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Universal Pictures Wins Film Rights to Lauren Oliver's PANIC

According to TheWrap.com, Universal Pictures has secured the film rights to PANIC, Lauren Oliver's novel, which will be published by HarperCollins' Harper Teen in 2014. (more...)

Sam Taylor-Johnson to Direct 50 SHADES OF GREY Film Adaptation

BAFTA nominee Sam Taylor-Johnson (NOWHERE BOY) will helm the steamy Focus Features and Universal project, beating out Gus Van Sant and Joe Wright, according to Deadline. (more...)

Laurie Russell Releases 'I Love Him, I Love Him Not, I Finally Love Him'

In Laurie Russell's I Love Him, I Love Him Not, I Finally Love Him, the reader is taken on a journey to discover what it really means to love God. Russell explores difficult questions and doubts that ... (more...)

Domtar and First Book Announce Expansion of Partnership for Literacy

Today, First Book, a nonprofit social enterprise that provides new books to children in need, and Domtar, the Sustainable Paper Company, announced the expansion of their partnership for literacy. The ... (more...)

Jane Birdsell's EMOTIONAL ENLIGHTENMENT Wins National Award

Jane Birdsell is thrilled to receive a Finalist Award in the Relationship Category of the 2013 National Indie Excellence Book Awards contest. Indie Excellence Awards recognize books demonstrating 'an ... (more...)

Rachel Rashkin-Shoot's IN MY CORNER OF THE MOON Helps Children Heal from Trauma

It has been 26 weeks since 26 innocent people died in the mass shooting in Newtown, CT, and the effects of this devastating trauma will be felt for many years by this community. Unfortunately there ar... (more...)

PROMISES MY LOVE Describes Aftermath of Childhood Abuse

(PRWEB) June 19, 2013 Author DL Larson's new release from Dog Ear Publishing is a tale of an adult man dealing with the effects of abuse at the hands of his uncle. Francis Frailey is a tightly wound b... (more...)

THE CHEW: What's For Dinner? Cookbook Announced

It was announced today on ABC's "The Chew" that there will be a second book tied to the hit ABC television show. (more...)

Lucy Dunn Blount Releases 'I Love You Greater Than Space!'

It's clear that love is one of the most powerful forces in the world – either between two people in a romantic relationship or between God and man. Lucy Dunn Blount discusses both of these forces in h... (more...)

Vince Flynn, Best-Selling Author, Dies at Age 47

Vince Flynn, a best-selling author of political thriller novels, has died at age 47 after a two-year battle with prostate cancer. (more...)

MARCH FARM Grows Interest In Family Farms And Urban Agriculture

BETHLEHEM, Conn., June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ March Farm in northwest Connecticut is a 150-acre four-generation family farm that has weathered nearly 100 years of the vagaries of a life working the lan... (more...)

Focal Press Releases 'Adobe Photoshop CC for Photographers' Book

Focal Press, a leading publisher of media technology books, has announced the availability of digital imaging aficionado and author Martin Evening's new book, “Adobe Photoshop CC for Photographers.” T... (more...)

Jon Jonsson Releases SEARCH ENGINES

Author Jon Jonsson is fascinated by the great patterns in the universe that repeat themselves; he likens them to “majestic themes, which move from the bottom of the creation to the very top of it”. In... (more...)

Hasbro and Leading Publishers Bring TRANSFORMERS and MY LITTLE PONY Books to Market for 2013 Holiday Season

Hasbro, Inc. (HAS) today announced that it has signed publishing agreements with becker&mayer and IDW Publishing, and reached agreement in principal with Little, Brown Books for Young Children, to cre... (more...)

TRAILER: First Look at S.M. Wheeler's SEA CHANGE

The unhappy child of two powerful parents who despise each other, young Lilly turns to the ocean to find solace, which she finds in the form of the eloquent and intelligent sea monster Octavius, a kra... (more...)

Sylvia Day's ENTWINED WITH YOU Debuts AT #1

Entwined with You, the third book in Sylvia Day's Crossfire series, which includes #1 international bestseller Bared to You and #1 New York Times bestseller Reflected in You, sold over 550,000 copies ... (more...)

'Herman Frasch: The Sulphur King' is Released

Businessmen Russell Keene II and William R. Sutton announce the release of Herman Frasch, The Sulphur King. Just when you think you know everything there is to know about the titans of American indust... (more...)

WORLD'S UGLIEST DOGS are Revealed in New Book

How can dog lovers enjoy the wacky fun of the World's Ugliest Dog Contest when they can't attend the actual event? World's Ugliest Dogs: The Official World's Ugliest Dog Contest Book is the answer, pr... (more...)

St. Louis County Library Foundation Seeks Teens for Sidney Johnson Learning Award

The St. Louis County Library Foundation is seeking applicants for the fourth annual Sidney Johnson Learning Award. Those eligible are teens aged 12-18 who live in the St. Louis County Library District... (more...)

Judith Colbert Releases WHEN SCHOOL CAME TO THE VILLAGE

We all have memories of our long-ago school days. Maybe it was the teacher who meant so much to you – and pushed you relentlessly to help you reach your potential and develop your love of learning. Ma... (more...)

Relaxation Techniques for Children Presented in 'Imagine Me With The Three Owls'

Stress is not a word commonly associated with children, but in this increasingly busy and demanding world children are facing the realities of living with stress earlier and earlier in their lives. (more...)

Bill Daniell Releases THE TONTINE

Forty years after the evacuation of U.S. troops from the land of Vietnam, Americans recently remembered this fateful period which was the final day of the Vietnam War. In line with this, a new book ti... (more...)

New Book Raps Summary of Shakespeare Literature

When Mr. Z was a kid, he read CliffNotes whenever he had a hard time with Shakespeare. When he became a teacher himself, he had his fifth-grade students write rap lyrics to study South America. Result... (more...)

New Sci-Fi Novel, AURORAE, is Released

American astronomer, astrophysicist, cosmologist, author, science popularizer and communicator Carl Sagan once said, “Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go no... (more...)

THE WAY THE WORLD WORKS Addresses Debate of Science and Religion

Science and religion can co-exist. This is what John R. Carpenter puts forward in his new book. Titled The Way The World Works, the author seeks to reconcile these two purportedly opposing concepts ma... (more...)