James Patterson Donates 200,000 Books to U.S. Armed Forces
Written by Brandon Williams on Thursday, March 15th, 2012To show his gratitude, James Patterson is donating 200,000 of his books to the US Army. With help from charitable organizations such as Operation Gratitude and Books for Heroes, he is sending 20,000 cartons with 10 books each in them to soldiers worldwide. (more…)
Coben Novel “Hold Tight” Gets Optioned
Written by Jenny Brady on Thursday, March 15th, 2012Harlan Coben has had another one of his novels optioned. This time it’s Hold Tight being optioned by Inferno Entertainment. The standalone thriller novel’s screenplay will be written by Scott F. Butler. (more…)
Selleck Sees An End Coming for CBS “Jesse Stone” Movies
Written by Jenny Brady on Thursday, March 15th, 2012Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt, Tom Selleck’s eighth Jesse Stone TV movie based on the Robert B. Parker character, airs May 20th on CBS. Selleck, who is an executive producer and a co-writer on the series of films, thinks it’ll be the last of the series. (more…)
Will Hunger Games Novel “Mockingjay” Be Split Into Two Movies?
Written by Jenny Brady on Thursday, March 15th, 2012For those wondering about the second Hunger Games book Mokingjay being divided into two films when it gets its adaptation, producer Nina Jacobson has said that it has yet to be determined. (more…)
New Erotica Novel Sells for Six Figures in UK
Written by Jenny Brady on Thursday, March 15th, 2012A British publisher has paid six figures for the rights to Fifty Shades of Grey by former British TV exec EL James. The erotic novel, which was first published by a small Australian press, is the story of a submissive-dominant relationship between a 27 year-old billionaire and a student. (more…)
“One Shot” Now a Holiday Release
Written by Jenny Brady on Thursday, March 15th, 2012One Shot, the film based on the Jack Reacher novel by Lee Child, will have its release date moved ahead from February 8th, 2013 to December 21st, 2012. (more…)
Keira Knightley in Talks for Nicholas Sparks Movie “Safe Haven”
Written by Jenny Brady on Thursday, March 15th, 2012It appears as if Keira Knightley will be appearing in Nicholas Sparks‘ new film Safe Haven. (more…)
Order of Anne Rice Books
Anne Rice was an American novelist who wrotevampire fiction, Christian-themed novels and erotica. Her novels Interview with the Vampire and Queen of the Damned were both adapted to film. Exit to Eden was also adapted (very loosely) to film. (more…)
Order of Ed Eagle Books
Ed Eagle is a character in a series of novels by American author Stuart Woods. Stuart Woods’ universe is a shared universe over all of his books, so characters from other series appear in Ed Eagle’s books as Ed appears in theirs as well. (more…)
Barry Eisler Responds to DOJ eBook Publisher Investigation
Written by Brandon Williams on Tuesday, March 13th, 2012Apple and other major book publishers are being investigated for eBook price collusion and several authors are not happy about it, including Barry Eisler. (more…)