Amy Hertz

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By Amy Hertz

The love that leads to marriage begins with so much promise. But, in books as in life, the minute the spotlight shines on the happy couple, the cockroaches scatter for cover. Problems surface -- boredom, obsession, or...

February 5, 2011 was Save Our Libraries Day in the UK, complete with interactive map to find the nearest protest. And in the US, this video of a grown man crying over the closure of a local library went viral. UK libraries chief Roy...

America has an enduring love affair with British literature--we may have won the War of Independence but we are forever indebted to our island ancestors for the books that get us excited. So here you are England, America's love note to your authors.

Now here's the surprise: Jane Austen...

It's not easy to make a cool book cover. The designer usually has a million different people weighing in, each with a separate need that can potentially tie creativity in a knot. The author wants one image, while the publisher wants a focus on the words on the jacket. "A...

"I took the [road less] traveled by, and that has made all the difference." Yes, self-publishing for Amanda Hocking and John Locke was the road less traveled by and it did make all the difference. But self-publishing has also made a difference throughout American and British history. The story of...

Independence Day 2011--it's approaching next week, and we wanted to celebrate the spirit of independence in books. In a difficult economy and a landscape of big box stores with no individuality, we asked you for your favorite independent bookstores from around the country and the world, the stores you go...

It was an irresistible proposition when Meliville House asked us to be part of the judging panel for the Moby Awards for best and worst book trailers. From the sublime to the ridiculous, we saw it all. Here are the category winners, including best trailer as art object and worst...

It took three presidents and millions of dollars to chase down the world's most notorious and elusive terrorist. The background is here in these seven engaging books on Osama bin Laden--his plans, his life, his family, his own words.

Keep up with live updates and other bin Laden coverage...

The reporters and editors on the Huffington Post staff are serious book lovers and we wanted to know what they're reading and loving now, hoping that it might give you a great reading list to choose from if you're at a loss for what to read next. We got a...

Books on our radar: what's just come out or about to come out that we think you should know about. Some have buzz, some will fly too low, but we wanted to bring them to your attention.

Let us know what books are on your radar in the comments!

It happens in every generation: someone comes up with ideas that look crazy but turn out to be genius. When do they get the recognition? After they're dead. During life they are shunned and criticized, after death, lionized. Will we ever catch up to them? Who do you think is...

The hardest part is to keep going, and every writer knows it. The best have left their words of wisdom to help the rest of us plod along. We loved these from Advice To Writers.
Let us know your favorites by voting in the slideshow and...

It's National Library Week and The American Library Association has published its report on the State of American Libraries.

Among the trends reported:

• Libraries are becoming increasingly important as a resource for job searches and information on building a new business
• Libraries continue to stem the...

It's a simple and beautiful confession written by William Carlos Williams. The original is below. Take a look at the random versions here, with everything from iPads to backpacks.

This Is Just To Say

I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox

This week, the US Supreme Court considers Wal-Mart's demand to dismiss a 10-year-old sex discrimination suit brought by more than 1,000,000 women. The employees accused Wal-Mart of passing them over for promotion in favor of men and paying them less than men. If it is allowed to proceed, as lower...

Self-publishing hero Amanda Hocking's extreme success earning her $2 million turns out not to be the only case. The world's literature is filled with self-publishing heroes who have made their mark on history. From Thomas Paine to Stephen King, From Virginia Woolf to a romance writer, maverick writers...

We asked HuffPost Readers to tell us which books they reread the most. But we also wondered which library books people most frequently reread. It wasn't easy to find the answer. Agroup of panelists used their knowledge of reading habits and publishing trends to compile a...

People seem to be reverting to the comfort of reading classics in the cold weather. We spotted lots of them out there, among the breezy reads. What we see people reading as opposed to what's written about in the usual literary sources always produces a rather interesting list.

What have...

The New York Times has picked the 10 best books of 2010. Last week the list of 100 notable books came out as well. So we have some questions for you:

Would you rather have an editorial staff pick the books?

Would you rather listen to...

Mad Men and publishing in the early 1960s were pretty much the same business, same characters, same everything: booze-y lunches, shag a secretary, at least if there were any women in the office back then. The woman who became Chairman of Putnam, who sat on the board of Universal and...