New Pottermore Website Will Offer Interactive Reading Experience and Harry Potter Ebooks

Pottermore is coming in 2011. You can start registering for the site on July 31st. Get early access by completing an online challenge. June 23, 2011

Browser Usage Becoming More Evenly Split Among Top Three Browsers

Browser usage continues to become more evenly split among the top three: Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome. June 22, 2011

HarperCollins to Publish Jimmy Connors' Autobiography

HarperCollins has announced it will publish Jimmy Connors; autobiography. June 22, 2011

Amazon Acquires Rights to Author Ed McBain's Books

Amazon. June 22, 2011

Meredith Corp. Shutters ReadyMade Brand

The Wall Street Journal reports that Meredith Corp. June 21, 2011

C.D. Wright and David Wagoner Read Poetry at Library of Congress

Poets C. June 21, 2011

List of Writers Invited to Join The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences sent invitations to join the organization to 178 artists and executives. June 21, 2011

Robots Turn On Us in Robopocalypse

Robopocalypse, by Daniel H. June 20, 2011

John Locke is First Self-Published Author to Sell 1 Million Kindle Ebooks

Amazon. June 20, 2011

President Barack Obama Starts Using His Twitter for 2012 Campaign

A message on BarackObama. June 19, 2011

Songwriters Honored at 2011 Hall of Fame Gala

Songwriters were honored at the 2011 Songwriters Hall of Fame Gala. June 18, 2011

National Book Festival 2011 Poster Unveiled

The poster for the 2011 National Book Festival has been revealed. June 17, 2011

Spam Books Clogging Amazon.com's Kindle Store

Reuters reports that spam books are clogging Amazon's Kingle bookstore. June 17, 2011

J.K Rowling Launches Mysterious Pottermore Website

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Colum McCann Wins 2011 International Impac Dublin Literary Award

Colum McCann has won the 2011 International Impac Dublin Literary Award. June 15, 2011

Borders Extends Leases on Six Stores, But Forty-Five Stores May Soon Close

A report last week indicated that lenders may force Borders to close as many as 51 more stores. June 14, 2011

Samuel L. Jackson to Narrate Go the F**k to Sleep

Samuel L. June 14, 2011

MTV Launches a Tumblr

MTV recently launched an official Tumblr. June 13, 2011

Glee's Chris Colfer Signs Children's Book Deal

Glee star Chris Colfer has landed a two book deal with Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. June 13, 2011

Singer-Songwriter Carole King to Write Memoir

Carole King, 69, has signed with Grand Central Publishing to publish a memoir in April 2012. June 13, 2011

Facebook Starting to Lose Users in the U.S.

Facebook is still growing worldwide, but the social networking leader is starting to lose users in the U. June 12, 2011

Fifth Mo Willems Pigeon Book to Arrive in April, 2012

Disney Publishing Worldwide has announced it will publish a fifth picture book starring Pigeon, Mo Willems' avian hero. June 12, 2011

Pearl Jam Twenty to be Published in September

Simon & Schuster announced it will publish Pearl Jam Twenty on September 13, 2011. June 11, 2011

Previously Unpublished Conan Doyle Novel to be Published

The Guardian reports that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's first novel, The Narrative of John Smith, is about to be published for the first time this fall. June 10, 2011

Michael Connelly Has Sold Over One Million Kindle Ebooks

Amazon. June 9, 2011