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Children's book author refuses award backed by AmazonAllan Ahlberg refused a lifetime achievement award because it was sponsored by the internet bookseller Amazon.
'Downton Abbey' + 'Game of Thrones' = 'The Last Kingdom'?The producers of 'Downton Abbey' 鈥� hoping to speak to a 'Game of Thrones' audience 鈥� are beginning production on 'The Last Kingdom,' a new historical drama set in medieval times.
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'What Is Visible' is based on the true story of Laura Bridgman who, before Helen Keller, communicated without hearing, sight, or speechThis debut novel by Kimberly Elkins tells the story of Laura Bridgman, once the celebrated face of the Perkins School for the Blind.
HBO executives say they have no worries that 'Game of Thrones' series will get ahead of the booksAmid fan fears that George R.R. Martin would not be able to finish the the epic fantasy series in time for the TV adaptation, HBO execs insist that they are 'not concerned.'
Prototype 'FingerReader' device allows the blind to 'read' printed textScientists at MIT have developed the FingerReader, a device that reads text to the visually impaired.
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'A Wolf Called Romeo' tells the remarkable story of a wolf and his human friendsWriter Nick Jans discovered a wolf living near his home in Juneau, Alaska 鈥� an ambassador from the wild who appeared to delight in friendly canine company and accepted humans as well.
Lev Grossman's book trailer stars readers and fellow authorsAuthor Lev Grossman got fans and fellow writers involved for the creation of the book trailer for his upcoming work 'The Magician's Land.'
The 'Maximum Ride' books by James Patterson will be adapted as a YouTube seriesCollective Digital Studio will be creating the series, which will reportedly consist of six to 10 episodes, each between 10 and 15 minutes long.
'Joe and Marilyn' considers the poignant, troubled love affair between Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn MonroeIt's a sad story, but in the end, Joe DiMaggio was the one man on whom Marilyn Monroe could depend.
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Costco removes, then puts back, the book 'America' by conservative writer Dinesh D'SouzaThe book accompanies a documentary of the same name, titled 'America: Imagine A World Without Her,' which was recently released in theaters.
Gillian Flynn's 'Sharp Objects' will reportedly be adapted as a TV seriesGillian Flynn is also the author of 'Gone Girl' and 'Dark Places.'
Amazon offers 100 percent of e-book profits to Hachette authors as dispute rages onAmazon recently offered Hachette writers 100 percent of e-book profits until the dispute between the publisher and the bookselling giant is resolved. The move prompted criticism from Hachette.聽
Harper Lee's classic, 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' is finally available as an e-book'To Kill a Mockingbird,' the 1961 Pulitzer Prize winner that often appears on 'most-loved books' lists, has been released as an e-book for a new generation of readers.
'The New Arabs' asks: Who is remaking the Middle East?A tech-savvy and youthful population may be changing the Middle East faster than Westerners realize.
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Which are the most unread books of 2014?Jordan Ellenberg, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, recently designed the Hawking Index, named after Stephen Hawking's book 'A Brief History of Time' (often called 'the most unread book of all time'), to calculate which books are put down the most often.
Bestselling books the week of 7/10/14, according to IndieBound* What's selling best at independent bookstores across America.