Meltwater Group Buys IceRocket Social Search Engine

Meltwater Group has purchased the IceRocket search engine. August 5, 2011

The Onion Testing Metered Paywall on Non-U.S. Visitors

Paid Content is reporting that The Onion is testing a metered paywall on its website for non-U. August 5, 2011

Man Proposes Marriage Using a Library Book

This has to be some kind of proposal first. August 5, 2011

Vote For The Top-100 Science Fiction, Fantasy Titles at NPR

NPR has its listeners (and readers) voting on the best 100 science fiction and fantasy books of all time. August 5, 2011

Trailer for Twixt Starring Val Kilmer, Bruce Dern and Elle Fanning

Here is the trailer for Francis Ford Coppola's new movie, Twixt. August 5, 2011

Schofield Media Group Shutting Down

Trade publisher Schofield Media Group LLC is closing down. August 3, 2011

Barbara Kingsolver Wins Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award

The Dayton Literary Peace Prize Committee has announced that Barbara Kingsolver is the 2011 winner of the Richard C. August 3, 2011

Macmillan Debuts Blog Called The Daily Reader

Macmillan has launched a new blog called The Daily Reader. August 2, 2011

Jaycee Dugard's Memoir Sold 175,000 Copies on First Day

Jaycee Dugard's memoir, A Stolen Life, sold 175,000 copies the day it went on sale, according to publisher Simon & Schuster. August 1, 2011

Archivist Seeks to Preserve One Copy of Every Book Ever Written

Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive, has launched an ambitious project to save one copy of every book ever written. August 1, 2011

Foxconn to Replace Workers With 1 Million Robots

Foxconn is a company best known for manufacturing part for Apple gadgets, including the iPad and iPhone. July 31, 2011

George R.R. Martin Attends Comic-Con 2011

Author George R. July 31, 2011

Barack Obama Loses 34,000 Twitter Followers After Debt Crisis Tweets

The New York Daily News reports that President Obama lost around 40,000 followers when he turned to Twitter to discuss the debt crisis. July 30, 2011

Longlist for Man Booker Prizer 2011 Announced

The longlist for the 2011 Man Booker Prizer for Fiction has been announced. July 30, 2011

Hachette to Publish Lady Gaga Book of Photographs

Hachette Book Group's Grand Central Publishing imprint has announced it will publish Lady Gaga, a book of never seen photographs of the music and fashion star taken by photographer Terry Richardson. July 29, 2011

Winners of 2011 Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest for Bad Opening Sentences Announced

Sue Fondrie, an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, is the winner of the 2011 Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest. July 29, 2011

Hot Rumor: Apple in Talks to Buy Barnes and Noble

BGR reports on today's hot rumor: Apple is in talks to buy Barnes and Noble. July 29, 2011

Simon & Schuster to Publish Linda Ronstadt's Memoir

Simon & Schuster has announced it will publish Linda Ronstadt's memoir, Heart Like a Wheel. July 28, 2011

Denise Richards Talks About Her New Book, The Real Girl Next Door

Denis Richards has a new book out about her life called The Real Girl Next Door. July 26, 2011

End of an Era: Borders is Closing All Stores and Liquidating

It's official: all Borders Bookstores are closing. July 25, 2011

Stephenie Meyer Talks Writing Breaking Dawn

Here is a video of Stephenie Meyer discussing Breaking Dawn, the final book in the Twilight Saga. July 23, 2011

Mashable's Google+ Profile Morphs Into Pete Cashmore

Google+ Product Manager Christian Oestlien asked businesses to refrain from creating Google+ profiles earlier this month. July 22, 2011

Yen Press to Publish Interview With a Vampire Graphic Novel

Yen Press, the graphic novel imprint of Hachette Book Group, announced it has entered into an agreement with Anne Rice to create a graphic novel adaptation of her novel, Interview with the Vampire. July 22, 2011

F&W Media Buys The Writers Store

F+W Media, the publisher of Writer's Digest, has announced the acquisition of The Writers Store. July 19, 2011

CNET Explains How To Delete Your Google+ Account

At a time when most people are trying to get a Google+ account, CNET TV published this video about how to delete your Google+ account. July 13, 2011