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'The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones': an action-packed trailer'The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones' is based on the first novel in writer Cassandra Clare's series.
'Heads in Beds': 6 crazy stories about working at a hotel In "Heads in Beds," former hotel worker Jacob Tomsky reveals what really happens behind the scenes and offers suggestions as to how to ensure good service the next time you are a guest in a hotel.
'Put me in the story, mom!' Now you really canThe new app 'Put Me in the Story,' released by publisher Sourcebooks, will allow older readers to add the name of a younger one to Sourcebook titles.
After the 2012 election, what's next for Ayn Rand?Rand became the center of the cultural debate again when her books became a part of the 2012 presidential election. Where will the controversial author and her influence go from here? Rand biographer Anne C. Heller offers her take.
Apple and Flipboard team up to bring more books to iOS devicesVia Flipboard, the new version of the app also lets users see what titles are popular in other countries.
'The Baby-sitters Club' novels will get e-book releasesThe first 20 books in the popular children's series by Ann M. Martin will be released in electronic format on Dec. 1.
Reinventing BachPaul Elie's serious and inventive book asks: How has Bach in our time become a Godlike being whose center is everywhere?
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National Book Awards go to 'The Round House' and 'Behind the Beautiful Forevers'The National Book Awards were given to writers Louise Erdrich and first-time author Katherine Boo in the fiction and nonfiction categories, respectively, while William Alexander and David Ferry were awarded the young people's literature and poetry prizes.
ElsewhereRichard Russo's memoir of life with his mother is a vivid if devastating portrait of the complicated relationship that overshadowed his life.
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Oxford American Dictionary's word of the year: 'GIF'The word 'GIF,' which has been ever-present in pop culture, beat out other terms like 'Eurogeddon' and 'super PAC.'
World Book Night returns to the USAfter reading celebration World Book Night debuted in America for the first time last year, it will be held again this April.
Thomas JeffersonBiographer Jon Meacham captures Thomas Jefferson as a person, not just a historical figure.
Bestselling books the week of 11/15/12, according to IndieBound* What's selling best at independent bookstores across America.
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Philip Roth announces his retirementPhilip Roth says his novel 'Nemesis,' which was released in 2010, was his last book.
Amazon is slammed with $252 million in back taxes by FranceAmazon confirmed during a hearing with Britain's Public Accounts Committee that the French tax authority asked them for the amount in September.
10 of America's best bookstores Here are 10 of the bookstores honored by writers in the new book 'My Bookstore.'