12 Year-Old Has Her First Novel Published

After reading The Hunger Games, a 12 year-old girl was so inspired, she sat down and started writing herself.

“It took about 2-and-a-half months to write it, but when I was happy with it, it was about seven months later when it came back from the publisher’s in a book,” said 12-year-old Carolann Plank. (more…)

Garage Sale Hunter Finds Signed Enid Blyton Book

A signed copy of an Enid Blyton book has been found by a Welsh backpacker named Tim Bow. Bids for the book on Trade Me have already surpassed $1200. (more…)

Order of Hamish Macbeth Books

Hamish Macbeth is a character and mystery series by Scottish author Marion Chesney (as M.C. Beaton). The series is set in the Scottish Highlands and follows the Hamish Macbeth character in his adventures as a cop. He is lazy and an underachiever who purposely sabotages any chance of a promotion. (more…)

Order of Agatha Raisin Books

Agatha Raisin is a character and series of mystery novels by Scottish author M.C. Beaton (Marion Chesney). Raisin starts out as a frustrated PR agent in London who decides to retire from that line of work, moves to the Cotswolds and begins solving murders as a detective. (more…)

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Imprint To Go DRM-Free

Macmillan’s Tor/Forge sci-fi/fantasy imprint is going to start selling its eBooks DRM-free starting early July of this year. They currently publish titles like Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. (more…)

Stephen King Backlist Novel To Be Developed By Syfy

An old Stephen King novel looks to be under development by Syfy as either a movie or perhaps a mini-series.

The book, Eyes of the Dragon, is a fantasy novel that was published in 1987. It’ll be written by Michael Taylor and Jeff Vintar. The executive producers are going to be Taylor and Bill Haber. (more…)

New Charlaine Harris Supernatural Series To Hit TV

You may know Charlaine Harris from her True Blood series, but she is far from a one-trick pony. She has several other series under her belt as well. One is the Harper Connelly Mysteries, which is now joining Syfy’s television lineup. (more…)

Top Highlighted Passages on Kindle

The popularity of eReaders has been growing non-stop. As of now there are There are 17,784 Kindle users. One of the things Amazon can do through their Kindle eReader is track the passages you highlight as you read. (more…)

Personalized Edition of Charles Dickens Novel Offers New Insight

A signed copy of David Copperfield by Charles Dickens has revealed some of the classic author’s superstitious nature.

He sent the copy to a tool manufacturer named William Brookes who gifted him a case of cutlery. He sent the book in order to dispel his superstition that giving a knife as a gift will sever a friendship. To combat this, the receiver must send a gift or a coin in return. (more…)

Order of M.C. Beaton Books

Marion Chesney was a prolific Scottish novelist who often went under the pen name M.C. Beaton. Under her real name (actually, her real last name is “McChesney”), she writes romance novels including the Travelling Matchmaker series. Under the name M.C. Beaton, she has written over 20 Agatha Raisin and nearly 30 Hamish Macbeth mystery novels. Chesney has also used the pseudonyms Ann Fairfax, Jennie Tremaine, Sarah Chester, Helen Crampton, Marion Gibbons and Charlotte Ward. (more…)