Romance readers, get excited (not like that, come on). EL James just announced that she is writing a new 50 Shades of Grey book, from the perspective of Christian Grey. The book will be called GREY, and will be released on June 18th (Christian’s birthday). To celebrate the release of the...
BookCon 2015 is happening right now, and people are buzzing about Stephen King’s new book. It’s called Finder’s Keepers, and comes out on June 2nd! If you’re a Stephen King aficionado, take our quiz to see how many Stephen King books you’ve read! I was in Maine last week, and...
Check out neat things that came up on the Internet this week for book lovers! The Kindle Gets New Typography Amazon has officially unveiled Bookerly, the first typeface designed from scratch for the Kindle, as well as rolling out a new layout engine that brings us better text justification, kerning, drop...
This week, we decided to try the #FridayFiveChallenge! Here’s how it works: Go to your favorite book blog (like NewInBooks.com!) or online bookstore Pick a genre Pick a book solely based on its cover Read the description and a review or two Decide whether you’ll BUY or PASS Tell the...
Taylor Antrim has written two novels, The Headmaster Ritual (Houghton Mifflin, 2007) and Immunity (Regan Arts, May 2015). When not penning his own books, Antrim is a senior editor at Vogue. A fresh twist on the dystopian genre, Immunity is set in the New York City of an America ravaged by an Ebola-...
Book Expo America is ON. Hundreds of authors and thousands of readers and bloggers (including some of our team members!) are currently swarming around Javits Center in New York City, taking in the literary awesomeness surrounding them. If you have the chance to go to BEA one year, we highly...
Book Expo America opened today with a conversation between Jonathan Franzen and Laura Miller of Salon.com. Franzen’s new book, Purity, will be released on September 1, 2015. Here are our favorite quotes from the interview: For laughs: “I’m searching your words for implicit criticism” (the opening remark from Franzen) “I...
Check out neat things that came up on the Internet this week for book lovers! Bill Gates’ Recommended Summer Reads If you’re a nerd looking for some lighter summer reading, check out Bill Gates’ recommended summer reading list. “Each of these books made me think or laugh or, in some...
Book clubs have re-entered the public eye: from Mark Zuckerburg’s “A Year of Books” to fashion princess Lauren Conrad’s book club. This summer, add another celebrity “To Read” list to your queue. Bill Gates has been blogging a summer reading list for 4 summers and this year his picks are intriguing to...