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Rizzoli Opens New Flagship Bookstore in New York City

Rizzoli has opened a new flagship bookstore in New York City at 1133 Broadway in the NoMad district. July 25, 2015

Greg Grunberg and Lucas Turnbloom Announce Dream Jumper Graphic Novel Series

Greg Grunberg and Lucas Turnbloom are publishing a graphic novel series called Dream Jumper through Scholastic. July 18, 2015

U.S. Post Office Issues Flannery O'Connor Stamp

The U.S. Post Office has issued a Flannery O'Connor stamp. It is part of the Literary Arts series. July 12, 2015

Archie Comics Launches New Archie Series at Comic-Con

Archie Comics has introdued Archie #1 at the Comic-Con International in Sand Diego. The comic is by Mark Waid and Fiona Staples July 11, 2015

Man Booker International Prize to be Awarded Annually

The Man Book International Prize has teamed up with the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. The MBI will now be awarded annually. July 11, 2015

Facebook Feature to Let Users Prioritize Pages to See First

Facebook is adding a new feature that will let users prioritize which friends and pages they want to see first. July 9, 2015

Game of Thrones Coloring Book Coming Out This Fall

A Game of Thrones coloring book is scheduled to be released this fall. The book features forty-five illustrations. July 9, 2015

Juan Felipe Herrera Appointed U.S. Poet Laureate

Juan Felipe Herrera has been appointed the new U.S. Poet Laureate. He is the first Lationo U.S. poet laureate. July 9, 2015

Time to Launch New Automotive Site Called theDrive

Time Inc. is planning the launch of a new automotive site called theDrive. Mike Guy will be the site's editor. July 7, 2015

Apple Loses Ebook Price Fixing Case, Must Pay $450 Million to Consumers

Apple just lost its appeal in the ebook price fixing case. It will pay $450 million to consumers unless it decides to appeal to the Supreme Court. July 6, 2015

Court Rules Kafka Manuscripts Belong to National Library of Israel

A treasure trove of writings by Franz Kafka that has been the subject of a lengthy court battle will finally be turned over the National Library of Israel. July 4, 2015

DreamWorks Acquires Rights to Michael Crichton's Novel Micro

DreamWorks has acquired the rights to Michael Crichton's novel, Micro. The novel was completed by Richard Preston after Crichton passed away. July 2, 2015

Scribd Slashes Number of Romance Titles Available

Scribd is losing money due to voracious readers of romance novels. As a result the company is reducing the number of titles available for monthly subscribers. July 2, 2015

Facebook Makes Slight Logo Alteration

Facebook has made a small alternation to its logo. The most noticeable difference is in the letter a. July 1, 2015

E.L. James' Disastrous Twitter Q and A

E.L. James agreed to do a Q and A on Twitter and it was absolutely brutal. People who hate Fifty Shades had a field day attacking the bestselling author. June 29, 2015

Aladdin to Publish New Series by Dork Diaries Author Rachel Renee Russell

Aladdin has announced plans to publish a new illustrated book series by Rachel Renee Russell, author of the bestelling Dork Diaries series. June 28, 2015

Man Asian Prize Winner Shin Kyung-sook Caught in Plagiarism Scandal

South Korean author Shin Kyun-sook has been busted for plagiarizing the work of Japanese author Yukio Mishima. But there are more allegations. June 25, 2015

Readers Can't Get Enough of Christian Grey

Readers can't get enough of Christian Grey. E.L. James' new book, Grey, told from Christian's point of view broke sales records in its first week of release. June 23, 2015

Gina Rodriguez to Publish Book With Simon & Schuster

Actress Gina Rodriguez will publish her first book with Simon & Schuster in 2016. June 22, 2015

Taylor Swift Criticizes Apple Music's Free Trial in Open Letter

Taylor Swift has criticized Apple's new music service in an open letter. She attacks the tech giant for offering three months free while not paying artists and songwriters. June 21, 2015

John Spurling Wins 2015 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction

John Spurling has won the 2015 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction for The Ten Thousand Things. The book was rejected 44 times before being published. June 20, 2015

Fifty Shades of Grey Fan Fiction is Booming

E.L. James new book Grey is already a bestseller. But the book has competition from the explosion of fan fiction about Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele. June 20, 2015

Amazon Inks Deal With Penguin Random House

Amazon finalized a deal with Penguin Random House for the sale of ebooks and print books. But the European Commission wants to know what's in these contracts. June 19, 2015

R.L. Stine Recommends Some Scary Summer Reading for Kids

Goosebumps author R.L. Stine tells the story of how a special librarian introduced him to one of his favorite authors. He recommends a scary book for summer reading. June 18, 2015

Donald Trump Announces He is Running for President

Donald Trump wants to be president. He announced his bid to run in the 2016 campaign yesterday. June 17, 2015