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Vote for the winner of the Not-the-Booker-Prize Prize.

Neil Gaiman and E.L. Doctorow discuss the virtues of free stuff.

Thomas Pynchon makes a vocal appearance in the trailer to his book Inherent Vice.

Philip K. Dick's Do Android's Dream of Electric Sheep is in line for a graphic interpretation through Boom! Studios.

The Hugos have been announced!

Ever wonder how Amazon's best-seller list is put together? Here's how.

Learn more about Writers Beware, an organization meant to make new writers aware of publishing scams.

An indie publisher explains how he likes e-books but not Amazon.

A closer look into the antics of one of Mexico's defining new voices, Mario Bellatin.

"Chick lit" authors are having to economize even in their stories these days.

Why we love stories of homecomoing.

Though the books were flops, the website detailing the worst books in libraries has done very well.

In defense and praise of the hack.

Bloomsbury swaps a black face for a white one on Justine Larbalestier's book Liar to much chagrin.

Philippa Gregory is twitterizing her book The White Queen.

Does publishing get it?