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"Tokyo Vice" Author Goes To Japan Seeking Enlightenment, Ends Up Writing About Organized Crime (VIDEO)

Posted 11.17.2009 | Books

Read More: Jake Adlestein Tokyo Vice, Jon Stewart, Japanese Crime, Tokyo Vice, Books, Organized Crime, New Books, Japan, Buddhism, Jake Adelstein, Books News

Author Jake Adelstein was on Jon Stewart last night talking about his new book, "Tokyo Vice," and the crazier-and-crazier story of how he got mixed up...

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Sarah Palin On Oprah: Talks Levi's 'Aspiring Porn' Career (VIDEO)

Posted 11.16.2009 | Media

Read More: Television, Oprah Winfrey, Sarah Palin Going Rogue, Sarah Palin Oprah, Books, Sarah Palin, Levi Johnston, Sarah Palin Oprah Interview, Going Rogue, Media News

Sarah Palin appeared on Oprah Monday as the father of her grandson prepared to wear just a hockey stick for Playgirl magazine. She is saddened by Levi...

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Sully vs. Langewiesche: Controversy Over Miracle Books

Huffington Post | Christine Negroni | Posted 11.16.2009 | Books

Read More: Fly by Wire, Inside the Sky, Hudson, William Langewiesche, Books, Miracle on the Hudson, Langewiesche, Sully, Airplanes, Pilots, Highest Duty, Chelsey Sullenberger, Books News

In the aftermath of the Miracle on the Hudson, Capt. Chesley Sullenberger told any reporter who would listen that credit for putting the US Airways Ai...

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Why We Read Cookbooks

The New Yorker | Adam Gopnik | Posted 11.16.2009 | Books

Read More: Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Cooking, Baking, Reading, Julia Child, Books, Mark Bittman, Cookbooks, Recipes, The Elements of Cooking, Food, Books News

We say "What's the recipe?" when we mean "How do you do it?" And though we want the answer to be "Like this!" the honest answer is "Be me!" "What's th...

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My Voice

Xiaoda Xiao | Posted 11.16.2009 | Books

Read More: Censorship, Cultural Revolution, Mao, Political Prisoners, Chinese Prison Camps, China, Chinese Prison, Freedom of Speech, Writing, The Cave Man, Prison Camps, Mao Zedong, Books, Chinese Censorship, Books News
Xiaoda Xiao

Under the strict censorship regulations of the current regime in China, the publication of any literary work that shows signs of penetrating in depth, or exposing the reality of prison life is forbidden.

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10 Ways to Rock on Social Media and Still Have a Life

Penny C. Sansevieri | Posted 11.17.2009 | Media

Read More: Online Marketing, Promoting Your Book, Marketing Yourself, Youtube, Books-News, Book Marketing, Authors, Twitter, Books, Facebook, Books News, Marketing Authors, Blogging, Media News
Penny C. Sansevieri

It's true: social media is here--and there goes your life! Well, maybe not entirely but it sure seems that way sometimes, doesn't it?

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Going Rouge and the Art of Jujitsu Publishing

Colin Robinson | Posted 11.16.2009 | Books

Read More: Palin Book, Or Books, Going Rouge, Going Rogue, Palin Oprah, Books, Palin Memoir, Sarah Palin Book, Sarah Palin, Publishing, Independent Publishing, Palin Books, Books News
Colin Robinson

Whenever Going Rogue was discussed, Going Rouge would be brought into the frame too. We had to become the skunk at Palin's garden party.

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Why Do Writers Write?

Mark Coker | Posted 11.19.2009 | Books

Read More: Future of Publishing, Nanowrimo, Future of Books, Books, Writing, Ebooks, Writers' Brains, Writers, Brains, Brain Chemistry, Dopamine, Self-Publishing, Books News
Mark Coker

Writers are artists, and artists are compelled to express themselves, even if only to an audience of one.

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Fifty Things Under $50 Bucks To Promote Your Book

Penny C. Sansevieri | Posted 11.16.2009 | Books

Read More: Online Marketing, Promoting Your Book, Marketing Yourself, Youtube, Books-News, Book Marketing, Authors, Twitter, Books, Facebook, Books News, Marketing Authors, Blogging, Books News
Penny C. Sansevieri

These days it seems like everyone's book marketing budget is a little tighter. If you're feeling the pinch, here are some tips that could help keep you on track.

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Join Arianna And Carl Honore In A Live Discussion on "In Praise Of Slowness"

Amy Hertz | Posted 11.18.2009 | Books

Read More: Internet, Books, Lunch, Carl Honore, In Praise of Slowness, Arianna, Vacation, Huffington Post, Amazon, Books News
Amy Hertz

Thursday, November 19th at 3pm Eastern, we're having our first live event on Huffington Post Books. Arianna will be hosting a video chat with Carl Honore and HuffPost readers to talk about In Praise of Slowness.

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Malcolm Gladwell and the Case For Endless Self-Googling

David Quigg | Posted 11.16.2009 | Books

Read More: Outliers, The New Yorker, Book Reviews, What the Dog Saw, Essays, Writer, Steven Pinker, Gladwell, Tipping Point, Blink, Eigenvalue, Igon Value, Authors, Self-Googling, Algebra, New York Times, Malcolm Gladwell, Books, Books News, Google, Books News
David Quigg

I piled cringe upon cringe Friday -- first because I read Steven Pinker's vivisection of Malcolm Gladwell's new collection, second because of what I found when I Googled a flub Pinker wielded against Gladwell.

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Brooke Magnanti, Anonymous Blogger, Revealed: British Scientist Is Belle De Jour, Former Prostitute

AP | Posted 11.16.2009 | Books

Read More: Secret Diary of a Call Girl, Magnati Belle De Jour, Call Girl Series, Belle De Jour, Brooke Magnati, Diaries of a Call Girl, Prostitution, Books, Sex, Showtime, Billie Piper, Tv, Call Girl, Books News

LONDON — A British scientist says she is Belle de Jour, the anonymous blogger whose accounts of life as a call girl were turned into books and a...

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"Going Rouge" Excerpt: Sarah Palin's Top 25 Tweets

Huffington Post | Posted 11.13.2009 | Books

Read More: Or Books, Going Rouge, Sarah Palin Going Rogue, Sarah Palin Twitter, Palin, Twitter, New Books, Going Rogue, Palin Books, Books, Sarah Palin Tweets, Sarah Palin Book, Sarah Palin Memoir, Sarah Palin, Books News

This list, compiled by Sebastian Jones, is an exclusive excerpt from "Going Rouge: An American Nightmare" available only by direct order from OR Books...

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Malcolm Gladwell's "What The Dog Saw": Great Writing, Suspect Science

The New York Times | STEVEN PINKER | Posted 11.13.2009 | Books

Read More: Outliers, Tipping Point, Book Reviews, Blink, Authors, Essays, Writer, Malcolm Gladwell, What the Dog Saw, Steven Pinker, Books, Gladwell, Books News

Fortunately for "What the Dog Saw," the essay format is a better showcase for Gladwell's talents, because the constraints of length and editors yield ...

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"Alice In Wonderland" Inspires Bestselling Trilogy "The Looking Glass Wars" (VIDEO)

abcnews.com | Posted 11.13.2009 | Books

Read More: Young Readers Day, Kids Reading, Lewis Carroll, Books, Archenemy, Author Interview, YA Authors, Young Adult Books, Alice in Wonderland, Frank Beddor, Authors, YA Books, Looking Glass Wars, National Young Readers Day, Reading, Books News

Tomorrow is National Young Readers Day, an initiative to celebrate and encourage a love of reading in kids, and in honor of that, we bring you this in...

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Jewish Liberation From The Ghetto: Excerpt From "Emancipation"

GlobalPost | Michael Goldfarb | Posted 11.13.2009 | Books

Read More: Palestine, Globalpost, Jews, Marx, Judaism, Books, Karl Marx, Communist Manifesto, New Books, Moses Hess, Communism, Michael Goldfarb, Emancipation, Israel, World War II, Books News

Michael Goldfarb GlobalPost An excerpt from Michael Goldfarb's new book, "Emancipation: How Liberating Europe's Jews from the Ghetto Led to Revolutio...

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Get Famous Fast

Denise Brodey | Posted 11.13.2009 | Books

Read More: Book Promotion, Recessionista, Self-Publishing, New Authors, Author Branding, Book Publishing, Future of Publishing, Book Videos, Book Publicity, Branding, Book Groups, Publishing, Personal Branding, Writing, Authors, Books, Blogging, Book Trailers, Self-Promoting, Books News
Denise Brodey

You can mourn the death of publishing or you can start bushwhacking a new book trail. These women certainly have.

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Bulletin from the Rechargable Electronic Reading Council

Bruce McCall | Posted 11.13.2009 | Books

Read More: Future of the Book, Publishing, Kindle, Paper, Rare Books, Bookstores, Humor, Books, Ebooks, Paper Books, Nook, Ereaders, Books News
Bruce McCall

With an e-book, you can deface the reading area to your heart's content and then simply wipe the viewing screen clean with a damp cloth.

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All Hail, or Hurl -- The Hybrid Book is Here!

Tom Alderman | Posted 11.13.2009 | Books

Read More: Video, Kindle, Hybrid Books, Ipod, Vook, Level 26, Csi, Audiobooks, Ereaders, Simon & Schuster, Writing, Iphone, Vooks, Books, Ebooks, Anthony Zuiker, Nook, Digi-Novel, Ereader, Bestsellers, Books News
Tom Alderman

"Level 26: Dark Origins" is the first of it's kind, but it's just the beginning of a whole new species of hybrid books that may change the publishing landscape.

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7 Great Books By Economists

Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 11.13.2009 | Books

Read More: Adam Smith, Economics, Milton Friedman, Amartya Sen, Money, Books, Economics Books, Making Globalization Work, Slidepoll, Globalization, Stiglitz, Obama, Capitalism, Books by Economists, The Next Stage, The Wealth of Nations, Economic Policy, Keynes, Galbraith, Economists, Paul Krugman, Peddling Prosperity, Books News

There's a major panel discussion going on today in Washington, D.C. called "The Next Stage," in which economists are coming together to discuss the pr...

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Writing "Beyond Blue": Keeping My End of the Bargain

Therese Borchard | Posted 11.12.2009 | Books

Read More: Stigma, Suicide, Depression, Psychiatry, Writing, Authors, Anxiety, Mental Illness, Books, Mood Disorders, Beyond Blue, Therapy, Books News
Therese Borchard

Here I am. With my mission: to educate folks about mental illness and to offer support to those who, like myself, suffer from mood disorders.

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eBook-Only Publishers Cropping Up Everywhere

Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 11.12.2009 | Books

Read More: Harlequin, Samhain, Or Books, Kindle, Book Publishing, Romance, Lulu, Ereaders, Publishing, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Going Rouge, Carina Press, Iuniverse, Scribd, Atlantic Bridge, eBook Publishing, Publishers, Ebooks, Books, Romance Novels, Self-Publishing, Nook, Uncial, Smashwords, Books News

A recent article from Publishers Weekly announced the launch of Carina Press, a new imprint of romance publisher Harlequin that will exclusively publi...

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Six Things Book Publicists Love to Hear

Laurence Hughes | Posted 11.12.2009 | Books

Read More: Authors, Thunder Dome, Publishing, Mah-Jongg, Books, Sales Rep, Oprah, Editor, Publicity, Boys' Life, Publicist, Book Publishing, Books News
Laurence Hughes

"Do you think we can get Oprah?" Generally asked by an author whose book is wildly inappropriate for Oprah and who has never actually seen Oprah, but who's heard that Oprah sells books.

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Shame! Shame! China Shame!

Kenneth Kales | Posted 11.12.2009 | Books

Read More: Publishing, Editors, Obama China, Media, Obama, Books, Book Publishers, China, Barack Obama, Books News
Kenneth Kales

Why are we as a nation giving a free pass to Mr. Obama on his avoidance to confront human rights atrocities in China? I am baffled sometimes when I see in the media those stories gushing about how great China is.

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Lemony Snicket Moves To Little, Brown With New Series

Publishers Weekly | Jim Milliot | Posted 11.12.2009 | Books

Read More: Harpercollins, Series of Unfortunate Events, Book Deals, Books, Daniel Handler, YA Books, Little Brown, Young Adult Books, Lemony Snicket, Kids' Books, Books News

Daniel Handler, who had a long and successful run with his Lemony Snicket-penned A Series of Unfortunate Events series at HarperCollins, is moving to ...

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