Here are some literary events to jump-start your week. To get your event posted on our calendar, visit our Facebook Your Literary Event page. Please announce your event one week prior to its date. Books of Wonder will be hosting a…

We have a treat for you today. Today is our 9th edition of AuthorVids! So what is an Author Vid? An AuthorVid is where we send questions to an author or and they answer them in a video…

Simon & Schuster’s paperback imprint Pocket Books has returned to the publishing world as an eBook imprint. The new digital publisher will release titles in various genres including: romance, thriller and mystery. This includes works by authors including: V.C. Andrews,Nathan Dodge, Cindy…

Jon sent this apostrophe catastrophe from a St. Patrick's Day parade. Perhaps this sign is more of a missing-word catastrophe. Should it be "sheriff's office"? Thanks, Jon!…

About Thomas Waite Thomas Waite is an author, entrepreneur and consultant whose writings have appeared in such publications as the Harvard Business Review and The New York Times and he has been featured in a wide variety of media, including…

Fodor’s Travel, an imprint of Random House, has relaunched its line of city guide iOS apps. The apps — which includes city guides to New York, Paris, London, Rome, Barcelona and San Francisco — have new features and are now free. AppNewser has more: “The…

Could you imagine a James Bond film directed by Alfred Hitchcock? The film could have changed the course of the cinematic history. In 1959, Bond creator Ian Fleming dashed off a long telegram to novelist novelist Eric Ambler,…

Writing is serious business. I think we can all agree on that. Sure, there are times when the words flow from your mind to your fingers (to the keyboard to the screen) like water effortlessly flowing downstream. However, I am…

Good Monday morning, everyone! I hope you all have ample coffee – or whatever gives you that boost when you wake up. Here’s are your freelance writing jobs. Have great start! Freelance Writing Jobs Content Writing SEO/Content Writers (USA) Website…

Glenn Beck‘s publisher Mercury Ink is taking the  talk show host’s advise and publishing a series of eBooks about morality from author Chris Stewart. The stories, which were originally written for a Mormon audience, have been expanded to address current…

The New York Times reports that filmmaker Francis Lawrence has come on board as the director for the next installment of The Hunger Games movie series, Catching Fire. Lawrence started off his Hollywood career directing music videos. He has since…

I recently had the opportunity to interview a self-taught writer, painter, and musician about his writing. Vincent MaCraven is a paranoid schizophrenic. His love for the written word started more than twenty years ago, reading the classics, books on religion,…

Michigan's warning signs regarding ice on bridges are pretty straightforward syntactically; in fact, I can't think of any other way to parse the sentence than the following -…

Exactly how big is America’s illiteracy problem? The Understanding Illiteracy infographic will help you actually see the scope of the problem. We’ve embedded the complete infographic below–what do you think? Childhood literacy groups need your support. Yahoo created a handy…

The faces looking at me were excited but a little concerned. I had just finished a presentation on how blogging can be an amazing weapon in your book marketing arsenal, the remarkable effects you can achieve by just investing your…

The price of e-books is on many people’s minds, including the Federal Department of Justice, which recently sued Apple and three leading publishing houses. At least as much as consumers care about getting the lowest price, however, authors and publishers…

I am looking for bloggers who would like to participate in huge Kindle Fire Giveaway sponsored by Pump Up Your Book and eXtasy Books. We are looking for blog hosts to post a pre-made blog post about the company and…

The sun is making more of an appearance every day here in northern California, just the way self-published books are really starting to shine in the book world. Every week publishing your own books seems to become a viable option…

1. Earth Through in modern usage our planet’s Latin name, Terra, appears only in science fiction, the adjective terrestrial is often employed to refer to phenomena associated with Earth or with land as opposed to water. It is also the…

The first 15 pages of Eighteen Kisses are now available to read for free online!…

The parties returned to Judge Denny Chin’s Manhattan courtroom yesterday for motions in the Google Books Case. The search engine giant sought to remove the Authors Guild as an associational plaintiff, even as the Guild pushed for its own motion…

As much as the expression grates on my nerves, I couldn't help but chuckle when I saw the following image. Image credit…

For your weekend reading pleasure, here are our top stories of the week, including Paulo Coelho‘s eBook price change, a Henry David Thoreau video game and an inspiring poster about literacy (embedded above). Click here to sign up for…

Google wants the Authors Guild to drop their bookscanning lawsuit against them. Yesterday, the company told U.S. Circuit Judge Denny Chin in Manhattan that the guild cannot represent “the owners of book’s copyrights.” Bloomberg has the story: “Google said in court…

Abrams has a new eBook out dedicated to the quiet Beatle called George Harrison: Living In the Material World. Here is more from the press release: “The book is a companion to Martin Scorsese’s documentary film of the same name and…

Author Michele Rosenthal recently published her memoir, Before the World Intruded: Conquering the Past and Creating the Future. The book recounts the twenty-four years she spent struggling with undiagnosed Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and her subsequent healing. In celebration of…

Joe Muto, a former television producer at Fox News, has landed a memoir deal with Penguin Group (USA)’s Dutton imprint. Muto, “a self described bleeding heart liberal,” wrote An Atheist in the Foxhole to recount his eight years at Fox…

Barnes & Noble has launched a new ad campaign to promote the new Nook Simple Touch GlowLight, a feature that lets users read in the dark. We’ve embedded the TV commercial above for your viewing pleasure. The “Read in Bed”…

According to the Association of American Publishers (AAP) net sales revenue report for February, the children’s and young adult categories saw massive growth in February. The categories saw a nearly 72 percent increase in hardcover sales and almost 63 percent increase…

The next time you need to research a book or a new writing project, you should use the YouTube Time Machine to explore the time period in your work. The online tool will let you find videos that range from…

by Susan Daffron Last year was the first time I participated in the Self-Publisher’s Online Conference, and it was a great experience. Run by Susan Daffron and James Byrd, owners of Logical Expressions and longtime self-publishers themselves, this online event…