Books in the News

Film Studio Acquires Rights to ‘Animal Farm’

Becoming the third author in the history of the award to win twice, author Hilary Mantel has won the coveted Man Booker Prize for 2012.

After a seven year process, Google and the Association of American Publishers (AAP) announced an agreement providing hope for the future of the Google Library Project.

A directive from Barnes & Noble to its retail outlets has instructed them to pull Penny Marshall’s new release, “My Mother Was Nuts,” from their shelves, Publishers Weekly reports.

In his new memoir Joseph Anton, celebrated Indian-British author Salman Rushdie chronicles his life after publishing the controversial ‘The Satanic Verses’.

The U.S. Pentagon is reviewing the contents of the soon-to-be-released memoir by a Navy SEAL of the raid, which led to the death of Osama bin Laden, the AP reports.

Harry Potter Reading Club, Dennis Rodman’s children’s book and Jonah Lehrer

Chen Guangcheng, the blind Chinese lawyer and human rights activist who escaped the wrath of the Chinese Communist Party this spring, has signed a publishing deal to tell his story.

...the festival boasts over 800 authors and over 750 events.

For the first time, revenue for adult e-books has outpaced that of adult hardcover.

Earlier this month, media mogul Oprah Winfrey announced the reemergence of her famous and influential book club.