguin for Hapercollins. Harpercollins acquired rights to Cornwell's next two novels. August 16, 2013

Scholastic to Publish Children's Fantasy Novel by David Baldacci

Scholastic has acquried a children's fantasy novel by David Baldacci. The Finisher will be published on March 4, 2014 August 14, 2013

E.L. James Tops Forbes' List of World's Top-Earning Authors

E.L. James has topped the Forbes' list of the world's top-earning authors thanks to her Fifty Shades of Grey novel. August 14, 2013

Wimpy Kid Book 8 Revealed as Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck

Wimpy Kid Book 8 has been revaled as Diary of a WImpy Kid Hard Luck. The book will be released on November 5, 2013. August 9, 2013

Elmore Leonard Recovering From a Stroke

Crime novelist Elmore Leonard is recovering from a stroke in a Detroit hospital. He is 87. August 7, 2013