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Google Honors Maurice Sendak With Whimsical Doodle

Emerald Catron — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 19:15:15 +0000

Today would've been the 85th birthday of beloved children's author Maurice Sendak, who passed away last year. In his honor, Google made this amazing, elaborate Google Doodle.

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Saul Bass Google Doodle: Watch a Moving Tribute to the Film Icon

Eric Walkuski — Thu, 09 May 2013 12:19:53 +0000

In honor of the birthday of legendary artist/filmmaker/credits designer Saul Bass, Google has dedicated a very entertaining Doodle to the man, best known for his collaborations with Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorsese.

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Used Bookstore Introduces Book Vending Machine

Amanda Ferris — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 19:36:03 +0000

What bibliophile hasn't dreamed of just putting money into a vending machine and out comes a book that you can read to your heart's content? Sounds great, but not very likely, right? Well, that's where you're wrong. The Monkey's Paw, a used bookstore in Toronto, Canada has created such a machine.

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Guy Ritchie To Go In Search of 'Treasure Island'

George Roush — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 19:17:20 +0000

Looks like Hollywood is getting set to modernize another classic and director Guy Ritchie seems to be the go to guy for such a task, having helmed the two successful Sherlock Holmes films with Robert Downey Jr. Now he’s got a new classic he’s going to be taking on for Warner Bros.

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Florida Library Bans 'Fifty Shades of Grey,' Soccer Moms Freak Out

Shauna Wright — Sun, 20 May 2012 20:11:02 +0000

E.L. James’ ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ has taken the publishing world by storm, with many deeming the steamy erotic novel “soccer-mom porn.”

And while it certainly isn’t suitable for children, a lot of adults are upset that the libraries in Brevard County, Fla. have banned the book from its shelves.

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JK Rowling Reveals Title of New Book, 'The Casual Vacancy' — When Can You Buy It?

Shauna Wright — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:45:42 +0000

JK Rowling may have written her last words about Harry Potter, but that doesn’t mean she’s retiring.

The author’s new novel, ‘The Casual Vacancy,’ is set to drop Sept. 27.

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Police Help Blind Woman Get Her Handwritten Novel Back

Danny Gallagher — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:04:09 +0000

Nothing irks us more as writers than thinking up a great idea and forgetting it because we didn’t commit it to paper. This very lucky writer ain’t got nothing on us.

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Who Reads More Books – E-Reader Users or Book Owners?

Shauna Wright — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 18:15:22 +0000

By now you’ve probably seen lots of people toting around e-readers like the Amazon Kindle. They let you carry thousands of books in a slim, lightweight device — but do the people who use them actually read more?

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