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Cynthia Drew's Debut Novel CITY OF SLAUGHTER Now Available

The author might not be Jewish, but CITY OF SLAUGHTER (Daniel and Daniel Publishers, Inc.) by Cynthia Drew is beautifully written from a Jewish perspective, with meticulous research that provides a po... (more...)

J.K. Rowling Surprises HARRY POTTER Fans on Live Global Webcast!

Author J.K. Rowling drew more than a million Harry Potter fans for a live global webcast during which she shared never before heard tidbits about the world of Harry Potter, including back story detail... (more...)

Bestselling Authors & DC CUPCAKES Stars Release SWEET CELEBRATIONS: Our Favorite Cupcake Recipes, Memories & Decorating Secrets

Birthdays, cocktail parties, weddings, bridal showers, picnics-all occasions should be topped off by a cupcake! Sisters and stars of the hit TV series DC Cupcakes Katherine Kallinis and Sophie Kallin... (more...)

Fearless Women, Visions of a New World Now Available

Reuters Billboard in Times Square will unveil the cover of Fearless Women, Visions of a New World, the latest book in renowned photographer MaryAnn Halpin's Fearless Women® book series. This extraordi... (more...)

Academy Award-Winning Actress Octavia Spencer To Publish Debut Middle-Grade Series

Academy Award-winning actress Octavia Spencer has signed with Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, to publish Randi Rhodes, Ninja Detective,... (more...)

Academy Award Winner Octavia Spencer to Publish Children's Book Series

Academy Award-winning actress Octavia Spencer has signed with Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, to publish Randi Rhodes, Ninja Detective, ... (more...)

Parents Become the Ballet Teacher with New iBook Series

BALLET FOR ME AND YOU is the first book in the instructional series, written for new students (four years and older) and covers the first three months of class. Parents are guided through selecting a ... (more...)

J.K. Rowling Launches HARRY POTTER Reading Club on Global Webcast Today, 10/11

Scholastic, the global children's publishing, education and media company, announces a live webcast with worldwide bestselling author J.K. Rowling today, October 11, 2012 and the launch of the Harry P... (more...)

Batman Comic Books Inspire Tricked Out Kia Optima, Making World Debut at NY Time Warner Center

Kia Motors America (KMA) has teamed up with DC Entertainment and RIDES magazine to create a brooding, Batman-inspired Optima that goes on display this week at the Time Warner Center and signals the be... (more...)

Book Slam to Publish 2nd Short Story Collection, TOO MUCH TOO YOUNG, 11/27

Following the success of their first short story annual, London's leading literary shindig, Book Slam, publish the hotly anticipated sequel, 'Too Much Too Young - Volume 2', this November. Much like ... (more...)

TCG Books Releases THE OBERON ANTHOLOGY OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN PLAYS, VOL. 1

Theatre Communications Group (TCG) has announced the U.S. release of The Oberon Anthology of Contemporary American Plays: Volume One, edited by Mark Subias, published by Oberon Books (London). This ne... (more...)

NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL GOLD, 50th Anniversary Collector's Book Available for Pre-Order

The final chance to pre-order NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL GOLD, a 50th Anniversary Celebration at a special festival price is here! (more...)

Author Deepak Chopra to Sign New Book in Chicago O'Hare International Airport, 10/12

Best-selling author Deepak Chopra will be signing his new book, God: A Story of Revelation, at Barbara's Booksellers in Terminal 1 at Chicago O'Hare International Airport on Friday October 12, from 2... (more...)

National Book Award Finalists Revealed

The National Book Foundation has set its short list for the National Book Awards. The awards will be dispersed November 14 in New York. Check out the list of finalists! (more...)

NBC Publishing Releases David Phillips' eBook LIBERATING KOSOVO

NBC Publishing today released its newest enhanced eBook, LIBERATING KOSOVO: COERCIVE DIPLOMACY AND US INTERVENTION by David L. Phillips. LIBERATING KOSOVO is a contemporary history of statecraft, nego... (more...)

SPA's Fall Luncheon Features THE HELP Author Kathryn Stockett Today, 10/10

Society for the Performing Arts (SPA), Houston's premier performing arts presenter, will host its 16th Annual Fall Luncheon today, October 10, 2012, at 11 a.m. in Jones Hall. This year's Luncheon, cha... (more...)

Life, with Cancer: The Lauren Terrazzano Story Aimed at Loved Ones Left Behind Now Available

Each chapter in Life, with Cancer is a heartfelt tribute from father to daughter and begins with Lauren's voice taken from actual excerpts of her Newsday column. (more...)

Screen Gems to Develop Feature Film Based on BLACK CITY Series

Screen Gems has preemptively closed a deal to develop the feature film based on the highly anticipated young-adult fantasy series BLACK CITY, written by Elizabeth Richards. (more...)

LIVING SHADOW Thriller from Maria Soriano Now Available as eBook

'The story of 'Living Shadow,' my supernatural thriller novel, came from a dream,' Maria Soriano said. 'In fact, many of my stories have originated from dreams. I see in a dream, a scene, an image, on... (more...)

Atria Books Signs Deal for THE GIRL: Emerging from the Shadow of Roman Polanski by Samantha Geimer

Atria Books today announced a deal for a memoir by Samantha Geimer, who in 1977 at the age of 13, was ?the girl? at the center of the infamous Roman Polanski sexual assault case. Now 47, Geimer will ... (more...)

GETTING MORE: How You Can Negotiate to Succeed in Work and Life Now in Paperback

'The conventional wisdom of power, logic and even win-win is based on ideas that are now more than 30 years old and capture only 25 percent of the potential value,' according to Prof. Stuart Diamond,... (more...)

Kevin Hall Releases MENTOR OR DIE: THE ULTIMATE BLUEPRINT TO DEVELOPING A MENTORING MINDSET

If you're sick of seeing young people turn to crime, vandalism and substance abuse instead of developing their potential and contributing to society because no one is giving them the guidance and dir... (more...)

BORN THIS WAY: REAL STORIES OF GROWING UP GAY Celebrates Launch at Renberg Theater Today, 10/9

Today, October 9th the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center's Renberg Theater in Hollywood will be hosting a book launch event for the new book Born This Way: Real Stories of Growing Up Gay by Los Angeles author... (more...)

GIRLS' Lena Dunham to Pen New Book for Random House

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Lena Dunham has signed a deal with Random House to publish a collection of essays to be titled 'Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's Learned.'... (more...)

Monty Python's John Cleese to Pen Memoir

In a deal struck with deal was struck with Phil McIntyre of Phil McIntyre Entertainment, the Random House Group has acquired world rights in the autobiography of John Cleese. (more...)