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Batman v Superman – the Sad State of DC, Batman, and Superman Novels

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What If George R.R. Martin Wrote The Script for Star Wars 7?

Correlations II: Vinge, Vinge and Huxley Meet “The Peddler’s Apprentice”

Young Adult Summer Reading Flow Chart

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Correlations: Vernor Vinge, HP Lovecraft and “Coincidence”

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6 Best Books for Soccer and World Cup Fans

The Benefits of Reading (infographic)

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Books podcast spotlight – Speculate!

History of eBooks (infographic)

A Day In the Life of New York City’s Public Libraries (video)

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How Famous Writers Wrote Their Best Work (Infographic)

Jimmy Fallon’s Do No Read List for Summer 2014

Alexandria, Virginia is the most well-read city in America. What other cities are on the list?

Beach Reads 2014 – The Definitive List of Lists!

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Quintessential Beach Reads From Years Past – That Are Still Worth Reading Today!

The late Elmore Leonard’s 10 Rules of Writing – video interview

Lost Ray Bradbury Interview Available After 20 Years – Watch Now

Dean Koontz’s Most In-Depth Television Interview Ever – 1 hour Q&A

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The World Almanac for Kids 2014 – Reviewed by a 9-year-old reader

Denver Author Passes Away Before His Novels Are Published And Make The Denver Post Bestseller List

Every Day Publishing Launches First Kickstarter to Bring Back Classic-style Space Opera

Hero’s Sword: My Own Quest Writing For Kids

Elves and Demons Battle in New York City in New Interactive eBook Based On Best-Selling Russian Fantasy Series

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Get Those Kids Reading Today – Books For Reluctant Readers

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Kids Need Books (infographic)

A Wrinkle in Time

Top Five Books I Read as a Teenager

13 Writing Lessons Learned From Stephen King’s On Writing [Infographic]

Stephen King’s 13 Writing Lessons (infographic)

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Cloud Atlas Author David Mitchell Discusses Hollywood, literary influences, and Ursula LeGuin

New Educational Standards In 46 States To Replace Classics With Nonfiction

BookRx App Provides Recommended Reading Based On Your Tweets

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So You Want to be a Writer? Essential Books On Writing

SFWA Awards 2012 Damon Knight Grand Master Award To Gene Wolfe

NAEP Data Shows Link Between Vocabulary and Literacy

Ruckus Media Introduces New Reader App for Kids

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Operation Bookdrop Makes Reading and Sharing Fun in Salt Lake

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8 Great Apps For Teaching Literature via Avatar Generation

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Famous Authors Reading Famous Books

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Mom Writes Novel on Her Blackberry Phone – Wins Book Deal

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11 Great Robot Stories To Tide You Over Until Pacific Rim

Mystery Writers Of America Names Follett and Maron 2013 Grand Masters

Amazon’s Changes to its Annual Amazon Breakthrough Novel

Four Books to Read to Better Understand the Economy, the Tax Code and the Federal Budget

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Resolution Reading List – Changing Habits for 2013

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Emanata Levelling The Digital Playing Field For Independents

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How One Writer Used Kickstarter To Revive a Book Series

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Bill Gates’ Top 10 Books of 2012 – The Books That Made Him Think

Leonard Riggio B&N chair Project Home Again

Barnes & Nobles Founder Leonard Riggio’s Non-profit Helping Rebuild New Orleans’ Low-income Housing

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Madefire’s Motion Book Tool Revolutionizes Comic Books For a Digital Age

Reading Is Fundamental Assists Parents In Encouraging Their Teens To Read

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Avon Imprint Launches Social Reader On Facebook

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91-year-old Bookstore Owner Remodels Cleveland Bookstore

Profiles In History Auction Offers Correspondence & Manuscripts From World’s Greatest Authors

America’s 100 Largest Libraries infographic

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NY Times Bestseller Craig Johnson Releases Christmas Mystery Collection

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Couple Finds Joy in the Intimacy of Reading Aloud

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5 Books Every Kansan Should Read

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FLIPBACK: Are You Read For A New Kind Of Book?

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Top 10 Best Christmas Reads For Kids

Readmill Launches updated IPad App

Random House Launches New Imprints for E-Books

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Take Your Child To A Bookstore Day – Saturday, December 1st

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Dolly Parton’s latest career – self-help author

Book Wing Updates for IPhone 5 Make App Better Than Ever

Does Google Page Rank Increase Book Sales?

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BEA Power Readers

Pew Center Study Disputes Claims Libraries Are Dying

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2012 Goodreads Choice Awards Underway

Local Breads

5 Cookbooks You Need to Read for Your Holiday and Winter Cooking

Are Science Fiction Writers The Future Of Advertising?

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A Treasure Trove of Research – UNZ.org offers scanned archives of thousands of magazines

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50 Years Of James Bond Captured In Stunning Photos In New Coffee Table Book

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The Dog Stars by Peter Heller (book review)

The Turn of the Screw

5 Spooky Reads

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The Winds Are Howling – A Hurricane-Bad Weather Book List

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Reading Garden Brightens South Detroit Neighborhood For The Future

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11 Books Every Young Leader Must Read According To The Harvard Business Review

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Are Self-Published Authors Using Their Books As The New Query Letter?

JK Rowling: I Don’t Read Fantasy, Sci-Fi or Chick Lit

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4 Books Every Musician Should Read

The Kingdom of Childhood

5 Ladies You Should Be Reading

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Lost and Found: Trends in Book Discovery

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Interactive E-book Introduces World’s First Instant Collaboration Within an E-Book

Are You Ready To Read? Don’t Forget It’s National Reading Group Month

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Publishers Back African Literacy Effort With E-books

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All Star Lineup of Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors Donate Previously Unpublished Stories to Fundraising Anthology

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Daily Reading Time Instead Of Homework? Some Schools Are Nixing Homework for Daily, Designated Reading Time

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The Greatest Books of All Time (Infographic)

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Do You Want Your Kids To Read? If So, They Need To See You Reading – A Lot

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Naked Writer Project: Fantasy Author Uses Google Docs To Write Novel Live

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Fabrik, Android eBook Reader App, Brings Dropbox Based Reading Capabilities

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Occupy London Members Refuse To Allow Beloved North London Library To Close

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Wikipedia Enables Epub EBook Export Of Content

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Top 10 Most Significant Star Wars Tie-In Novels

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Author/Editor Launches Kickstarter For Dream Anthology

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Dr. Seuss and Gang Now in the App Store – Oceanhouse Media Launches Dr. Seuss Bookshelf app

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8 New Urban Fantasy Series That Will Surprise You

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Fans Mourn The Passing Of Grand Master Harry Harrison

Write What You Know? Why’s a Single Guy in his 20s Writing Children’s Books?

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5 Book Podcasts You Should Be Listening To

World Book Night 2012 – Midwest USA book giving (video)

14 Books Every Georgian Should Read

5 Books about the Financial Crisis and the Economic Aftermath

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You Must Read, and Read A Lot, Padawan (Star Wars Reads Day is October 6)

The Tea Party: A Brief History

5 Books That Explain The Tea Party Movement

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Lee Child cameo in upcoming Jack Reacher movie

Does Bono play Scrabble? This brilliant book trailer may give you a clue (video)

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5 Books Every Democratic Political Junkie Should Read

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Sunny Day, Sweepin’ the clouds away – Sesame Street eBooks Launch on MeeGenius

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Two Books Every Mizzou Student Should Read

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28 Great Books You Can Read For Free

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10 Science Fiction Books Every Physicist Should Read

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Jack Reacher is back this week . . . and some people are gonna get hurt

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In One Person by John Irving

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9 Books Every Football Fan Should Read

Best Loved Children’s Books (infographic)

DMCA: An Author’s Best Friend

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Big Box Library – McAllen Texas Main Library Housed in an Abandoned Wal-Mart Building

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100 Science Fiction/Fantasy Novels To Geek Out Over

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6 Books Every Republican Should Read

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5 Writing Tips From Chelsea Cain

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The Favorite Books Of America’s Best Authors

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Lee de Forest – King of Radio, Television and Film

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New York Times – The Obits – 2012

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Ashes of a Black Frost by Chris Evans

The Warded Man

One Novelist Composed His Best-Selling Novel on a Cellphone – While Commuting to Work on the Subway Every Day

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Paperback Swap – Cheap Reading If You Still Prefer a Good Paperback to an eBook

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How America Learned To Love Summer Reading

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The Greater Journey – Americans In Paris

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5 Science Fiction Books Environmentalists Should Read

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Fun & Games by Duane Swierczynski

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Michael Connelly’s Summer Reading List

Pay What You Want eBooks – Story Bundle

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Us by Michael Kimball

The Writing Ball

10 Most Beautiful Typewriters

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The Reading Promise: My Father And the Books We Shared by Alice Ozma

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The United States’ Most Beautiful Libraries

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Green Outdoor Library Elevates Reading To An Art

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In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson

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Room To Read Partners With School To Bring Library to Zambia Village

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Hard City by Clark Howard – Coming-of-age novel in 1940s Chicago

Goodreads Founder Reviews Growth

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A Drop Of The Hard Stuff by Lawrence Block

Nine Classic SF Novels Of The 1950s – Library of America

Specialist NY Book Shop Launches Save The Scifi Campaign

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Tabloid City by Pete Hamill

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Children’s Author Brings Love Of Story To Edinburgh

The Great Big Science Read – Science Week in Australia

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SEAL Team Six by Howard E. Wasdin and Stephen Templin

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Raylan by Elmore Leonard

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Five Dog Books

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Distrust That Particular Flavor by William Gibson

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American Sniper by Chris Kyle

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How It All Began by Penelope Lively

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Stephen King Has Written a Sequel to his Classic Novel The Shining – Doctor Sleep

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The Silent Oligarch by Chris Morgan Jones

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The Sixteenth Round by Rubin “Hurricane” Carter – a review

Badass Ninjas Of The Reading World – Independent Booksellers

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Edge of Dark Water by Joe Lansdale

Consilience

Four Books Every College Student Should Read

8 year old puts money where her mouth is on passion for reading

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Ex Libris: Contemporary & Antique Bookplates

Recommended Reading of the Successful and Powerful

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Empire State by Adam Christopher

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The Periodic Table Of Typefaces?

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Lightning People by Christopher Bollen

West Coast Reading Spots

Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations Page 1 Redesigned by 70 designers

New Mobile Library and Cultural Center for Mexico City

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What Do You Want To Do Before You Die (illustrated)

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Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed

Writers Inspired by Their Fathers (video)

Best Selling Science Fiction Novels of All Time (Infographic)

Information Diet

The Information Diet by Clay A. Johnson

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Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think by Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler

The Good, the Bad, and the God-awful

The Good, the Bad, and the Godawful – 21st Century Movie Reviews by Kurt Loder

Ebooks and E-Readers are changing the way the world reads

The National Endowment for the Arts Literature Translation Fellowships For 2013

Wizard of Lies by Diana Henriques

The Wizard of Lies by Diana B Henriques

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4 Originally Self-Published Books To Shut Up the Haters

Guilt by Association by Marcia Clark

Guilt By Association by Marcia Clark

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Dystopia Fiction Flow Chart – If You Loved The Hunger Games, Now Read This (Infographic)

Second Son by Jonathan Rabb

The Second Son: A Novel by Jonathan Rabb

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Insanely Creative Bookshelves

The Last Successful Bookstore

So Much Pretty by Cara Hoffman

The Savage City by TJ English

The Savage City by T.J. English

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Shirley Link & The Safe Case: A Nanowrimo child

Live Wire by Harlan Coben

Kindle Chronicles – a long-running podcast featuring tons of Amazon Kindle Goodness

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The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party by Alexander McCall Smith

Books on the Nightstand is one of the best book podcasts available

Future of bookshelves

What’s the future for book shelves?

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Townie by Andre Dubus III

Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly

The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly

Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss

Wise Man’s Fear by Patrick Rothfuss

Opening The Door To Imagination: My Discovery of Science Fiction & Fantasy

Gideon’s Sword by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

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The Hunter S. Thompson Essentials

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A Widow’s Story by Joyce Carol Oates

Electric Barracuda by Tim Dorsey

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Leaving Microsoft To Change The World by John Wood

A futuristic saga where China has taken over the world – Son of Heaven by David Wingrove

A Red Herring Without Mustard by Alan Bradley

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Get out of Jail Early – Read a Book. Brazilian Federal Inmates Now Have A Chance At Sentence Reduction By Reading

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Get Inspired for your Trip to Ireland with The Ireland Plane Reader

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The World’s Most Amazing Personal Library

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Can we teach our children actual reading skills while reading to them aloud? The answer is yes

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Lily of the Nile by Stephanie Dray

Lee Child interviewed on the Reading and Writing podcast

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Malcolm Gladwell’s Favorite Reading Spot is on Airplanes

Book statue portrait of Mark Zuckerberg

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Scott Lobdell, author of new Superman comic, discusses Superman, writing, and whole lot more

Underground New York Public Library – Street Photographer Chronicles the Reading Habits of NYC Subway Riders

At Home With Books, How Booklovers Live With and Care For Their Libraries

First Annual World Book Night A Huge Success – Video

This I Believe On Love

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The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun

Just The Right Book – Innovative Company Will Pick Just The Right Book For Monthly Gifts

The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer

Reading Rainbow iPad App Revives the Much-Loved Television Series and Encourages Your Children to Read

Sweet Tooth, a graphic novel that has been described as a cross between Bambi and Cormac McCarthy’s The Road

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Riffle Aspires To Be The Go To App For Book Explorers

If You’re Buying Cheap EBooks From Amazon.com, You’re a Brainwashed Zombie. So Says Melville House.

Joyce Carol Oates Reads On Her Sofa

Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury

Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Novels of All Time – As Chosen by NPR listeners

How Amazon Saved the Life of One Writer

Book Burning Starts at 8. Don’t Be Late.

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Neil Gaiman Won’t Forget Ray Bradbury

eBook sales Surpass Adult Hardcovers in the U.S. – Book Publishing is Changing Far Faster Than Many Industry Execs Ever Dreamed

The Book Show – Radio Show Features Engaging Conversations and Interviews with Writers and Authors

Massive Comic Book Tome - 75 Years of DC Comics

Massive Comic Book Tome – the Ultimate Coffee Table Book

Twitter for Good book

How Claire Diaz-Ortiz Reads 150 Books Per Year

Behind the Beautiful Forevers

Bill Gates, Yes that Bill Gates, interviews author Katherine Boo about Indian slums and poverty

James Patterson’s Summer Reading List for Your Child

Books for Soldiers – Care Packages for the Mind

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James Reasoner interviewed on the Reading and Writing podcast

Odd Apocalypse novel by Dean Koontz

Dean Koontz is Writing a Novel He Literally Dreamed Up

What Makes a Book Go Viral? Goodreads Tried To Find Out

Book List – Books To Read Instead of Silencing that Annoying Fellow Commuter on the Train

Slammed by Colleen Hoover

Self-published author uses bluegrass band to market and promote her book

In the eBook Battle of Thermopylae, Readmill Is Poised to Battle the Kindle Horde

Summer Reading – Let the Kids Decide

You Better Start Writing – Or Else! A New App Designed To Defeat Writer’s Block For Good

What Should High School Students Read On Their Summer Breaks (infographic)

Curated list of book podcasts via Pinterest

Bruce Springsteen and the Promise of Rock and Roll

New Bruce Springsteen bio – Springsteen and the Promise of Rock and Roll

Sidewise Award for Alternate History – this year’s nominees just announced

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Is Kickstarter the Future of Fiction and Book Publishing?

Elmore Leonard Reads On the Couch in His Writing Office

Elizabeth Spann Craig interviewed on the Reading & Writing podcast

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Print Your Own Book While You Wait with the Espresso Book Machine

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Robert Goolrick’s second novel HEADING OUT TO WONDERFUL

Sad Jingo by Ron Dionne

The Artistry of Bookplates

Inside Apple: How America’s Most Admired – and Secretive – Company Really Works

Cover of Ready Player One novel by Ernest Cline

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

A Dance with Dragons – George R R Martin

I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive by Steve Earle

I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive by Steve Earle

The Wizard of Lies by Diana Henriques

The Wizard of Lies by Diana B. Henriques

Cover of Guilt By Association, legal thriller, by Marcia Clark

Guilt By Association by Marcia Clark

Stieg Larsson – The Man Who Left Too Soon

Monumental trilogy of the American civil-rights movement

Self-Portrait with Turtles: A Memoir

One Last Good Time by Michael Kardos

West of Here by Jonathan Evison