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Goblinproofing One's Chicken Coup Wins Oddest Book Title of the Year

The winner of the Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year is Goblinproofing One's Chicken Coop: And Other Practical Advice In Our Campaign Against The Fairy Kingdom. March 22, 2013

YouTube Announces One Billion Monthly User Mark

YouTube says it now gets more than a billion unique users every single month. March 21, 2013

Supreme Court Upholds First Sale Rule: Librarians Thrilled, Publishers Unhappy

Librarians and consumers are the big winners after the U. March 20, 2013

John Kerry Says Syria Becoming Global Catastrophe

Secretary of State John Kerry talked about the problems with Syria. March 19, 2013

Tan Twan Eng Wins Man Asian Literary Prize

Tan Twan Eng won the 2012 Man Asian Literary Prize for his novel, The Garden of Evening Mists. March 19, 2013

Amazon Publishing to Speed Up Royalty Payments to Authors

The Wall Street Journal reports that Amazon Publishing will now pay authors faster than before. March 19, 2013

Former Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner Inks Deal for Book About Financial Crisis

Former U. March 15, 2013

Amazon Launches Literary Imprint Called Little A

Amazon. March 15, 2013

Kate Moss Reads From E.L. James' Fifty Shades of Grey for Comic Relief Charity

British supermodel Kate Moss agreed to read aloud a section from E. March 15, 2013

Google to Shutter Google Reader on July 1, 2013

Google has announced a new round of spring cleaning, which includes Google Reader, an RSS reader launched by Google in 2005. March 14, 2013

Reuters' Social Media Editor Indicted on Hacking Charges

A Reuters social media editor has been charged with assisting in the hack of the website of L. March 14, 2013

E.L. James Publishing Fifty Shades of Grey Inner Goddess Journal

Vintage Books announced that is is releasing a new book by Fifty Shades of Grey author E. March 13, 2013

Sarah Palin Takes on the War on Christmas in Next Book

Broadside Books, an imprint of HarperCollins, announced that it will publish a new book by former Vice presidential candidate and bestselling author Sarah Palin. March 12, 2013

Book Publishers Protest Amazon's Application to Own All of .Book Domain

Publishers Weekly reports that a group of book publishers is trying to stop Amazon. March 8, 2013

Trailer for Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing

The trailer for Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing has arrived. The film was shot at Whedon's house on a small budget. March 8, 2013

Addicted to Ghostwriting: Milton Scholar Amy Boesky Reveals Her Secret Life Writing Sweet Valley High Novels

Milton scholar Amy Boesky wrote a fascinating essay in the Kenyon Review in which she comes out as one of the most prolific authors of the bestselling teen series, Sweet Valley High. March 5, 2013

SNL Skit: President Obama Explains the Effects of the Sequester Budget Cuts

Saturday Night Live opened with a skit about the sequester and who the budget cuts will affect most. March 3, 2013

Reader's Digest Files for Bankruptcy Protection for Second Time in Four Years

The parent company of Reader's Digest, RDA Holding Co. March 3, 2013

Joe Manganiello to Publish Fitness Book

Joe Manganiello is writing a fitness book. March 3, 2013

SNL Skit: Barnes & Noble Staff Meeting

Saturday Night Live took aim at Barnes & Noble this weekend with a skit about one store which has had a theft problem. March 3, 2013

New Collection Contains Fifty Previously Unseen Rudyard Kipling Poems

A new collection from Cambridge University Press contains fifty previously unseen Rudyard Kipling poems. March 3, 2013

Quentin Tarantino Wins Best Original Screenplay at 2013 Oscars

Quentin Tarantino won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay at the 85th Academy Awards. February 25, 2013

Randi Zuckerberg Inks Two Book Deal With HarperCollins

Randi Zuckerberg just inked a two book deal with HarperCollins. February 18, 2013

Zero Dark Thirty and Argo Get Top Honors at Writers Guild Awards

Mark Boal and Chris Terrio won big at the Writers Guild Awards. February 18, 2013

SNL Skit: Marco Rubio Needs a Drink of Water

SNL took aim at Marco Rubio's infamous water gulping incident with Taran Killam playing Rubio. Watch the hilarious skit! February 17, 2013