The human skull is an iconic image throughout history, and across cultures. Some use it as decoration, others as a warning. It's also a common sym...

"CliffsNotes Films -- The Fastest Way to Learn," a collaboration among AOL, Mark Burnett, Coalition Films and Josh Faure-Brac, has launched with a ser...

Today, Amazon announced a new twist on e-book reading: it has opened a lending library. Members of Amazon Prime, their $79 annual subscription serv...

A former art director at top advertising agency Young & Rubicam, Sam Fink was one of America's great calligraphers and illustrators. Born on May 2...

An internet legend in his own right, comedian Ze Frank often sets challenges to his followers. 'Young Me, Now Me', launched in summer 2010, became a p...

In New York today, Barnes and Noble announced the latest devices in the e-Book / tablet wars, aggressively taking on Amazon with the latest changes in...

NEW YORK — A debut spy novel, Q.R. Markham's "Assassin of Secrets," was pulled Tuesday after its publisher said it discovered that numerous pass...

A new edition has just been published of the book "Medal of Honor: Portraits of Valor Beyond the Call of Duty" (Artisan, $45.) Containing letters ...

National Geographic describes its latest book, "Ocean Soul" ($50), as "a love story." It's a stunning showcase of underwater images, all shot by Brian...

This is the strange and sad tale of a writer who couldn't fulfill his potential through legal means--and so started to copy from the best.

From "Eisenhower: The White House Years" by Jim Newton (Doubleday, $29.95) May 1, 1958, was a fairly quiet day in the world. It was international...

If information is power, then public libraries are the essence of democracy and freedom. Yet they are under threat from a litany of cuts.

Tonight, the National Book Awards 2011 are being announced by the National Book Foundation at an awards dinner at Cipriani - a handful of blocks from ...

The National Book Awards 2011 were announced last night at a ceremony in a downtown New York venue. Though the nominees announcement had been overs...

Out this week, "Agatha Christie: Murder in the Making" is the second volume compiled from Agatha Christie's notes and letters based on 73 unpublished ...

NEW YORK — One of the country's largest publishers, Penguin Group (USA), has suspended making e-editions of new books available to libraries and...

Originally posted on OUP's Etymology & Language Blog With the arrival of the new Muppet movie, Kermit, Miss Piggy, Beaker, and our other felt frien...

Who would dare to write a sequel to "Pride and Prejudice" - and turn it into a murder mystery? How about a world-famous novelist who is old enough ...

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. "Kill Alex Cross" by James Patterson (Little, Brown)...

SAN FRANCISCO — One of the country's largest publishers, Penguin Group (USA), is temporarily restoring libraries' ability to loan their e-books ...

Available free to watch online for one week (click above), the new episode of The Simpsons, called "The Book Job", features Neil Gaiman ("The British ...

What would happen if the world's greatest detectives were in a fight to the death?

A panel of editors, lexicographers and others at Dictionary.com have chosen the Word of the Year for 2011. The word is... Tergiversate Prono...