Another E-Book Publisher Challenges Amazon
Hachette has joined Macmillan—and, seemingly, HarperCollins—in demanding control over the pricing of its e-books sold through Amazon, a move apparently sparked by Apple’s more flexible model for titles...
View ArticlePalin Cranking Out Next Book
With 2 million copies sold, and Going Rogue still on bestseller lists, Sarah Palin is already working on another book, the AP reports. The untitled, release-date-TBA work will be a “celebration of...
View ArticleSarah Palin's New Book Out in November
When your first book sells 2 million copies in hardcover, no sense delaying the second. Sarah Palin will release America by Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith and Flag on Nov. 23, just in time to...
View ArticleJustin Bieber Publishing Memoirs
At the ripe old age of 16, Justin Bieber is writing a memoir. The obsession of tweens everywhere will share the story of how he became a superstar in Justin Bieber: First Step 2 Forever: My Story ....
View ArticlePalin Publisher Sues Gawker for Book Leak
Sarah Palin has really had it this time with the lamestream media: The twotime author's publisher is suing Gawker over the leak of several pages of her forthcoming book, America By Heart . Though the...
View ArticleBristol Palin Going Rogue, Writing Book
It might be something like War & Peace or The Call of the Wild , except with more dancing and belated abstinence, but a new literary Wasillan has gone rogue. Amazon has a pre-order page for a...
View ArticleDad Writing Winehouse Bio
Mitch Winehouse is writing the story of his daughter's life, with all proceeds going to the charity set up in her name, the BBC reports. In Amy, My Daughter , to be published next summer, he will...
View ArticleAmanda Knox Scores $4M Book Deal
After a days-long bidding war, HarperCollins has obtained the rights to Amanda Knox's memoir in a $4 million deal, insiders tell the New York Times . Divisions of Random House, Macmillan, Simon &...
View ArticleFeds Sue Apple Over E-book Price Fixing
The Justice Department has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple and five of the US' biggest book publishers over allegations that they conspired to fix the price of e-books ahead of the iPad's...
View ArticleNobel-Winning Author Lessing Dies at 94
Doris Lessing, the Nobel prize-winning, free-thinking, world-traveling, and often-polarizing author of The Golden Notebook and dozens of other novels that reflected her own improbable journey across...
View ArticleMan Claims Dad Was Zodiac Killer in New Book
It's an explosive claim shrouded in an unbelievable amount of secrecy. Gary L. Stewart alleges that a dozen years of research have led him to the conclusion that his father was the Zodiac Killer—and...
View ArticleHarperCollins Map for Mideast Students Leaves Out Israel
A map from HarperCollins aimed at Middle East schools has been getting a lot of one-star reviews on Amazon , and it's not because the colors aren't pretty. The map, which HarperCollins says was...
View ArticleHarper Lee: I'm Still 'Kicking,' 'Happy as Hell'
Harper Lee has apparently heard planet Earth's misgivings about her forthcoming novel and has this to say: "I’m alive and kicking and happy as hell with the reactions of Watchman," she says in a...
View ArticleHarper Lee's Lawyer: She's 'Humiliated' by Controversy
As debate swirls over how much input Harper Lee had in a decision to publish a second novel, her lawyer and friend Tonja Carter—who found the text last summer—says the author is certainly capable of...
View ArticleLewandowski's $1.2M Book Deal Is Dead: Report
Corey Lewandowski can probably scrap the title of author from his growing résumé . Sources tell Politico that Donald Trump's former campaign manager began seeking offers for a book, Let Trump Be Trump...
View ArticleTop Trump Comms Pick Plagiarized in Book: Report
Amid accusations that Monica Crowley, Donald Trump's pick for National Security Council communications director, plagiarized rampantly in her 2012 book, What the (Bleep) Just Happened?, publisher...
View ArticleAmanda Knox Scores $4M Book Deal
After a days-long bidding war, HarperCollins has obtained the rights to Amanda Knox's memoir in a $4 million deal, insiders tell the New York Times . Divisions of Random House, Macmillan, Simon &...
View ArticleFeds Sue Apple Over E-book Price Fixing
The Justice Department has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple and five of the US' biggest book publishers over allegations that they conspired to fix the price of e-books ahead of the iPad's...
View ArticleNobel-Winning Author Lessing Dies at 94
Doris Lessing, the Nobel prize-winning, free-thinking, world-traveling, and often-polarizing author of The Golden Notebook and dozens of other novels that reflected her own improbable journey across...
View ArticleMan Claims Dad Was Zodiac Killer in New Book
It's an explosive claim shrouded in an unbelievable amount of secrecy. Gary L. Stewart alleges that a dozen years of research have led him to the conclusion that his father was the Zodiac Killer—and...
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