This piece was first published on our sister site DailyFinance. By Alice Hines The book, that venerable handmaiden of Western thought, has had a...
Daniel S Hamermesh has created a new kind of economics: "pulchrinomics," the economics of beauty. In his new book "Beauty Pays" ($24.95, Princeton ...
VE3 is a re-imagining of a book originally published in the 1960s. The book is the first ever 'book in a box', called "Composition No. 1" by Marc Sapo...
Digital publisher Open Road Integrated Media has put together a short video about how writers put food on the table when writing doesn't pay the bills...
The shortlist for The Man Booker Prize 2011 has just been announced. According to British sportsbook company Ladbrokes, the favorite is clearly Julian...
One of Britain's first self-help books, written in 1740, to help women resist life's temptations has gone on display. The rare book, which is entit...
It was announced today, on International Literacy Day, that one of the great pioneers of electronic literacy and the inventor of the e-book had died o...
The Chicago Tribune called him an "evil genius". The Atlantic described his work as "elevating the Tweet and the f-word to the level of literature...
In July this year, a curious project appeared on the website Kickstarter, asking for donations. The Uni Project was described as "a portable, open-air...
Amazon is planning a Netflix-like subscription service for e-books, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal today (available to subscribers o...
Tomorrow Today an "evil genius" ( according to Chicago Tribune) will be creating an exclusive story - on our Twitter feed, @HuffPostBooks. It's goi...
On September 3rd, "America's littlest library" - a library based inside a British telephone booth - officially opened in Clinton Corners, NY. It's 3...
Author and "Evil genius" Daniel Sinker, best known for his tweets as @MayorEmanuel, tweeted a new short story exclusively on our Twitter feed @HuffPos...
50 Cent's new movie has been forced to back down in a legal battle with representatives of the 80-year-old Nigerian novelist, Chinua Achebe. The r...
JK Rowling has been named among the "core participants" in the Leveson Inquiry, the British government's inquiry in to the ethics and practices of the...
The final 31 Borders stores across 18 states will close on Sunday, ending the story of what was once one of the largest book retailers in the world. ...
To mark Banned Books Week (Sept 24-Oct 1), we've created an infographic to highlight the most banned or challenged books of last year. Click below to ...
Narrative Magazine: Anne Marie Rooney’s poem “Instructions on Wooing Me” is as cool and nonplussed as flapper girl—and as promiscuous, fli...
-- HARDCOVER FICTION 1. "New York to Dallas" by J.D. Robb (Putnam)...
NEW YORK -- Colin Powell's new book is a story of success. The retired four-star general and former Secretary of State has a deal with HarperCollins ...
In response to the execution of Troy Davis in Georgia, controversial filmmaker and writer Michael Moore has tried - and failed - to withdraw copies of...
With 23rd season of The Simpsons premiering on Sunday, America's longest-running sitcom is still going strong. Despite the perennial complaints about ...
So the new Kindle e-readers have been announced, and are available for pre-order, with an official release date of November 21. What are they, what do...
Writing can be a lonely task. It can be tricky to motivate yourself, and without proper feedback, it's hard to know how to improve. Several website...
MOSCOW -- A senior Russian Orthodox official claimed Wednesday that novels by Vladimir Nabokov and Gabriel Garcia Marquez justify pedophilia and said ...
