Books written by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor were purchased in their hundreds, sometimes thousands, by colleges and various libraries across the nation over the years, all as a result of gentle prodding by her staff after she completed a speaking engagement, a report Tuesday claims.
Actor Tom Hanks has come out against censoring old books to appease modern sensibilities, saying “we’re all grownups here.”
The light comic prose of iconic English author P.G. Wodehouse has been amended in his Jeeves and Wooster tales after being deemed “unacceptable” by the publishers.
Author James Patterson publicly accused the NYT of “cooking” its famous “Best Sellers List” by undercutting books with better sales.
Michelle Obama plans for the world to see – and hear – more of her and her “earned wisdom” than ever before. To that end the former first lady announced Wednesday a six-city tour this fall promoting her new book, The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times, beginning mid-November in Washington, DC, and ending a month later in Los Angeles.
She’s back. Get ready to read, see, and hear more of Michelle Obama than you ever have before. The former first lady announced Thursday she will have a book out this fall, The Light We Carry, which will shine a light on herself, her dreams, her hopes for the planet, and insights “on navigating an increasingly stressful world.”
Bestselling author James Patterson said white men struggling to find writing jobs are facing a kind of reverse racism, adding that it’s especially difficult for older white males.
Two UK publishers have reportedly censored books for Western audiences to maintain their ability to have books cheaply produced in China.
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling says she refuses to bend to the will of others, telling supporters Wednesday she can’t be “bullied” into what people want her to do.
Pop star Britney Spears has found that freedom brings rewards as it was reported Monday she has landed herself a $15 million tell-all book deal that will set out the details of the toxic conservatorship that dominated most of her performing life.
Chelsea Clinton is ready to add to her previously announced schedule of new books destined for release through 2022 and beyond.
The American Booksellers Association (ABA) has “protected” its Twitter account — hidden its tweets from public view — in the wake of a controversy last week over its effort to censor a book that is critical of transgenderism among girls.
Just two months after President Joe Biden’s son Hunter released his confessional memoirs to an underwhelming reception, another family member has announced a lucrative deal of their own: Valerie Biden Owens. The president’s sister.
NEW YORK — Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of former President Donald Trump and one of his top advisers during his administration, has a book deal.
Meghan Markle’s first children’s picture book failed to hit the UK Official Top 50 chart in its opening week of sales. “The Bench” sold just 3,212 copies on release with an average rating of four stars.
Meghan Markle has decided to share her wisdom and insight into the bonds forged by parenting and distribute 2,000 copies of her book The Bench to libraries and schools across the U.S. for “no cost.”
A full 20 years since her first novels were released, Democrat activist Stacey Abrams is back writing again and securing lucrative deals for two forthcoming political thrillers.
NEW YORK — A graphic novel for children from the wildly popular “Captain Underpants” series is being pulled from library and book store shelves after its publisher said it “perpetuates passive racism.”
Six popular Dr. Seuss books — including And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street and If I Ran the Zoo — “will stop being published because of racist and insensitive imagery, the business that preserves and protects the author’s legacy said Tuesday,” The Associated Press reported.
Former President Barack Obama announced Thursday he had finished volume one of his memoirs, all 768 pages of it.
University of Pennsylvania Professor Carlin Romano, who describes himself as “pro-Black Lives Matter,” is facing calls for his termination over comments he made in which he argued that the publishing industry is not racist. Hundreds of students have signed a petition that calls for Romano to be fired.
NEW YORK — Author Joanna Cole, whose “Magic School Bus” books transported millions of young people on extraordinary and educational adventures, has died at age 75.
NEW YORK — Vogue’s Anna Wintour has apologized in an internal email for “mistakes” made in her 32-year tenure in not doing enough to elevate black voices on her staff and publishing images and stories that have been racially and culturally “hurtful or intolerant.”
Michael Savage’s Liberalism is a Mental Disorder is the most commonly stolen book at San Francisco’s public library.
A Christian book company with the initials “CBD” has decided to drop the name after being inundated with requests for cannabis-related products.
Amazon, which has been the world’s largest bookseller for over two decades, recently launched a publishing house that could permanently change the book industry.
Europe’s largest digital publishing house is joining up with the News Media Alliance (NMA), a U.S. trade association, to lobby in America and take on Google and Facebook and their grip on advertising revenue.
Failed Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is teasing her latest book. The tome will continue her almost year-long mission of publicly picking through the wreckage of her doomed campaign and already has the title: “What Happened.”
The New York Times reports Tuesday that upcoming books from Breitbart News editors Milo Yiannopoulos and Joel Pollak are part of a shake-up “within the largely left-leaning publishing world.”
The first reprint of Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” in Germany since World War II has proved a surprise bestseller, heading for its sixth print run, its publisher said Tuesday.
Phyllis Schlafly, the conservative polemicist and activist icon who passed away September 5, is beating Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in the book market despite intense public interest in the 2016 campaign.
