Woody Allen Wins Best Screenplay at 2012 Golden Globes

Woody Allen won Best Screenplay at the 2012 Golden Globe Awards for Midnight in Paris. January 16, 2012

Apostrophe Protection Society Condemns Waterstone's For Dropping Apostrophe

The UK's Waterstone's bookstore is dropping the apostrophe from its name. January 14, 2012

Seven Novels Shortlisted for 2011 Man Asian Literary Prize

Seven novels have been shortlisted for the 2011 Man Asian Literary Prize. January 13, 2012

HarperCollins Launches Comprehensive Backlist Program in Nine Independent Bookstores

HarperCollins announced the launch of its new Comprehensive Backlist Program today. January 12, 2012

2011 Story Prize Finalists Announced

The Story Prize has announced the finalists for the 2011 prize. January 11, 2012

Jon Stewart Blasts Gingrich, Santorum's Hypocrisy in Attacking Romney's Business Background, Wealth

Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum have been piling on Mitt Romney for the past couple of weeks, relentlessly painting him as a ruthless corporate raider who is so wealthy he is out of touch with regular Americans. January 10, 2012

Reddit Plans Black Out on Jan 18 to Protest PIPA/SOPA Legislation

Reddit has announced it will black out its regular content on January 18th from 8am to 8pm to protest the PIPA/SOPA legislation. January 10, 2012

Rachael Ray Signs Three Book Deal With Atria Books

Rachael Ray has signed a three book deal with Atria Books. January 10, 2012

Hatchet Job of the Year Shortlist Announced

A new British literary prize, the Hatchet Job of the Year, will be presented to the author of "the angriest, funniest, most trenchant book review of the past twelve months. January 10, 2012

Tim Tebow and Bronco's Overtime Win Sets Tweets Per Second Sports Record

Tim Tebow and the Bronco's overtime playoff win helped set a new sports Tweet per second record. January 9, 2012

HarperCollins to Publish Children's Fantasy Series by Chris Columbus and Ned Vizzini

HarperCollins has bought the rights to a three-book middle-grade series written by Chris Columbus and Ned Vizzini. January 9, 2012

American Dialect Society Names Occupy the 2011 Word of the Year

The American Dialect Society voted "occupy" as the word of the year for 2011. January 8, 2012

Meredith Corporation to Acquire FamilyFun From Disney Publishing

Meredith Corporation has signed an agreement with Disney Publishing Worldwide to acquire the assets of FamilyFun magazine. January 7, 2012

2011 Costa Book Award Winners Announced

Costa Coffee has announced the Costa Book Awards 2011 winners in the Novel, First Novel, Biography, Poetry and Children's Book categories. January 7, 2012

Bluewater Productions to Publish Ron Paul Comic Book

Bluewater Productions has launched a Ron Paul comic. January 7, 2012

A Tour of Charles Dickens' Childhood Home

This year is the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens. January 7, 2012

2012 Writers Guild Award Nominees Announced

The Writers Guild of America has announced the 2012 Writers Guild Award nominees. January 7, 2012

John Grisham Discusses the New TV Series, The Firm

Bestselling author John Grisham sat down with The Today Show's Matt Lauer to talk about the new TV series, The Firm, which is based on the bestselling 1991 novel. January 6, 2012

Jon Stewart Makes Fun of CNN's Weeble Graphics Used to Explain the Iowa Caucuses

Jon Stewart of The Daily Show mocked CNN's ridiculous graphics and CGI (computer generated images) used to illustrate what was happening at the Iowa caucuses. January 5, 2012

Barnes & Noble Considering Sale or Spin-off of Nook Business

Barnes & Noble Inc. January 5, 2012

Barnes & Noble Plans to Sell Sterling Publishing

The Wall Street Journal reports that Barnes & Noble will soon put its Sterling Publishing business up for sale. January 4, 2012

James Franco Inks Deal for Debut Novel With Amazon Publishing

The New York Observer reports that James Franco is publishing his first novel. January 4, 2012

Library Sends Police Officer to Collect Overdue Books From 5-Year-Old Girl

CBS Boston reports that a police officer in Charlton was sent to notify Shannon Benoit, a 5-year-old girl, that her library books were overdue. January 3, 2012

PostSecret Shuts Down iPhone App

PostSecret was one of the early successful blogs. January 2, 2012

Starz Spartacus TV Show Inspires Novel Series

The Starz' series Spartacus has inspired a new series of novels. January 1, 2012