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Amazon's Kindle Worlds will allow writers to sell fan fictionThe digital publishing platform will let fans write, publish, and sell the stories they've written based on popular books, TV shows, and more.
The Other Side of the TiberWallis Wilde-Menozzi offers an insider's perspective on 30 years of life as a foreigner in Italy.
Reader recommendation: The Custom of the CountryMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
Never-before-seen Pearl S. Buck novel will be released this fallAn unpublished manuscript by Pearl S. Buck titled 'The Eternal Wonder' was discovered last winter in a storage unit in Texas.
J.K. Rowling's 'Potter' first edition raises $228,000 for charityThe auction benefiting the organization English PEN sold a first-edition copy of Rowling's 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' as well as works by Roald Dahl, Hilary Mantel, and Ian McEwan.
Carol Burnett will receive the 2013 Mark Twain Prize for American HumorCarol Burnett, best known for her long-running variety show, will be honored this October at the Kennedy Center in Washington.
Bestselling books the week of 5/19/13, according to IndieBound* What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
Margaret Thatcher: From Grantham to the FalklandsMargaret Thatcher is portrayed as "a woman of beliefs" rather than a generator of ideas in this first volume of her authorized biography.
Reader recommendation: No Great MischiefMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
Does a new J.D. Salinger documentary contain 'revelations' about the author?Harvey Weinstein, whose company is distributing the documentary 'Salinger,' hinted at great secrets in the new movie, but Salinger's son Matthew is disparaging of the film.
Bernard Waber, author of 'Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile,' dies at 91Bernard Waber enjoyed a long career in children's books. His works included 'The House on East 88th Street' and 'Courage.'
The UnwindingIs America coming undone? New Yorker writer George Packer describes a slow meltdown.
Khaled Hosseini's 'And the Mountains Echoed' garners rave reviews'And the Mountains Echoed,' Hosseini's third novel, is racking up huge pre-sale numbers. The book will be released tomorrow.
'Bates Motel': it all goes back to a brilliant novelist named Robert Bloch'Bates Motel,' which airs its season finale May 20, owes its origins to the novel "Psycho" by horror writer Robert Bloch.
Stephen King's decision to skip the e-book format gets renewed attentionStephen King said his new novel, 'Joyland,' will be released in paper format only. 'Let people ... go to an actual bookstore,' said King.
Belle & Sebastian founder Stuart David will write a memoirStuart David founded the band with Belle & Sebastian current lead singer Stuart Murdoch and is now the lead singer for the band Looper.
J.K. Rowling, Hilary Mantel, and other British authors auction off annotated first editionsJ.K. Rowling and other authors are selling first-edition copies of their books with annotations, written thoughts on the book, and/or illustrations to benefit the writers' organization English PEN.
Red MoonBenjamin Percy's supernatural novel is audaciously complex and hauntingly composed.
Country GirlTrailblazing Irish novelist Edna O'Brien delivers the memoir she once believed she'd never write.
Frozen in TimeMitchell Zuckoff brings an astounding, forgotten story of World War II back to life.
