As the Department of Justice faces off with the major publishers and Apple, I want to offer up a simple statement that likely contradicts what most readers believe: Making e-books is harder than it looks.

As a literary agent, I fell victim to the same false conclusions I think most...

I've been reading a lot on the subject of bullying lately, whether it's the "Star Wars"-loving little girl or Chris Colfer from "Glee" creating a PSA addressed to LGBT youth and assuring them, "It gets better."

As I read these stories of bullying -- many tragic stories involving...

If you aren't actually in the publishing business, don't own an eBook reader, and haven't tried to buy a book published by Macmillan from Amazon this week, you likely weren't aware that war had broken out.

Other writers have done a good job of describing the details, so let me...

"Why don't you write a book?" This is a question I hear often, most often from my wife. It's on my mind because tonight we are headed to her company's holiday party and I'd bet a large amount of money someone will ask me that question tonight. So, I've been...

As a father, I regularly look to my toddler son and ponder how will I share with him some of the experiences I so fondly remember from my own childhood:  rainy days building forts out of TV tables and blankets, snowy nights building model planes and tanks, and Saturday afternoons...

When I bought my first home, it was a co-op apartment in New York City. Got a leak? Call the super. Bulb out in the hallway? Call the super.

Then I moved to the suburbs in San Diego, CA. Big, new house, two new cars in the garage, and a...