Google+ to Power YouTube Comments

YouTube has announced that it is upgrading the comment system on YouTube. The comment will be pwoered by the Google+ service starting this week to allow threaded discussion. September 25, 2013

Print Version of Vibe Continues as Quarterly Magazine

Vibe magazine will continue as a quarterly magazine. It will cost $4.99 an inssue on newsstands. It has about 200,000 subscribers. September 25, 2013

Grand Central to Publish Memoir by Boston Marathon Bombings Survivor Jeff Bauman

Grand Central Publishing to publish memoir by Bostom Marathon bombings survivor Jeff Bauman. The memoir, called Stronger, will be co-written by Bret Witter. September 25, 2013

Philip Levine Wins Wallace Stevens Award

Philip Levine has been named the winer of the Wallace Stevens Award. The prize is award by the American Academy of Poets and carries a $100,000 cash prize. September 25, 2013

Alice Oswald Wins Warwick Prize For Memorial, a Reworking of Homer's The Iliad

Alice Oswald is the first poet to win the Warwick Prize for Writing. She won for her poem, Memorial, which is a version of Homer's Iliad. September 25, 2013

HarperCollins Opens Public Voting in BookSmash Challenge

Public voting is now open for HarperCollins BookSmash Challenge, in which developers attempt to expand the definition of what a book is. September 21, 2013

Maggie Stiefvater to Publish Sinner, a Companion Book to the Shiver Trilogy

Maggie Stiefvater will publish Sinner in the 2014. The new novel is a companion book to her bestselling Shiver trilogy September 20, 2013

Gallery Books to Publish Memoir by Grace Jones

Gallery Books has announced it will publish a memoir by Grace Jones in fall 2014. September 19, 2013

Crown Archetype to Publish Book by Ron Burgundy

Crown Archetype will publish a book by fictional journalist Ron Burgundy. The book will be released in November. September 18, 2013

Man Booker Prize Now Open to Authors From Around the Globe

The Man Booker Prize is now open to all novelists, so long as the novel is originally written in English and published in Great Britain. September 18, 2013

Claire Belton to Publish Pusheen the Cat Book

Claire Belton is publishing a book about Pusheen the Cat September 13, 2013

2013 Man Booker Prize Shortlist Announced

The 2013 Man Booker Prize shortlist has been announced. The six books were whittled down from the longlist of 13. September 13, 2013

J.K. Rowling to Write Screenplays for New Films Set in Harry Potter Universe

J.K. Rowling cuts deal with Warner Bros. to write screenplays for new films set in the Harry Potter universe. September 12, 2013

Time Inc. to Acquire American Express Publishing Corporation

Time Inc. and American Express Company announced an agreement that will have Time Inc. acquiring American Express Publishing Corporation. September 10, 2013

Little, Brown Announces New Beautiful Creatures Series

Little, Brown has announced that Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl will pen a new Beautiful Creatures series. September 10, 2013

Judge Issues Penalties Against Apple in Ebook Price Fixing Case

Judge sticks Apple with an antitrust monitor to teach the execs how not to break the law. Apple also has to pay her salary. September 8, 2013

Sophie Hannah to Write New Hercule Poirot Novel With Blessing of Agatha Christie's Estate

The Agatha Christie estate has approved novelist Sophie Hannah to write a new Hercule Poirot novel. Can she pull it off? September 7, 2013

E.L. Doctorow and Maya Angelou to be Honored by National Book Foundation

Dr. Maya Angelou and E.L. Doctorow to be honored by the National Book Foundation for their contributions to writing and their humanitarian work. September 7, 2013

Dr. Seuss Books to Be Released as Ebooks for the First Time

Forty one bestselling Dr. Suess books will be released in ebook format for the first time by Random House beginning on September 24, 2013. September 4, 2013

Amazon Announces Kindle MatchBook Service

Amazon.com announces Kindle MatchBook Service which allows customers to buy ebook versions of purchased paper books at a steep discount. September 3, 2013

E.L.James Reveals Dakota Johnson and Charlie Hunnam Will Star in Fifty Shades of Grey Movie

Bestselling author E.L.James tweeted that Dakota Johnson and Charlie Hunnam will star in the movie version of Fifty Shades of Grey. September 2, 2013

Oxford Dictionaries Online Add Words Twerk, Babymoon and Selfie to its Lexicon

Babymoon, selfie, twerk and omishambles are all new words added to the Oxford online dictionary August 31, 2013

2013 Thurber Prize Finalists Announced

Dave Berry, Shalom Auslander, Alan Zweibel and Dan Zevin are named as finalists for the 2013 Thurber Prize for American Humor. August 31, 2013

Nobel Prize Winning Poet Seamus Heaney Dead at 74

Nobel Prize for Literature winner Seamus Heaney died at the age of 74. The renowned Irish poet died of complications of a stroke he suffered in 2006. August 30, 2013

CNN's Tom Foreman Describes Possible Targets in Syria if U.S. Strikes

CNN's Tom Foreman describes possible targets in Syria if U.S. and allies decide to strike. August 28, 2013