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Stephenie Meyer, author of the Twilight series, is irked by parents who are naming their children after her characters. “I am someone who strongly believes in reality, and that you don’t monkey around with people’s names. Whether they become a stripper or a lawyer has a large part to do with the name you give […]
John Banville, who recently finished his novel Ancient Light will be writing a Philip Marlowe novel under his pen name of Benjamin Black. It would be the first novel featuring the character created by Raymond Chandler since 1991, when Robert B. Parker wrote the novel Perchance to Dream. “This all happened very speedily, in a […]
Now that he’s been cast as Head Gamemaker Plutarch Heavensbee in the film version of Catching Fire, Academy Award winner Philip Seymour Hoffman is now rushing to read the Suzanne Collins books after enjoying the film script. “It’s a great group of actors. It’s a great environment. And the character was something I was attracted […]
After giving a boost to Thomas Tallis’ “Spem in Alium,” E.L. James has decided to go all of the way and provide a companion album for fans of her Fifty Shades of Grey novel. Unlike the soundtrack listed on James’ website, the album will be comprised entirely of classical music. James has selected 15 tracks […]
Dustin Pogue, New York Times columnist and author, admitted to downloading an eBook off a torrent site. Dustin Pogue was searching for an eBook edition of The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum, but was disappointed to find that it is not offered.
Debuts on this week’s USA Today’s Best-Selling Books list include Where We Belong by Emily Giffin (#5), Friends Forever by Danielle Steel (#6), Black List by Brad Thor (#8) and Broken Harbor by Tana French (#17).
Today (July 24th) is another huge day for book releases! Major books from authors like Brad Thor, J.A. Jance, Danielle Steel and Emily Giffin are all hitting shelves today. First off, we have what is probably our most anticipated thriller novel in a long time, Black List by Brad Thor. It’s the 11th book in […]
An early copy of The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle has sold for almost ten times its guide price in an auction in Essex. The Sherlock Holmes book sold for £3,900 ($6,000) as part of the Sworders Fine Art Auctioneers auction. The book was published in 1902 and was part of a […]
E.L. James can be credited with a lot of things, including the rise in sex shop sales, but one of the most important things she and others like her appears to be revolutionizing the publishing industry. Because Fifty Shades started out as an eBook, publishers are now storming the various online platforms such as the […]
Although the new Jack Ryan reboot has not been the fastest moving film project, with the announcement of Kenneth Branagh (Thor) directing, things are definitely starting to pick up. In addition to being a director, Branagh is also an actor. Therefore, he is “in talks” to play the villain in the film. The character’s name […]