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Castro and Chavez working on a book?A pro-government Cuban blogger claims that former leader Fidel Castro is now collaborating on a book with Hugo Chavez.
Sherlock Holmes and Tom Sawyer come to TVA modern update of Sherlock Holmes will air this fall, while a show following Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn is being developed.
Gore Vidal biography will be released in 2015Vidal's close friend, author and academic Jay Parini, will write the biography.
J.K. Rowling will come to New York for 'Casual Vacancy'J.K. Rowling will be interviewed by Ann Patchett at Jazz at Lincoln Center on Oct. 16.
Navy Seal is reported to be publishing a book about the bin Laden raidPenguin is reported to be publishing a major, first-person account of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, scheduled for release on Sept. 11.
Conservative books are leaping off the shelves, says Amazon. Liberal titles, not so much.According to a new heat map by Amazon, readers in 44 states prefer conservative 'red' books to liberal 'blue.'
'Dark Tower' adaptation stops but may start againThe adaptation of Stephen King's Dark Tower series was dropped by Warner Bros., but Media Rights Capital may take on the project.
Teachers buying lots of Ayn Rand for the classroomThis past school year saw a 30 percent increase in classroom requests for Ayn Rand novels from the Ayn Rand Institute.
Olympic medalist Alex Morgan to write young adult seriesAlex Morgan, soccer star on the US Olympic team will write a soccer series targeted at middle school girls.
Barnes & Noble will begin selling its Nook e-reader in the UK this fallBarnes & Noble opens up its Nook e-reader to an international market.
'Hunger Games' passes 'Harry Potter' as bestselling Amazon seriesSince debuting in 2008, Amazon says, Katniss Everdeen and the Hunger Games 'have taken the world by storm.'
Merriam-Webster adds 'e-reader,' 'gastropub' and moreMany of the 2012 inclusions in the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary are words that 'provide colorful images,' according to editor at large Peter Sokolowski.
'People Who Eat Darkness' could be the best true crime book of the century'People Who Eat Darkness' follows the case of Lucie Blackman, who disappeared in Tokyo more than a decade ago.
Lauren Conrad stirs up readers' outrage with book-destroying videoAfter protests, reality star Lauren Conrad took down a video in which she cut up books to make a storage box.
Apple blasts the DOJ's proposed e-book price settlementApple called the DOJ's proposed settlement to the e-book price fixing case 'fundamentally unfair, unlawful, and unprecedented.'
New biography offers an inside look at Joe Paterno and family after his firingExcerpts from 'Paterno,' by Joe Posnanski, show Paterno and his family reacting to the scandal after former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky was accused of sexually abusing young boys.
Gen Y: the most book-loving generation alive?A new study says that in 2011 Gen Y surpassed baby boomers by a healthy margin when it comes to spending on books.
Bret Easton Ellis faces flap over '50 Shades of Grey' comments'Matt Bomer isn't right for Christian Grey because he is openly gay,' Ellis tweeted.
Google buys Frommer’s Travel GuidesJohn Wiley & Sons work to sell off unwanted assets as Google makes its foray into the publishing industry.
Paul Ryan does an about-face on Ayn RandRepublican vice-presidential nominee Paul Ryan once credited Rand as the reason he entered public service, but now says, 'I reject her philosophy.'
