James Patterson Wins Chicago Tribune Young Adult Literary Award

James Patterson has won the Chicago Tribune Young Adult Literacy Award. He will accept the award at the 2014 Printers Row Lit Fest April 15, 2014

2014 Pulitzer Prizes for Journalism Announced

The winners of the 2014 Pulitzer Prizes for Journalism have been announced. The Guardian and New York Times won awards for the NSA PRISM coverage. April 14, 2014

J.K. Rowling, Gene Luen Yang and Ruth Ozeki Win L.A. Times Book Prizes

J.K. Rowling, Gene Luen Yang and Ruth Ozeki Win L.A. Times Book Prizes. The winners were announced Friday night. April 14, 2014

Donna Tartt Wins Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Goldfinch

Donna Tartt wins the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Goldfinch, Vijay Seshadri wins the poetry prize. April 14, 2014

Geocache is First Fan-Voted Playable Word in Scrabble

Geocache has become the first fan-voted playable word in Scrabble. It beat out 15 other nominated words. April 13, 2014

Simon and Schuster and TED Conferences Team up for Book Collection

Smon and Schuster will publish a 12 book collection by popular TED speakers. The nonfiction collection will launch in September, 2014. April 12, 2014

Anna Gasteyer Interviews Ann Brashares About Her New YA Novel

Suburgatory star Anna Gasteyer interviews author Ann Brashares about her new book, The Here and Now. It doesn't go well, but it is hilarious. April 12, 2014

Amazon to Acquire ComiXology

Amazon has announced plans to acquire ComiXology, a cloud-based digital comics platform. April 10, 2014

Karin Slaughter to Publish Nonfiction Crime Series with HarperCollins

Karin Slaughter will publish a nonfiction crime series with HarperCollins. The series tells the stories of the FBI's Most Wanted. April 10, 2014

Michael Bond to Publish New Paddington Bear Book called Love From Paddington

Michael Bond will publish a new Paddington Bear book this fall to coincide with the release of the future film. Bond is 88 and still loves to write about Paddington. April 10, 2014

Alaska Dispatch Publishing to Acquire Anchorage Daily News From McClatchy

Alaska Dispatch Publishing is to acquire the Anchorage Daily News from McClatchy. The deal will close in the second quarter of 2014. April 8, 2014

Archie Andrews Dies in Upcoming Life With Archie Comic Book

Archie Comics has announced that Archie Andrews will die in an upcoming Life With Archie comic book. April 8, 2014

Microsoft Producing TV Shows for Xbox Live

Microsoft is producing TV shows for the Xbox Live. It already has six shows in production. April 7, 2014

ALA Announces Fiction and Nonfiction Shortlists for 2014 Andrew Carnegie Medals

The ALA has announced the fiction and nonfiction shortlists for the 2014 Andrew Carnegie Medals. Knopf cleans up, publishes three of the six nominees. April 7, 2014

Mara Anastas Named Publisher of Aladdin Books and Simon Pulse

Mara Anastas has been named publisher of Aladdin Books and Simon Pulse. April 6, 2014

Flea to Publish Memoir With Grand Central Publishing

Flea, bassist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, will publish his memoir with Grand Central Publishing. April 6, 2014

The Strand Magazine Publishes Previously Unseen Tennessee Williams Story

The Strand has published a previously unseen story by Tennessee Williams. It is called Crazy Night. April 6, 2014

NBCUniversal Shutters Daily Candy

NBCUniversal has shuttered the Daily Candy shopping newsletter and website. April 5, 2014

Chicago Sun-Times Starts Accepting Bitcoin for Subscriptions

The Chicago Sun-Times has become the first major newpaper to accept bitcoin. April 4, 2014

The Remains of the Day Author Kazuo Ishiguro to Publish First Novel in Ten Years

Kazuo Ishiguro, author of The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go, to publish first novel in ten years. The new novel is called The Buried Giant. April 4, 2014

Karen Joy Fowler Wins 2014 PEN/Faulkner Fiction Prize

Karen Joy Fowler has won the 2014 PEN/Faulkner Fiction Prize for her novel We are All Completely Beside Ourselves. April 4, 2014

Image Sharing Site Imgur Raises $40 Million

Imgur, a popular image sharing site on social media, has raised $40 million in an investment round. April 3, 2014

The Star-Ledger Cuts 167 Jobs, Including 40 Newsroom Jobs

The Star-Ledge cut 167 jobs, including 40 out of 156 newsroom positions. April 3, 2014

Bryan Cranston Writing Memoir for Scribner

Emmy winning actor Bryan Cranston inked a deal with Scribner to write a memoir about his life and his time on Breaking Bad. April 3, 2014

Authors Guild Attorney Testifies on Capitol Hill About Creating New National Digital Library

Jan Constantine, the general counsel of the Authors Guild, testifies before Congress about authors' copyrights and the Google digitization project. April 3, 2014