Amazon Acquires Avalon Books

Amazon. June 4, 2012

Stephen Colbert Explains How His Children's Book Ended Up on the Nonfiction Bestseller Lists

Stephen Colbert is now a children's author. June 4, 2012

Cover Art Released for The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan

Disney Publishing Worldwide has released the cover art for The Mark of Athena, the third book in the bestselling Heroes of Olympus series by Rick Riordan. June 3, 2012

Neil Gaiman Shares His Secrets for Freelancers

Neil Gaiman gave the Commencement Address to the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. June 3, 2012

Conde Nast to Revive M Magazine

Conde Nast's Fairchild Fashion Media is going to revive M Magazine, a men's magazine that ceased publishing in the 1990s. June 2, 2012

Stephen King to Publish New Novel With Hard Case Crime

Stephen King is publishing a new novel with Hard Case Crime. June 2, 2012

University of Missouri Press to Close

The Columbia Daily Tribune reports that the University of Missouri Press is shutting down. June 2, 2012

Rielle Hunter Writes Tell-All Book

Rielle Hunter, the woman who had a scandalous affair with John Edwards, has written a tell-all memoir. June 1, 2012

Oprah Re-Launches Her Book Club, First Pick is Wild by Cheryl Strayed

Book publishers got some good news today. June 1, 2012

Terry Pratchett's 50th Novel Snuff Wins Wodehouse Prize

Terry Pratchett has won the 13th annual Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction. May 31, 2012

Lauren Weisberger Inks Deal for the Sequel to The Devil Wears Prada

Simon and Schuster announced that Lauren Weisberger has inked a deal for the sequel to her bestselling novel, The Devil Wears Prada. May 31, 2012

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller Wins the Orange Prize for Fiction

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (Bloomsbury) has won the 2012 Orange Prize for Fiction. May 30, 2012

Lad Lit By Another Name: Esquire to Publish Digital Fiction for Men Only

Esquire magazine announced that it will begin publishing fiction for men. May 30, 2012

Toni Morrison Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom

In this photo, President Barack Obama chats with Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Toni Morrison in the Blue Room of the White House. May 29, 2012

Occupy Wall Street Librarians Suing City of New York Over Book Destruction

Occupy Wall Street and the OWS Librarians are suing New York City, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, and Sanitation Commissioner John Doherty for unconstitutionally seizing their library book during the OWS night raid in Zuccotti Park on November 15, 2011. May 29, 2012

Zach Galifianakis to Star in Film Version of A Confederacy of Dunces

Vulture reports that Zach Galifianakis has been cast as Ignatius J. May 27, 2012

Report: Rodale to Bring Best Life Magazine Back

Rodale, Inc. May 26, 2012

Queen Elizabeth Releases Queen Victoria's Personal Journals

Queen Elizabeth II has released the diaries of Queen Victoria, the only other British monarch to have ruled for 60 years. May 26, 2012

Library of Congress Releases List of Authors Scheduled to Speak at 2012 National Book Festival

The Library of Congress has released a list of authors and poets scheduled to speak at the 12th annual Library of Congress National Book Festival. May 26, 2012

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Jennifer Egan Tweeting Short Story

Pulitzer Prize winning author Jennifer Egan is tweeting a short story on Twitter. May 25, 2012

New Orleans Becomes Biggest City Without a Daily Newspaper

The Wall Street Journal reports that New Orleans has just become the biggest city not to have a daily newspaper. May 24, 2012

Publishers Association Chief Calls Opponents of Copyright Laws Thieves

The Bookseller reports on an impassioned speech by Richard Mollet, the chief executive of The Publishers Association in Great Britain. May 24, 2012

Leonardo DiCaprio is Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby

The trailer has been released for Baz Luhrmann's film The Great Gatsby, which is based on the novel by F. May 24, 2012

Fifty Shades of Grey Sells More Than 10 Million Books in 6 Weeks

Vintage Books announced today that E. May 22, 2012

British Book Chain Waterstones Cuts Ebook Deal With Arch Enemy Amazon.com

Struggling British book chain Waterstones has teamed up with Amazon. May 21, 2012