George Saunders Reads Stephen Colbert a Christmas Bedtime Story

George Saunders wrote a short story just for Stephen Colbert. He read the Christmas story aloud to Stephen. December 11, 2015

Margaret Atwood Pens Superhero Graphic Novel for Dark Horse Comics

Margaret Atwood has created a new superhero for Dark Horse Comics. Angel Catbird is part owl, part man and part cat. December 9, 2015

Greta Van Susteren Writing Social Media Guide for Simon & Schuster

Greta Van Susteren inked a book deal with Simon & Schuster to write a social media guide. December 7, 2015

Book Sales by Dead Authors are Booming

Publishers are seeing great returns on sales of books by dead authors. In the world of posthumous publishing business is booming. December 5, 2015

Oprah Winfrey Writing Memoir, Launching Book Imprint

Oprah Winfrey will publish her memoir in January, 2017. She will also launch a new book imprint in conjunction with MacMillan. December 3, 2015

Japanese Librarians Furious Over Haruki Murakami Privacy Breach

Japanese librarians are furious about a leak to a newspaper of what books Nobel Prize winning author Haruki Murakami read in high school. The newspaper refused to apologize. December 3, 2015

Pope Francis Writing Children's Book

Loyola Press will publish Dear Pope Francis: The Pope Answers Letters from Children Around the World in March, 2016. November 24, 2015

Poet and Artist Ashraf Fayadh Sentenced to Death by Saudi Arabia

Poet and artist Ashraf Fayad has been sentenced to death by Saudi Arabian court on the grounds his poetry promotes atheism and spreads destructive thoughts. November 24, 2015

Shakespeare and Co. Bookstore Sheltered Customers From Paris Terror Attacks

Canadian author Harriet Alida Lye describes customers being sheltered during Paris terrorist attacks by the famous Shakespeare and Co. bookstore. November 16, 2015

Anne Frank's Father Added as Co-Author to Extend European Copyright Protection

Anne Frank's father, Otto Frank, has been added as a co-author to her diary in a bid to extend the European copyright. Without the addition, the copyright ends in January, 2016. November 16, 2015

James Corden's New Book Club Discusses How to be a Bad Bitch by Amber Rose

James Corden and Reggie Watts launch their new book club. Johnny Galecki and Christoph Waltz discuss Amber Rose's book, How to Be a Bad Bitch. November 13, 2015

Gwyneth Paltrow Launching Book Imprint With Hachette Called Goop Press

Gwyneth Paltrow is going into the book publishing business. She is partnering with Grand Central Publishing to create a new imprint called Goop Press. November 11, 2015

Book by Assassinated Charlie Hebdo Editor in Chief to be Published by Little Brown

Little Brown will posthumously publish slain Charlie Hebdo's editor's book Open Letter: On Blasphemy, Islamophobia and the True Enemies of Free Expression. November 10, 2015

Stephenie Meyer Producing New Supernatural TV Show Called The Rook

Twilight author Stephenie Meyer is producing a new supernatural tv show based on The Rook by Daniel O'Malley. The British show will air on Hulu in the U.S. November 10, 2015

Barnes & Noble to Offer 500,000 Signed Books on Black Friday

Barnes & Noble will offer half a million signed books by over 120 authors on Black Friday. November 9, 2015

David Mitchell Wins Best Novel for The Bone Clocks at 2015 World Fantasy Awards

David Mitchell wins Best Novel at the World Fantasy Awards for The Bone Clocks. Also, H.P. Lovecraft has been dumped as the image for the award statuette. November 9, 2015

Bridget Moynahan Talks The Blue Bloods Cookbook

Bridget Moynahan talked about the Blue Bloods Cookbook on CBS This Morning. November 8, 2015

Roxane Gay to Receive 2015 Freedom to Write Award

PEN Center USA will award bestselling author Roxane Gay its 2015 Freedom to Write Award for her courage in defending free expression. November 6, 2015

Booksellers Sue to Overturn Louisiana's New Age Verification Law

Booksellers are suing to overturn Louisiana's new age verification law which required them to verify everyone's age before they can buy books or comic books. November 5, 2015

Amazon's New Poetry Contest Offers $5,000 Cash Prize and Publishing Contract

Amazon's Little A literary imprint is launching a poetry contest to discover emerging poets. Judges are Jericho Brown, Cornelius Eady and Kimiko Hahn. November 5, 2015

Twitter Changes Stars to Hearts and Favorites to Likes

Twitter has changed the icon used when favoriting a tweet from a star to a heart. November 3, 2015

Amazon Opens Real Bricks-and-Mortar Bookstore in Seattle

Amazon has opened its first real physical bookstore in Seattle. It is located in Seattle's University Village. November 3, 2015

Taylor Swift Sued for $42 Million for Alleged Copyright Infringement

Taylor Swift is being sued by songwriter who says she stole the lyrics for Shake it Off from him. He wants $42 million and a writing credit. November 2, 2015

Who's Down is a New Social App from Google

Who's Down is a new social app for Google for letting you know if you friends are available to do stuff. October 31, 2015

Mariah Carey to Publish Children's Book Based on Her Popular Christmas Song

Mariah Carey is publishing a children's book based on her popular Christmas song, All I Want For Christmas Is You. October 31, 2015