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Amazon's bestselling titles of 2013 include Dan Brown, Khaled HosseiniAmazon's 2013 list of bestselling adult titles includes Brown's 'Inferno' and Hosseini's 'And the Mountains Echoed,' while Veronica Roth's 'Allegiant' tops the children's bestseller list.
Neil Gaiman dresses as Charles Dickens to read 'A Christmas Carol'At the New York Public Library, Gaiman read an edition of 'A Christmas Carol' that Dickens himself had edited for live readings.
4 fabulous picture books for the young readers on your listTop off your last-minute holiday shopping list with these four fabulous picture books for young readers.
Independent bookstores capture headlines in 2013Many were sounding the death knell for independent bookstores as first Barnes & Noble and then Amazon rose to prominence. But indie stores have surprised the naysayers.
Jason Segel will portray David Foster Wallace in the film 'The End of the Tour'According to TheWrap, Segel will star as Wallace in the film and actor Jesse Eisenberg will portray author David Lipsky.
Independent bookstores and self-published authors are increasingly teaming upPreviously, independent bookstores tended to stay away from marketing self-published authors, but in the age of Amazon, some are embracing local authors no matter how they released their work.
Doctors: James Bond's job performance would suffer if he really drank that muchThe doctors who conducted the study by reading Ian Fleming's 'James Bond' novels noted that if the spy had drunk as much as Fleming said he did, Bond would have been ill-suited for car chases and shooting a gun.
Texas senator Ted Cruz is the star of a bestselling coloring bookThe company Really Big Coloring Books Inc. says the book is already on its third printing.
Is the letter 'e' in danger of extinction?The website Wired.com recently published an obituary for the letter 'e,' citing its absence from words such as Flickr and Tumblr, but linguist David Crystal says the letter isn't going anywhere.
Norway's entire National Library will soon be be stored onlineOnce the library is digitized, the books in the National Library will all be available for searching and reading online, though copyrighted works will only be available to Norwegian residents.
'The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug' is almost here. How to celebrate like a hobbitHobbit-authentic food, trivia games, and decorations will help you prepare for the release of 'The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug'.
Authors draw fans to ... a casino?A program at Connecticut's Mohegan Sun titled 'Winning Authors' brings bestselling authors to the casino, drawing crowds of hundreds.
Do libraries matter? 94 percent of Americans say libraries make life betterIn a recent survey by the Pew Research Center, 54 percent of respondents said libraries aren't as necessary as they once were when it comes to finding information. However, 94 percent said a library improves a community's quality of life.
Stephen King arrives on TwitterStephen King quickly attracted almost 200,000 followers and has used his new Twitter account to recommend such books as Benjamin Percy's novel 'Red Moon.'
'Mob City': Author of the series' source book John Buntin discusses organized crime in L.A.James Buntin's book 'L.A. Noir' is the basis for the TNT miniseries 'Mob City.'
'Rosemary's Baby' will be adapted as a miniseries by NBC'Treme' director Agnieszka Holland is reportedly on board to helm the miniseries.
Authors petition UN for Digital Bill of RightsMore than 500 authors, including five Nobel Prize winners, have signed a petition asking that a Digital Bill of Rights be created.
'Saving Mr. Banks' garners mainly positive reviews'Saving Mr. Banks' stars Emma Thompson as 'Mary Poppins' author P.L. Travers and Tom Hanks as Walt Disney.
'Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children' author Ransom Riggs discusses his sequel'Hollow City,' the sequel to Ransom Riggs's 'Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children,' arrives on Jan. 14.
Alice Munro: a collection to bring her work to the world'Carried Away: A Personal Selection of Stories' by Alice Munro is a handy primer for those unfamiliar with the Nobel Prize winner's work.
