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Maggie Stiefvater’s ‘Forever’ Cover Revealed

Scholastic unveiled the cover for Maggie Stiefvater's final book in the Wolves of Mercy Falls trilogy, Forever. Stylistically, it follows the first two books, Shiver and Linger. All three covers feature bold color palettes, a natural woodsy frame, a wo...

T-Shirt Made Out of Moby Dick Pages

For her entry in a t-shirt contest, reader Kristin Walko created an entire t-shirt out of pages from Moby Dick. The final product is pictured above. Walko entered the Novel-T Photo Contest, a chance to win ten shirts and eight books. All you hav...

Anne Frank’s Classmates Book at the Frankfurt Book Fair

Theo Coster's book, By The Classmates of Anne Frank, will be shopped around at this year's Frankfurt Book Fair. Seven of Anne Frank's former classmates contributed to the manuscript. The book has already been published in Dutch and made into a docu...

Chloe Moretz Rumored to Star in the ‘The Hunger Games’ Film

Movie executives hope the adaptation of Suzanne Collins' popular young-adult series, The Hunger Games, can emulate the Twilight's phenomenal success. At the moment, rumors say that Chloe Moretz will star as heroine Katniss Everdeen. Moretz has e...

Amazon Prepares eReader App for New BlackBerry Tablet

As BlackBerry unveiled the new PlayBook tablet, our eBookNewser blog broke the news that Amazon already has an app ready for it. You can check out the specs, shape, and details on the new 7-inch tablet with an LCD screen at this link. UPDATE...

Barnes & Noble Founder Maintains Control of Board

Barnes & Noble founder Leonard Riggio and supporters have defeated investor Ronald W. Burkle's attempt to secure more spots on the company board. After a shareholder vote, Riggio and his two nominees, Dave Golden and David Wilson, will sit on Barnes & ...

Amazon Unveils Kindle for the Web

Today Amazon launched Kindle for the Web, allowing readers to sample books through a web browser instead of a Kindle interface. eBookNewser has more: "In addition, bloggers and website owners who are participants in the Amazon Associates Program...

Literary Agent Ralph Vicinanza Has Died

Literary agent Ralph Vicinanza passed away last Sunday at age 60. A memorial service will take place this Friday. Vicinanza (pictured, via Suvudu) represented many writers, including Stephen King, Peter Straub, Connie Willis, Robin Hobb, and many ot...

How to Keep Track of Book Series

The website FictFact has created an enormous database of serial fiction, keeping track of the order and release dates of your favorite series so you don't have to. Readers often complain that the proper reading order is never marked on their fav...

Mark Zuckerberg, Comic Book Hero

With The Social Network's film release date looming close, who hasn't heard the name Mark Zuckerberg floating around? Now the Facebook founder has his own comic book. Bluewater Productions will release Mark Zuckerberg: Creator of Facebook in Decemb...

Gene Hackman Lands Book Deal for Western

Actor Gene Hackman has sealed a deal to publish his next novel with Pocket Books. Entitled Jubal's Bounty, the new Western takes place in 19th century of New Mexico--recounting the adventures of "a brave young hero who is forced to take the law into hi...

Celebrate Banned Books Week

This past Saturday kicked off Banned Books Week, an 8-day celebration of books targeted for censorship and complaints. There are many ways to take part in this annual event. The Crash Pad puppets celebrated with a video (embedded above), spread...

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