Amazon Plans to Launch Digital Library Service
According to WSJ, Amazon is in talks with publishing houses to launch a library service similar to the popular movie rental service Netflix for owners of eBook readers like Amazon's own Kindle. Under the proposed plan, Amazon would charge readers a yearly fee to access a large body of content. read more
Waterstone's Announces Upcoming Kindle Competitor
British book retailer Waterstone's plans on debuting their own eBook reader to directly compete with Amazon's currently dominant Kindle, according to BBC News. Paul Daunt, the managing director brought in after the purchase of Waterstone's by Russian business man Alexander Mamut, was inspired by the success of American retailer Barnes & Noble's Nook eBook reader. read more
Colin Meloy's Wildwood Being Turned Into Stop-Motion Film
Colin Meloy's book Wildwood just came out at the end of last month, and already plans are being made for the film version. read more
Hopkins, Baumbach Turning Jonathan Franzen’s The Corrections Into HBO Show
After HBO had hit shows based on books like _Boardwalk Empire_ and _Game of Thrones_, it is no surprise that their next show may be based on Jonathan Frazen’s critically acclaimed novel “The Corrections”. read more
2011 Man Booker Prize Shortlist Announced
The six novels on the 2011 Man Booker Prize shortlist were announced earlier today. The Man Booker Prize is awarded each year for the best English language full-length novel written by a citizen of the Commonwealth, Ireland, or Zimbabwe and usually guarantees international renown and success. read more
Title Plus More Details of Upcoming Bond Movie Revealed
A Blic Online article from Monday, which interviewed a cellist involved with the newest James Bond movie, alluded to the title and basis for the upcoming film, which has since spread like wildfire across the Internet. read more
Stephen King's Under The Dome Turning Into TV Series
With the help of Steven Spielberg, it looks like Stephen King's Under The Dome book could be turned into a television series. read more
Fight Club Musical Finally Happening?
David Fincher first brought up the idea of a Fight Club musical a couple years ago to everyone’s horror. Even author Chuck Pahalnuik was one of them and laughed off the notion of turning one of the most critically acclaimed novels and films in recent memory into a musical. read more
David Bowie's "Space Oddity" Becomes a Children's Book
David Bowie's 1969 space rock classic "Space Oddity" has been illustrated as a children's book by artist Andrew Kolb. The images are set to the lyrics of the song, which details the story of Major Tom. read more
Mystery Team Director To Film Episode of Community, Announces Book Adaptation Project
Dan Eckman, who directed Donald Glover in _Mystery Team_ will pair up with the actor again for an episode of the NBC hit _Community_ this upcoming season. Though this is his first foray into directing a sitcom, Eckman was behing the camera for many of Glover’s comedy troupe’s short videos like, “Emo Song,” “Bro Rape” and “Blowjob Girl.” There’s plenty of time for him to prepare for his first attempt at directing a sitcom; he will direct the thirteenth episode which will likely air sometime in January. read more
Stephen King to Publish Novella in September
Stephen King is writing yet another novella. The horror writer released five last year, but has yet to put out one this year. That is until Mile 81 is released on November 22. It will be released exclusively as an e-book and not be made available in print. read more
2011 Hugo Awards Announced
The most prestigious awards in science fiction, the Hugo awards, have been announced for this year, 2011. This year's ceremony was held at Renovation in Reno, Nevada, with toastmasters Jay Lake Ken Scholes. The Hugo awards are spread across fifteen categories and have been presented annually for excellence in science fiction since 1955. read more
Common's Memoirs To Be Published Next Month
On September 13th, Common's memoirs entitled One Day It'll All Make Sense, will be released through Atria Books. After the success of Jay-Z's book of memoirs from last year, Common's memoirs are already getting big endorsements including Maya Angelou, who is featured with a glowing quote on the cover of the book. read more
Patti Smith Memoir To Be Adapted Into Screenplay
Patti Smith will be adapting her memoir _Just Kids_, with the help of screenwriter John Logan, in hopes of turning the book into a film, according to "Deadline":http://www.deadline.com/2011/08/john-logan-duets-with-patti-smith-on-just-kids/. read more
"Pandora For Books" BookLamp Launches Today
Booklamp.org went live earlier today, offering a free service similar to the wildly popular Pandora internet radio service, but for books. read more
World War Z Adaptation Angers Fans of Book
Fans of the post-apocalypse zombie book, 'World War Z', are already calling the movie a failure. The novel was released by Mac Brooks in 2006 with the subtitle of 'An Oral History of the Zombie War'. It takes place after a war that wiped out most of the world’s population and recounts characters opinions and stories from the war with the notion that they have seen how it all unfolds and what comes after it. read more
Children's Book Character "Flat Stanley" To Hit The Big Screen
Jeff Brown’s Flat Stanley is set to be made into a film, Deadline reported yesterday.... read more
"Crap At My Parents' House" Blog is Now a Book
If you’re like most people, your parents hoard some pretty strange crap. From pile upon pile of artificial fruit in bowls to crocheted models of you and your three brothers, parents love to collect the weirdest things. Hit blog Crap at My Parents’ House has chronicled these parental decorative missteps on the web, and now there’s a book. Compiled by Joel Dovev, this collection of the worst of the worst parental decorations is positively outrageous. Crap at My Parents’ House will hit shelves on Sept. 1. See below for shots of some of the most ridiculous pictures from the blog:... read more
Anthony Burgess's Musical Adaptation of A Clockwork Orange Scheduled to Debut
Almost a decade after his death, songs from author Anthony Burgess’s musical adaption of his own grimly violent novel, A Clockwork Orange, are scheduled to make their stage debut.... read more
Beck May Start His Own Printing Press
While producing Mirror Traffic, the upcoming album from Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, Beck revealed to Malkmus another project he was working on. “Beck…said he was trying to start a private press of books and that I should get involved,” Malkmus told Spin. “He asked if I wanted to do something. But I don’t know what the status of that yet because, you know, I haven’t contributed to it yet.” The Pavement frontman said that the “’60s-style private press” would provide “limited edition books of writings, drawings, poetry.” More proof that Beck is not, in fact, a loser.... read more
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