Alexandria, Virginia ends up on a lot of “best” lists — best place to live, best city for women, best place to start over — and now its residents get to add another feather to their well-plumed hats. Amazon compiled demographic data based on print and digital sales of books, magazines, and newspapers per capita and came up with a list of the 20 best-read cities. Of course, this list may be more indicative of Kindle-friendliest cities, but it’s interesting nevertheless: READ FULL STORY »
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May 16
2012
09:39 AM ET
May 15
2012
04:35 PM ET
Another way to get rich off Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg's former assistant writes memoir
The founder of Facebook might “like” this: Katherine Losse, Facebook’s 51st employee, has written a memoir about her five-year stint at the social network. The book — titled The Boy Kings: A Journey Into the Heart of the Social Network — will be released June 26 by The Free Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster.
According to a release, Losse’s book will describe “the vision, culture, and tactics of the hackers, venture capitalists, and Ivy League grads” who took Facebook from campus curiosity to worldwide phenomenon. It will also “ignite broad cultural conversations about technology, gender, race, and the future of the Internet.” But will it involve time travel? Because that’s really what we look for in a Facebook book.
Losse served as a writer and researcher at the website — as well as Zuckerberg’s assistant — from 2005 to 2010, leaving on “friendly terms.” She’s currently living and writing in Marfa, Tx.
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May 14
2012
03:55 PM ET
'Breakfast at Tiffany's' to come out as e-book
Welcome, Holly Golightly, to the digital revolution.
Vintage Books announced Monday that Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Truman Capote’s classic New York City novella, is coming out this week as an e-book for the first time.
Other Capote favorites, from The Grass Harp to Music for Chameleons, also will debut in digital form. Vintage, a paperback imprint of Random House Inc., is planning paper reissues of Capote’s work, including the true crime classic In Cold Blood.
Capote died in 1984 at age 60.
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May 14
2012
10:44 AM ET
Q&A: Justin Halpern talks new book 'I Suck at Girls' and having to top 'S-t My Dad Says'
Justin Halpern may very well be the first successful example of a digital era writer. Halpern’s Twitter feed @s–tmydadsays brought the San Diego comedian unprecedented social media success, and most impressively a major CBS sitcom deal (which turned into the erstwhile William Shatner vehicle, $#*! My Dad Says). Now, Halpern is giving readers another taste of his father’s wisdom in I Suck At Girls, his new novel that’s part memoir, part romantic comedy and all side-splitting confessional.
EW caught up with Halpern before the May 15 release of his brave compendium of unfortunate interactions with girls (leading up to his eventual marriage) and pressed him about what it took to admit to the world: I Suck at Girls. READ FULL STORY »
May 11
2012
12:07 PM ET
Original ‘Harry Potter’ manuscript goes on tour
There’s been a bunch of Potter-related news items lately, between e-reader availability and the — at long last! — launching of Pottermore.
Now the story that started it all is back in the spotlight, with part of the original manuscript of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone being shown at British Library.
According to Jamie Andrews, head of English and Drama at the library, “Writing Britain celebrates the incredible collection of great literary works held at the British Library, spanning more than 1,000 years to the present day. These rare and unique collections will help give a fascinating and new insight into the creative thinking behind iconic British novels, poems, illustrations and more.”
Other works in the show include JRR Tolkien’s artwork for The Hobbit and the original manuscript of The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson.
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May 10
2012
04:36 PM ET
'Harry Potter' books to be part of Kindle lending service
Accio your Kindle over, because e-reading got a lot more magical today. Amazon.com announced that e-book editions of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series will become part of the Kindle service available to Amazon Prime subscribers. Members can download a book for free once a month.
As previously reported, this is in addition to the e-books now available for download on Pottermore, which officially launched last month.
So for those of you who still haven’t checked out Hogwarts, or for those that want to go back and digitally reread Prisoner of Azkaban, mark your calendars for June 19, when the Amazon Prime lending begins.
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May 10
2012
11:00 AM ET
'Fifty Shades' author E L James has finished two new novels
The erotic Fifty Shades trilogy may be reviled and banned by some, but with all three books topping the best-sellers list, the phenomenon is far from fading any time soon. E L James, the raunchy mind behind the bondage saga, has added fuel to the fire by telling USA Today that she has two more novels hidden away. She says one is another erotic novel — no mention whether it revisits kink master Christian Grey and dewy college student Anastasia Steele — and the other is a paranormal young adult novel. James considers Fifty Shades a hard act to follow. ”I’ve got several more good ideas but how do you follow this?” she says. “I’ve set the bar quite high in terms of storytelling.” READ FULL STORY »
May 9
2012
05:02 PM ET
'Fifty Shades of Grey' getting yanked from some library shelves
E L James’ kinky bondage-themed Fifty Shades trilogy is still finding a massive audience — the three books currently occupy the top spots on The New York Times best-seller list — but if you live in Wisconsin, Georgia, or Florida, you might have a harder time finding the titles in public libraries. Counties in those states, including Brevard County in Florida and Gwinnett County in Georgia, have pulled the “mommy porn” books from its libraries, deeming them “too steamy or too poorly written,” according to the AP. Other states and areas are expected to follow suit. READ FULL STORY »
May 8
2012
08:40 AM ET
Maurice Sendak, author of 'Where the Wild Things Are,' dies at age 83
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Beloved children’s author and illustrator Maurice Sendak died today at the age of 83, according to the New York Times. The cause of death was complications after a recent stroke. A true creative force with singular vision, he rose to international prominence in 1963 with his classic picture book Where the Wild Things Are, which tells the story of a mischievous young boy who escapes to an imagined world full of wild forests and fanged beasts. Following his first publication in 1947, Sendak wrote and illustrated dozens of best-selling and critically acclaimed titles in addition to designing sets for operas and producing TV series based on his books. READ FULL STORY »
May 4
2012
10:40 AM ET
'Fox Mole' sells a memoir about his time at Fox News
Joe Muto, dubbed the “Fox Mole” by the media, has sold a book about his eight-year stint working as a producer at the Fox News Channel to Dutton, an imprint of Penguin. Last month, he wrote anonymous and highly critical blog posts for Gawker about his time working for shows like The O’Reilly Factor before he was quickly found out and fired by his employers.
The publishers are no doubt hoping he saved up his best material. Muto, a self-proclaimed “weasel, a traitor, a sell-out,” received just $5,000 for his career-ending Gawker column; now he’s nabbed a reported low-six-figure advance for his upcoming book, tentatively titled An Atheist in the Foxhole. He may need a big portion of that if Fox News follows up on its threats to sue.
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