Macmillan Reaches Ebook Deal With Amazon

Macmillan CEO John Sargent announced a new, multiyear deal for print and ebooks with Amazon.com. He wrote to authors explaining how the ebook lawsuit settlement will affect pricing December 23, 2014

The Interview Screenwriter Talks Sony Hack

Dan Sterling wrote the screenplay for The Interview, which led to the massive hack of Sony. Sterling talks about being called the man who brought down Sony. December 17, 2014

Prominent Authors Accused of Conspiracy Against Turkish Government

Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk and novelist Elif Shafak are being accused of being part of an international literature lobby which aims to destroy the government of Turkey. December 12, 2014

Smithsonian Creates 3-D Portrait of President Obama

President Obama is the first president to be scanned in 3D. The portrait is now on display at the Smithsonian Castle. December 10, 2014

Instagram Reaches 300 Million Monthly Users

Instagram says it now has over 300 million monthly users on its photo sharing site. December 10, 2014

Time Names Ebola Fighters Person of the Year

Time has named the Ebola Fighter as the 2014 Person of the Year. December 10, 2014

Report: Startups Trying to Lure YouTube Stars Away From YouTube

A report in the Wall Street Journal says startups and Facebook are trying to lure YouTube talent away from YouTube. December 9, 2014

USA Today to Cease Publishing USA Weekend

USA Today has announced it is going to end publication of USA Weekend December 9, 2014

Hachette Tests Book Sales Using Twitter

Hachette is launching a new way to buy books: through Twitter. Promoted titles can be purchased on the author's Twitter: each title comes with a bonus. December 8, 2014

Robb Report Acquired by Rockbridge Growth Equity

Robb Report has been acquired by Detroit-based Rockbridge Growth Equity. December 7, 2014

Cat Fancy and Dog Fancy Become Catster and Dogster

Cat Fancy and Dog Fancy are being morphed into new publications called Catster and Dogster. December 5, 2014

Unpublished Raymond Chandler Comic Operetta Discovered

An L.A. author discovered an unpublished comic operetta by crime novelist Raymond Chandler. The libretto has been tucked away in the Library of Congress all these years. December 5, 2014

Google+ Now Lets Users Pin Posts

Google+ has added the pinned posts capability to Google+ pages. December 4, 2014

Meredith Publishes Eat This, Not That Magazine

Meredith has started publishing Eat This, Not That magazine which is based on the popular book franchise. December 4, 2014

J.K.Rowling's Harvard Commencement Speech to be Illustrated Book

Little Brown will publish an illustrated book version of J.K. Rowling's moving Harvard Commencement speech. Joel Holland will do the illustrations. December 3, 2014

HarperCollins Launches New Imprint Called HarperElixir

HarperCollins is launching a new mind, body, spirit imprint called HarperElixir. Four Agreements author Don Miguel Ruiz has already been signed. December 3, 2014

Amazon Reports Big Kindle Sales Over Black Friday

Amazon reports that its Kindle ebook reader and its Kindle Fire tablets have sold significantly more units than last year. December 1, 2014

President Obama, Sasha and Malia Buy Books for Christmas Gifts

President Obama and daughters Sasha and Malia made their annual trek to a local bookstore for Small Business Saturday. They loaded up on books to read and to give as gifts. November 30, 2014

Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet Mark Strand Dead at 80

Pulitzer Prize winning poet Mark Strand has died of cancer at the age of 80. He is a former U.S. Poet Laureate. November 30, 2014

Jacqueline Woodson Responds to Daniel Handler's Racist Watermelon Joke

National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson wrote an essay about the racist watermelon joke her friend Daniel Handler made at the NBA ceremony. November 29, 2014

Beach Boy Mike Love Inks Memoir Deal

Beach Boys co-founder Mike Love will publish a memoir telling the inside story of the legendary 1960s band. November 28, 2014

Top Authors and Illustrators Create Special Editions for Charity Auction

Sotheyby's is hosting an auction to benefit House of Illustration, the UK charity. Top illustrators and authors have created new art and annotations of their classic works. November 28, 2014

Evangeline Lilly Dresses Like a Squickerwonker to Chat About Her New Book

Evangeline Lilly dressed in a Squickerwonder costume to promote her new children's book on Jimmy Kimmel Live. November 27, 2014

Crime Writer P.D. James Dead at 94

Bestselling mystery novelist P.D. James has died at the age of 94. November 27, 2014

HarperCollins to Provide Ebook Excerpts for JetBlue Passengers

HarperCollins teams up with JetBlue to provide ebook excerpts on JetBlue's new wifi service. November 26, 2014