Newly Discovered H.P. Lovecraft Manuscript About Superstition to be Sold At Auction

A newly discovered manuscript about the causes of superstition will be auctioned off in Chicago. H.P. Lovecraft ghost wrote the manuscript for Harry Houdini. March 18, 2016

Heathrow Teams With Children's Poets for Easter Weekend Poetry Initiative

Heathrow airport has teamed with children's authors and poets for a poetry initiative for kids traveling over Easter weekend. March 17, 2016

Instagram Announces Move to Algorithmic Feeds

Instagram has announced a move to an algorithmic feed. This is similar to what Facebook does with its feed. March 15, 2016

U.S. Ranks Seventh in Literacy Says New Study

A new study ranks 60 countries for literacy and the U.S. came in 7th. The most literate countries are Finland, Norway, Iceland and Denmark. March 14, 2016

Nora Roberts Signs Six Book Deal With St. Martin's Press

Internationally bestselling author Nora Roberts has signed a six book deal with St. Martin's Press. She is very happy with her new publishing home. March 12, 2016

J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter Chair Up for Auction

The chair J.K. Rowling used to write the first two Harry Potter books is being auctioned off. The oak chair will have an opening bid of $45,000. March 12, 2016

Meredith Corporation to Cease Publishing More Magazine

Meredith Corporation has announced plans to cease publishing More magazine. The April 2016 issue will be the last. March 11, 2016

Fandango Acquires Flixster and Rotten Tomatoes

Fandango announced it has signed an agreement to acquire both Flixster and Rotten Tomatoes. Rotten Tomatoes includes the popular Tomatometer ratings. March 10, 2016

Margaret Atwood Dons an Octopus Hat to Accept Red Tentacle Award

Margaret Atwood has won the 2015 Kitschies Red Tentacle Award for best novel. She wore an octopus fascinator to accept the British award for fantastic fiction. March 9, 2016

Hockey Great Wayne Gretzky Writing a Book About Hockey

Hockey legend Wayne Gretzky is writing a book about hockey that will be released for the 99th anniversary of the NHL. March 7, 2016

Apple Smacked Down by Supreme Court: Ebook Price Fixing Case is Over

Apple has lost the ebook price fixing case. The Supreme Court refused to hear the case, so now Apple must pay out $400 million to ebook consumers. March 7, 2016

SNL Cold Open: Jason Sudeikis Returns as Mitt Romney

Jason Sudeikis returns as Mitt Romney in hilarious SNL Cold Open. Mittens has a strong message for Donald Trump. March 6, 2016

Prince of Tides Author Pat Conroy Dead at 70

Bestselling novelist Pat Conroy has died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 70. March 6, 2016

Spotlight and The Big Short Win Screenplay Awards at the 2016 Oscars

Spotlight and The Big Short won the screenplay awards at the 2016 Oscars. Spotlight won Best Original Screenplay and The Big Short won the Best Adapted Screenplay. March 1, 2016

Tommy Mottola Slapped With Lawsuit by Hachette

Mariah Carey's ex-husband Tommy Mottola is being sued by Hachette for taking advance money and failing to turn in his book manuscript. February 26, 2016

Simon & Schuster Launches Muslim Focused Imprint Salaam Reads

Simon & Schuster is launching a children's imprint called Salaam Reads. The stories and character will be Muslims, but the books are aimed at children of all faiths. February 26, 2016

President Obama Nominates Dr. Carla D. Hayden to be Librarian of Congress

President Obama has nominated Dr. Carla Hayden to be the next Librarian of Congress. She must be confirmed by the Senate. February 25, 2016

NYT Bestselling Author Lauren Dane Inks Deal With Harlequin

NYT bestselling romance author Lauren Dane just inked a multi book deal with Harlequin imprints Carina Press and HQN Books. February 24, 2016

Barnes & Noble Opening Digital Experience Bookstore

Barnes & Noble announced it is opening a new kind of bookstore with a full digital experience. The store will open sometime in 2016. February 24, 2016

Bestselling Novelist and Scholar Umberto Eco is Dead at 84

Bestselling novelist Umberto Eco has died at the age of 84 at his home in Italy. A renowned scholar, he is best known for his novel The Name of the Rose. February 22, 2016

Author Harper Lee Dead at 89

Harper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird, has died at the age of 89. A recluse in her later years, she loved Hollywood and the feature film adaptation of her book. February 20, 2016

Sherrilyn Kenyon Sues Cassandra Clare for Trademark and Copyright Infringement

Mortal Instruments author Cassandra Clare is being sued by bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon who says Clare ripped off her Dark Hunter series to create the Shadowhunter series February 18, 2016

Jonathan Franzen's Purity Heading to Television

Daniel Craig is set to star in the television adaptation of Jonathan Franzen's novel Purity. It's being pitched to Showtime, Hulu and Netflix. February 17, 2016

Patton Oswald Hosts 2016 WGA Awards, Spotlight Writers Win Original Screenplay Honors

Patton Oswald hosted the WGA West Awards. Spotlight, Mr. Robot, Inside Amy Schumer and Mad Men writers win awards. February 15, 2016

Bruce Springsteen Memoir Hits Bookstores in September

Bruce Springsteen has finished writing his autobiography. Born to Run is being published by Simon and Schuster, and will hit bookstores in September, 2016. February 13, 2016