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National Book Critics Circle Awards go to 'Billy Lynn,' 'Far From the Tree'The National Book Critics Circle honored works such as 'Far From the Tree' by Andrew Solomon and 'The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson' by Robert Caro during their 2012 awards ceremony.
'Fifty Shades of Grey' author EL James drops hints about next project'It won’t be nearly so raunchy,' the author said of what she'll work on next.
How to buy your way onto the bestseller listFirst good reviews went on sale. Now a marketing firm is charging thousands to buy copies of books in order to artificially place them on bestseller lists.
'Etiquette and Espionage,' a steampunk YA title, garners strong reviews and sales'Etiquette and Espionage' continues the steampunk trend also seen in author Cassandra Clare's bestselling 'Infernal Devices' series.
'Game of Thrones' debuts a new season 3 trailer'Game of Thrones' returns for its third season March 31.
Children's author Patricia MacLachlan honors Newtown residents with new bookMacLachlan, author of 'Sarah, Plain and Tall,' said she was inspired to write a picture book after talking with her friend, an illustrator who lives in Newtown.
Oscar winners 2013 are dominated by literary adaptationsAmong the biggest Oscar winners of 2013 were five movies that were adapted from books or articles, including 'Argo,' 'Life of Pi,' and 'Lincoln.'
Nashville turns Poetry in Motion program into contest for local poetsPrevious years saw cities draping buses and subway cars with text from poems by famous writers. Now the Music City is asking a panel to choose works by local writers for display.
Six books compete for the prize of Oddest Book Title of the YearThe Bookseller magazine will be giving out the award for the thirty-fifth year in a row, with competitors including 'Goblinproofing One's Chicken Coop' and 'How To Sharpen Pencils.'
Three indie bookstores file lawsuit against Amazon and Big Six publishersThe stores charge that secret agreements made between the publishers and Amazon give Amazon the advantage in selling e-books, but some industry observers find flaws in their logic.
Patricia Cornwell wins lawsuit against financial firmPatricia Cornwell – thriller author and creator of Kay Scarpetta – was awarded $51 million in damages from the financial firm that she says caused her to miss a book deadline.
Ron Paul will pen book advocating a free-market approach to educationThe former congressman's book, titled 'New School Manifesto,' is scheduled for a September release.
Russian meteorite: Not the first strange event in the skies of SiberiaScience writer Surendra Verma looks back at the 'Tunguska event,' a mysterious occurrence in Siberia in 1908 which, like the 2013 meteorite, caused injuries and damage when the sky exploded.
A new work by Haruki Murakami is arriving in April – but only in JapaneseMurakami's Japanese publisher Bungeishunju and his US representation, Knopf, have not indicated when the book will be translated into English.
New James Bond novel will arrive this fallBooker Prize-nominated author William Boyd is the newest writer to be asked to pen a Bond adventure by the estate of the original spy author, Ian Fleming.
'The Aviator's Wife' author Melanie Benjamin is drawn to 'locked doors and hidden closets'Melanie Benjamin, author of a new novel about Charles Lindbergh's wife Anne, discusses her interest in women who have 'kind of fallen off the public's collective consciousness.'
Mark Zuckerberg's sister Randi Zuckerberg plans memoir about working at FacebookRandi Zuckerberg, who served as the company's marketing director, will release a memoir titled 'Dot Complicated' as well as a children's book.
Bestselling author riles many, calling libraries 'no longer relevant'British writer Terry Deary, author of the 'Horrible Histories' children's series, says that libraries have 'had their day' and that there is no 'entitlement to read books for free.'
George Ferris makes a memorable appearance in Erik Larson's 'Devil in the White City'George Ferris, designer of the Ferris wheel, provides one of the best surprises in 'Devil in the White City,' Erik Larson's bestselling 2003 nonfiction title.
Bookstore sales dropped just a bit in 2012, says the US Census BureauPreliminary estimates from the Census Bureau show that US bookstores as a whole experienced a 0.5 percent decrease in sales for the year of 2012.
