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Mar 9 2012 01:57 PM ET

J.K. Rowling is no longer a billionaire

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The billionaires club has hit J.K. Rowling with a banishing spell. According to the newly updated Forbes Rich List, the Harry Potter author has gone from billionaire to millionaire (several hundred times over, of course). She apparently broke a few rules of how to stay rich by giving away a lot of her fortune — reportedly $160 million of it — to charity and by paying her top-rung British taxes.

There’s no way that the socially minded Rowling, who once lived on welfare, gives two Quaffles about her standing on the list, and no one should shed a tear over a stratospherically rich woman becoming slightly less so. But I always liked knowing that an author of imaginative, timeless, honest-to-goodness books became a billionaire.

Perhaps Rowling’s upcoming book for adults and the April opening of Pottermore will help bring her back above the line. Honestly, I don’t really care as long as she stays richer than Stephenie Meyer.

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Mar 9 2012 07:34 AM ET

National Book Critics Circle fiction prize goes to Edith Pearlman

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Short story author Edith Pearlman took the big fiction prize at the National Book Critics Circle awards last night for her book Binocular Vision: New and Selected Stories.

The NBCC awards are among the most prestigious literary honors. Last year, Jennifer Egan won the award for A Visit from the Goon Squad before going on to win the Pulitzer.

Book awards, unlike film awards, can be wildly unpredictable and frequently go in favor of the author with the least buzz — in November, the National Book Award for fiction went to Jesmyn Ward for Salvage the Bones, arguably the least known of the nominated titles. (Binocular Vision was also shortlisted for the NBA). I was predicting that the NBCC would go to Teju Cole, a young, New Yorker-anointed author who wrote about a Nigerian immigrant in Open City. But Pearlman’s meticulously crafted sentences dazzled critics when Binocular Vision was released last year with little fanfare from Lookout Books, an imprint of the University of North Carolina Wilmington.

See below for a full list of finalists and winners:

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Mar 8 2012 04:28 PM ET

'Harry Potter' site Pottermore to launch in early April, six months after scheduled opening

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Pottermore, the much-anticipated Harry Potter website that’s part social media, part interactive reading experience, will finally be open for all users in early April.

The site was announced last year, with beta testing beginning in the fall and a scheduled launch in October. However, as more users were invited into the open test, it became apparent that the site was far from ready to open as planned.

A statement on the site’s official blog said that after gathering feedback from users, “it became clear that our original platform wouldn’t be suitable when millions more users came on to the site. So we made a big decision: to move Pottermore to an entirely different platform set up.” READ FULL STORY »

Mar 8 2012 10:05 AM ET

See the cover and release date for Justin Cronin's 'The Twelve', sequel to 'The Passage' -- EW Exclusive!

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The vicious, limb-tearing “virals” of Justin Cronin’s 2010 post-apocalyptic vampire epic The Passage have captivated readers, the publishing world, and Hollywood. A best-seller upon publication, The Passage, along with the two forthcoming books in the proposed trilogy, was optioned for film by Ridley Scott’s production company for $1.75 million.

The Twelve, Cronin’s follow-up to The Passage, will be hitting shelves and e-books on Oct. 16, we’ve learned exclusively. EW also acquired a brand new excerpt from The Twelve, which bloodthirsty fans can find in the issue hitting stands tomorrow.

In the meantime, take a look at the cover for The Twelve: READ FULL STORY »

Mar 6 2012 07:40 PM ET

Justin Bieber's mom to publish memoir

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Pop star Justin Bieber’s mom has inked a book deal to tell the story of the role she played in her son’s rise to superstardom.

Pattie Mallette signed a deal with Revell Books to publish, “Nowhere But Up: The Story of Justin Bieber’s Mom.”

The book’s publisher said in a statement Tuesday that Mallette will share details of the trauma, abuse and addiction that plagued her early childhood and young adult years, leading to a suicide attempt when she was 17.

The Stratford, Ontario, native became pregnant at age 18 and gave birth to Bieber in 1994.

The book, written in collaboration with A.J. Gregory, will include a foreward by Bieber. It is slated for release Sept. 18.

Mar 6 2012 02:12 PM ET

Brad Goreski sounds off on Rachel Zoe, his battle with addiction, and his new memoir 'Born to Be Brad'

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Brad Goreski emerged as the quotable breakout star of Bravo’s The Rachel Zoe Project, in which he served as an assistant to the celebrity stylist. Since parting with Zoe on bad terms, Goreski has become a big name in fashion in his own right, and his own Bravo spinoff It’s a Brad, Brad World finished airing its first season. In his new book Born to Be Brad, Goreski imparts fashion advice while talking candidly about his childhood and battles with addiction, as well as his time working for Zoe and his rise to fame. Goreski dishes on the details below: READ FULL STORY »

Mar 6 2012 10:52 AM ET

See the cover of 'Beautiful Redemption' by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl -- EXCLUSIVE

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Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl is one of the strongest contenders to become the next big teen franchise. This best-selling South Carolina-set Southern Gothic series revolves around high schooler Ethan Wate, who falls in love with a girl who appears in his dreams. A major film adaptation is in the works with stars like Viola Davis and Emma Thompson attached, along with lesser-knowns Jack O’Connell and Alice Englert as the teen leads. The three installments so far — Beautiful Creatures, Beautiful Darkness, and Beautiful Chaos — have garnered positive reviews and gained a large following. The fourth novel Beautiful Redemption won’t be available until Oct. 23, but EW has the first peek at the cover below! READ FULL STORY »

Mar 5 2012 05:04 PM ET

ALA announces new awards for adult fiction and nonfiction

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We’re not announcing any winners of awards today, just that two more book awards will be doled out each year. The American Library Association (ALA) has established the Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence, which will recognize the year’s best fiction and nonfiction books for adults. The ALA confers two of the most prestigious children’s book awards each year: the John Newberry medal for best children’s story and the Randolph Caldecott medal for best illustration. In the spirit of small cash amount, hopefully big cachet, the Andrew Carnegie medals will grant $5,000 to each winning author (Pulitzer winners receive $10,000). The inaugural selection committee, headed by NPR commentator and former librarian Nancy Pearl, will decide on the honorees in June.

Mar 5 2012 09:00 AM ET

'Unraveling': Watch the book trailer here! -- EXCLUSIVE VIDEO

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Unraveling, Elizabeth Norris‘ debut novel, follows 17-year-old Janelle Tenner. A truck hit and kills Janelle, but somehow Ben Michaels, a loner from her high school, brings her back to life. That’s just the first of many puzzles Janelle faces in her quest to save the world as she knows it. Unraveling doesn’t hit shelves until April 24, but today we can exclusively reveal the book trailer. Watch it here after the jump.

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Mar 4 2012 09:00 AM ET

The book that inspired ABC's 'GCB': Clever or Offensive?

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GCB, ABC’s new dramedy starring Kristin Chenoweth, Leslie Bibb, and Annie Potts, premieres tonight at 10 p.m. Earlier this year, GCB‘s executive producer Robert Harling told reporters that the show would remain respectful. ”The goal is to watch these people try to be good. What we emphasize is that we will never ever look at this in any other way than the most respectful as possible. We will never ever be disrespectful.”

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