The Shock of the Fall Named 2013 Costa Book of the Year

The Shock of the Fall by Nathan Filer has been named the 2013 Costa Book of the Year. February 2, 2014

Book Thieves Are Decimating Brooklyn Libraries

Book thieves are stealing more and more books from the Brooklyn library system. That's leading to a big reduction in the number of lendable books and other materials. February 1, 2014

Swedish Crime Writer Henning Mankell Chronicles His Cancer Journal for Newspaper

Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell will write about his serious cancer diagnosis and upcoming treatment plans for Swedish newspaper. February 1, 2014

J.K. Rowling Suing The Daily Mail For Libel

J.K. Rowling is suing The Daily Mail for libel over an article claiming Rowling misrepresented her past as an impoverished single mother. January 31, 2014

Congressman Michael Grimm Threatens to Throw Reporter off Balcony at the Capitol Building

New York Republican Congressman Michael Grimm threatens to throw a reporter over the balcony in the Capitol balcony after an interview. January 29, 2014

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross to Write the Score for Gone Girl Movie

Oscar winners Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross are writing the score for the David Fincher film Gone Girl, which is based on the bestselling novel by Gillian Flynn. January 29, 2014

Razorbill Acquires Sabaa Tahir's Debut Novel, An Ember in the Ashes

Razorbill has acquired Sabaa Tahir's debut novel, An Ember in the Ashes. Paramount Pictures has already purchased film rights. January 28, 2014

Flora & Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo Wins the John Newbery Medal

Flora & Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo wins the John Newberry Medal for outstanding contribution to children's literature. January 27, 2014

Chicago Tribune Launches Trivia App

Chicago Tribune has launched the Tribune Trivia app used trivia questions crafted frrom Tribune archive articles. January 26, 2014

IDW Publishing and Rovio Partner for Angry Birds Comic

IDW Publishing and Rovio have partnered to publish Angry Birds comics. The first comic book will be published in June 2014. January 26, 2014

OverDrive Dumps WMA, Announces all Audiobooks Sold to Libraries Will be in MP3 Format

OverDrive announced that in response to consumer preferences, audiobooks will be sold to libraries in DRM-free MP3 format only. OverDrive is dumping Microsoft's WMA format. January 26, 2014

Vintage Books to Publish The Snowden Files

Vintage Books has announced it will publish The Snowden Files, which it bills as the first book on Edwards Snowden. January 25, 2014

Amazon Launches Christian Imprint Named Waterfall Press

Amazon has launched a new Christian imprint, Waterfall Press. It will special in faith-based fiction and non-fiction. January 25, 2014

Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon to Publish Christmas Picture Book with Scholastic

Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon will be publishing a holiday children's picture book with Scholastic, Roc and Roe's Twelve Days of Christmas January 24, 2014

Video: Mindy Kaling Stars in the Book Trailer for B.J. Novak's New Fiction Collection

Mindy Kaling and B.J.Novak star in this hilarious book trailer for Novak's new short story collection, One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories. January 24, 2014

Disney Publishing Announces Waterfire Saga by Jennifer Donnelly

Disney Publishing has announced the Waterfire Saga by Jennifer Donnelly. The first release, Deep Blue, will be published in May 2014. January 23, 2014

DK Publishing and WWE Cut Book Deal

DK Publishing and WWE cut book deal. The deal will include 18 DK release. January 22, 2014

BEA Rebrands Consumer Day as BookCon

Readers will be welcome at BookExpo America at the new BookCon on Saturday, May 31, 2014. January 22, 2014

Tumblr's Traffic Growth May Have Flattened

Comscore data indicates that Tumblr's traffic growth has flattened. January 21, 2014

F+W Media Acquires New Track Media

F+W Media has announced the acquisition of New Track Media, a publisher of arts and crafts magazine. January 20, 2014

Amazon Announces Seventh Annual Breakthrough Novel Award Contest

Amazon's novel award contest returns for the seventh year this year. It opens to submissions on February 16. January 20, 2014

Simon and Schuster Expands Ebook Presence in U.S. Libraries With Full Catalog

Simon and Schuster took the plunge and is putting its entire catalog of ebooks available for libraries who are signed up with the OverDrive service. January 19, 2014

Herbie Hancock Named Harvard University's 2014 Norton Professor of Poetry

Grammy winning pianist and composer Herbie Hancock has been named Harvard University's 2014 Norton Professor of Poetry. January 18, 2014

AOL Finds Partner to Run Patch Local News Service

AOL has found a partner, Hale Global, to run Patch, its local news service. The deal was announced January 15. January 17, 2014

Sylvia Day to Publish New Blacklist Series With St. Martin's Press

Sylvia Day has signed a book deal with St. Martin's Press worth over $10 million. Her first novel, Blacklist, will debut with St. Martin's in 2015 January 17, 2014