Tea Obreht Wins 2011 Orange Prize for Fiction

Serbian/American author Tea Obreht won the 2011 Orange Prize for Fiction with her debut novel, The Tiger's Wife. June 8, 2011

Author Lilian Jackson Braun Dead at Age 97

Lilian Jackson Braun - author of long-running "The Cat Who" mystery series - has died at age 97. June 7, 2011

AOL's Patch Local News Service Nears 7 Million Views

Online Media Daily reports that AOL's Patch. June 6, 2011

George R.R. Martin Talks The Ice Dragon

George R.R. Martin talks about his children's story, The Ice Dragon. The book evolved 20 years after it was a short story. June 6, 2011

Gjertrud Schnackenberg and Dionne Brand Win 2011 Griffin Poetry Prize

The winners of the 2011 Griffin Poetry Prize have been announced. June 6, 2011

Lee Child and Suzanne Collins Join Kindle Million Club

Amazon. June 6, 2011

James Patterson Has Sold Over 3 Million Ebooks

Hachette Book Group announced that author James Patterson has sold over three million ebooks. June 4, 2011

Oxford Dictionaries Online Adds Twittersphere, NSFW and ZOMG

The Oxford Dictionaries Online has announced the addition of another batch of new words to its dictionary. June 3, 2011

Google Launches Google +1 Button Embed Code

Google has made code available for its new +1 Button, so bloggers and webmasters can add the button to webpages and blog permalinks. June 2, 2011

Jill Abramson Named Executive Editor of The New York Times, Succeeds Bill Keller

The New York Times announced today that Jill Abramson has been named executive editor, and Dean Baquet has been named managing editor. June 2, 2011

Twitter Introduces New Follow Button

Twitter has announced the launch of a new Follow Button. May 31, 2011

Phyllis Grann Retiring From Knopf Doubleday After 40 Years in the Publishing Business

Knopf Doubleday Group chairman Sonny Mehta announced in a letter (PDF) that Phyllis Grann will be retiring after 40 years in the business. May 30, 2011

Candy Land Screenwriters Compare Upcoming Movie to LOTR

The screenwriters for the upcoming Candy Land movie had to think very creatively in order to turn the children's board game into a movie plot. May 29, 2011

Catherine Fisher Talks About Her New Relic Master Series

Author Catherine Fisher talked about her new series, Relic Monster. May 28, 2011

The World's Smallest Books

The world's smallest book according to Guinness World Records is a tiny copy of Anton Chekov's short story, "The Chameleon. May 28, 2011

Amazon Reveals List of Most Well-Read Cities in U.S.

Amazon. May 28, 2011

Gary Shteyngart Wins Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize

The Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize was established in 2000. May 28, 2011

Cardnetics Makes Business Cards With an Iris in the Center

A company named Cardnetics has created a business card that has a movable iris in the middle of it. May 27, 2011

AutoTrader Classics Ends Print Edition, Continues Online

Bizjournals. May 27, 2011

Jeffrey Deaver Pens New James Bond Novel

Jeffrey Deaver is the author of Carte Blanche, a new James Bond novel. May 27, 2011

Eoin Colfer Signs Three Book Deal With Disney-Hyperion

Disney-Hyperion Books, an imprint of Disney Publishing Worldwide, has acquired the eighth and final installment of bestselling author Eoin Colfer's hit Artemis Fowl series. May 26, 2011

Conde Nast Signs Lease to Become Anchor Tenant at One World Trade Center

Conde Nast has reportedly signed a $2 billion lease to become the anchor tenant in One World Trade Center. May 26, 2011

Amazon Names Larry Kirshbaum Publisher of Amazon Publishing Group

Amazon has named Larry Kirshbaum, former Time Warner Book Group CEO, as the publisher of the Amazon Publishing Group. May 25, 2011

HarperCollins to Publish New Michael Crichton Novel

HarperCollins announced it will publish a new Michael Crichton novel, Micro, in November, 2011. May 23, 2011

Joseph Brooks Dies in Apparent Suicide

Songwriter Joseph Brooks, 73, is dead in an apparent suicide. May 22, 2011