James Patterson is playing Ol’ Saint Nick this year. The bestselling author, who is known for his philanthropic support for literacy and reading initiatives, has awarded holiday bonuses totaling $250,000 to… Read more »

“Schools and libraries in the tri-state region suffering significant damage from Hurricane Sandy are eligible” to receive books… Read more »

MobyLives reported last week on Bryce Milligan, the publisher of Wings Press, an indie that’s represented by IPG and so caught in the IPG/Amazon ebook conflict. That report was inspired… Read more »

The veneration of books has always laid traps for the reckless and unwary, and it has frequently mutated into perversity. Many young lovers of books, for instance, have awakened to… Read more »

Jennifer Frances began distributing free books to school-age children in her native Tampa almost a decade ago. In 2010, sponsored by Florida-based Transitions Optical, and a host of other donors… Read more »

Quick! Are you a David Mitchell fan but think he could use use some help with the character names in his novels? Well, here’s your chance to offer a hand.… Read more »

In a unique cooperative effort, the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses will join forces with venture capitalist Jim Bildner and his new Literary Ventures Fund to form a new… Read more »

The scion of the R.D. Merrill fortune, Charlie Wright, known along with his parents Virginia and Bagley Wright for philanthropy to artists, and for “restoring solvency” to one of New York’s most prestigious… Read more »

The Association of American Publishers has announced an offer of $10,000 dollars in assistance to any U.S. publisher that would translate and publish any one of three Iranian novels, “to… Read more »

Indian writer Arundhati Roy has stirred up a controversy in Australia, where, according to a Sydney Morning Herald report, she will be donating her $50,000 Sydney Peace Prize to Aboriginal… Read more »