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American Writers Museum gets a design planA museum planned to honor America's literature is slated to be opened in Chicago by late 2020, if funding requirements can be met.
Will France ban some of Amazon's discounts?According to France's minister of culture and communications, the French government is looking to ban Amazon's current combination of free delivery and a five percent discount.
In China: an entire bookstore gets censored?The Chinese government has placed a media ban on mentions of the 70,000-square-foot bookstore Taiwanese bookstore chain Eslite plans to open in China's tallest building in 2015.
'Fifty Shades of Grey' film director chosenSome are seeing the choice of 'Nowhere Boy' director Sam Taylor-Johnson as a sign that the 'Fifty Shades of Grey' film adaptation will skew slightly high-brow.
E-book price-fixing trial: Will the judge come down on the side of Apple?Judge Denise Cote seemed inclined to rule for the Department of Justice at the beginning of the trial, but her remarks as the case closed seemed to indicate a shift towards Apple's side.
'Wolf of Wall Street' trailer shows Leonardo DiCaprio as an amoral stockbroker'Wolf of Wall Street' is based on a memoir by Jordan Belfort.
Simon & Schuster teams up with Algonquin HotelThe legendary hotel will host a Simon & Schuster suite, which will offer a bookshelf full of S&S titles and an advance reading copy of a book from the publisher.
Vince Flynn, author of 'Mitch Rapp' political thrillers, diesVince Flynn had recently released his newest book, 'The Last Man,' and his novels about the CIA were once called 'a little too accurate' by former president George W. Bush.
Do Asian readers know about the anti-Semitism in 'Mein Kampf'?North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been giving state officials copies of Adolf Hitler's book, while the book is a bestseller in India.
Penguin Books' First to Read program will give readers sneak peeksThrough First to Read, members will have the chance to get advance reading copies of Penguin Books before they are published.
Vice Magazine's controversial images of female authors committing suicide are taken downVice Magazine's newest fashion spread depicted models dressed like Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Plath, and others in the act of committing suicide. The photos were taken down after a public outcry.
Apple e-mails are at the center of the DOJ e-book price-fixing trialThe Justice Department’s e-book price fixing trial – alleging that Apple conspired to raise e-book prices – is scheduled to end this week.
Judy Blume gets her own literary celebration with 'Blumesday'Inspired by the James Joyce-centered holiday of 'Bloomsday,' writers Joanna Miller and Heather Larimer decided to honor beloved young adult author Judy Blume with a holiday of her own.
'Libraries in Exile' fights to save priceless manuscripts in MaliThe coalition of librarians, archivists, and historians is using the crowdfunding site IndieGoGo to try to raise money to save the historic papers.
Oxford English Dictionary adds the words 'tweet,' 'e-book'The OED bent the rules slightly by adding 'tweet' in under 10 years – a nod to the word's rapid and widespread rise into everyday usage.
Can you inherit an e-book?Passing on your favorite books to your heirs has sentimental value. But how will that work if your library is digital?
Got a great love story? Quirk Books is looking for youQuirk Books is hosting a contest titled 'Looking for Love.' The winning novel will by published by Quirk, with a $10,000 fee for the author.
Maurice Sendak exhibit features 'Wild Things' art and the author's script notesThe exhibit is on display in New York City through Aug. 17.
Superman: Why we've loved him through the yearsSuperman is getting another make-over with 'Man of Steel' now out in theaters. Boston-based writer Larry Tye explains why we've loved this nice-guy superhero so long and so well.
Should prison inmates be allowed to read whatever they choose?"Werewolf erotica"? A history of race relations? The Bible? What should prisoners be reading – and does society have the right to decide for them?
