More and more, we find ourselves in awe of the quality, depth and variety of places on the internet talking about books. Thus, we’ve decided to take a year-end look… 5 / Read more »

Today is the birthday of author, historian and “father of science fiction,” H.G. Wells. Born this day in Bromley, England in 1866. Wells’s many titles include: The Invisible Man, The… Read more »

The Jonathan Franzen/Oprah Book Club embargo story, broken here and followed up with proof here on MobyLives, brings the logistics of embargoing to the fore. On the Washington Post book… Read more »

Well, Americans haven’t proven very adept at disrupting the book tours/victory laps of politicians who supped at the public trough and used the opportunity to ruin the economy in order… 6 / Read more »

Don’t count him out yet: Cuba’s Fidel Castro, long considered at death’s door, has announced that he is publishing a new book. According to this CNN report, Castro will “publish… Read more »

Conservative bloggers have their knickers in a twist over books spotted on the White House’s library shelves, “because a blogger from sayanything.com snapped a photo of some old reference books… Read more »

Kathleen Rooney’s book of “autobiographical essays,” some of which were about her time as a “mid-level aide” to Illinois Sen. Richard Durbin and her “frustrations as a political office worker… 6 / Read more »

“Sarah Palin has been using her political action committee (PAC) to buy up thousands of copies of her book, “Going Rogue,” in order to mail copies of the memoir to… Read more »

In a bizarre commentary for The Prospect, Julian Evans admits recent Man Booker International winner Ismail Kadare was a part of the brutally repressive government of dictator Enver Hoxha and… Read more »

“The CIA is squelching publication of a new book detailing events leading up to Osama bin Laden’s escape from his Tora Bora mountain stronghold during the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan,… Read more »