Moshi Monsters Magazine is the Bestselling Children's Magazine in the UK

The Moshi Monsters Magazine is most popular children's magazine in the UK. August 18, 2011

Disney to Launch Olympian Week to Promote Rick Riordan's Son of Neptune

Disney Publishing Worldwide (DPW) has announced the largest first printing in its history for Rick Riordans Son of Neptune. August 18, 2011

James Patterson, Danielle Steel Top Forbes' List of Top Earning Authors

Forbes has compiled a list of the Highest Paid Authors. August 18, 2011

Abercrombie & Fitch Willing to Pay Jersey Shore Stars Not to Wear Its Clothes

Abercrombie & Fitch is taking the rare move of trying to completely dissociate itself from a major television show. August 17, 2011

Reader's Digest Announces Writing Contest With $25,000 Prize

Reader's Digest has announced a writing contest. August 17, 2011

Amazon Publishing to Publish Tim Ferriss's Next Book

Amazon. August 17, 2011

Janet Evanovich and Kathryn Stockett Join Kindle Million Club

Janet Evanovich and Kathryn Stockett are the two Amazon. August 16, 2011

Short Lived CondeElevator Twitter Account Causes a Stir

A Twitter account, called CondeElevator, caused a stir last week. August 15, 2011

Jodi Picoult Teams With Daughter Samantha Van Leer for Teen Novel

Bestselling author Jodi Picoult and her daughter, Samantha van Leer, have teamed up to write Between the Lines, a young adult novel which will be published on June 26, 2012. August 15, 2011

Avon Announces Debbie Macomber Short Romance Fiction Writing Contest

Avon is holding a short romance fiction writing contest to celebrate the launch of Debbie Macomber's novel, Family Affair, in paperback and ebook format in July, 2012. August 15, 2011

Michele Bachmann Wins Iowa Straw Poll

Michele Bachmann won the Iowa Straw Poll, which is also known as the Ames Straw Poll, with 28. August 14, 2011

Texas Governor Rick Perry Officially Announces Presidential Bid

Texas Governor Rick Perry has officially joined the 2012 GOP race for president. August 13, 2011

Bitly Acquires Twitterfeed from Mario Menti

Bitly, a popular URL shortener and more, announced it has acquired Twitterfeed. August 13, 2011

Lionsgate Announces Film Date for Catching Fire, Second Book in Hunger Game Series

The first film in The Hunger Games series has not even arrived and Lionsgate is already announces the release date for the second movie. August 13, 2011

Slice Literary Awarded $25,000 Grant From Amazon

Slice Literary, Inc. August 13, 2011

Newsstand Sales for Celebrity Weekly Magazines Plunge

The Wall Street Journal reports that newsstand sales for celebrity weekly magazines plunged in the first half of 2011 according to the latest data from the Audit Bureau of Ciculations. August 12, 2011

David Copperfield Claims J.K. Rowling Stole His Life Story for Harry Potter Novels

You know all those baseless lawsuits filed against J. August 12, 2011

Tony Parsons is Heathrow's New Writer-in-Residence

Heathrow Airport has a new writer-in-residence. August 12, 2011

Photo: President Obama Briefed on Helicopter Shot Down in Afghanistan

President Barack Obama looks grim and serious as he takes a phone call about the tragedy in Afghanistan. August 10, 2011

Philip Levine Appointed U.S. Poet Laureate

Philip Levine has been named the U. August 10, 2011

Twitter Completes Rollout to New Twitter. Old Twitter No Longer Available

Twitter has tweeted that the new Twitter is officially the only Twitter. August 8, 2011

Hearst UK to Cease Publishing Cosmopolitan Bride and She Magazines

The Guardian is reporting that Hearst Magazines UK is shuttering Cosmopolitan Bride and She. August 8, 2011

SCBWI Announces Winners of the Crystal Kite Awards

The Crystal Kite Awards are new awards given each year by the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators to recognize great books from the 70 SCBWI regions around the world. August 8, 2011

AOL Launches Editions for iPad

AOL has launched Editions, which it describes as a free daily magazine for the iPad. August 6, 2011

U.S. Postal Service Honors O. Henry With Forever Stamp

Writer O. Henry has been honored by a Forever stamp issued by the U.S. Postal Service. August 6, 2011