Inspired by Charles Warnke's "You Should Date an Illiterate Girl"

Date a guy who doesn't read. You'll find him in a bar, already on his third or fourth smoky glass of amber, staring at you through glassy eyes that say he was hoping someone like you would come...

After the media tsunami surrounding the Casey Anthony trial and verdict, 'analysts' have come forward stating that the most reviled mother since Faye Dunaway in "Mommie Dearest" could reap nearly seven figures for a book deal. I think that's a crock.

Many people have pointed to other controversial...

James Andrew Miller is the co-author, with Tom Shales, of Those Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN, as well as Live From New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live, which spent 15 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and was chosen by...

I'm a huge supporter of ebooks. Ironically when I speak about them online or at conferences, and caution aspiring authors on the perils of e-publishing their works, they take that as an attack on the format or on the entrepreneurial spirit. That couldn't be further from the truth. I caution...

By now, the entire publishing world, as well as millions of people, know that the veracity of the stories included in Greg Mortenson's two bestselling books Three Cups of Tea and Stones Into Schools have been called into question by 60 Minutes. For those unfamiliar, you can read the story...

Dear Mr. Trump,

After reading your letter to the New York Times regarding Gail Collins's article about you, I had to clarify one thing: you are not a good writer. Calling other writers talentless does not make you a good writer. Slagging other peoples' book sales does not...

Publishers are always in search of "The Next." The Next Harry Potter. The Next Twilight. The Next Dan Brown. And with the release of Taylor Stevens's debut novel, The Informationist, her publisher clearly has designs to position Stevens's heroine, information bounty hunter Vanessa Michael Munroe, as The Next Lisbeth Salander....

In an article published February 9 on Salon.com, Laura Miller examines the long-argued notion that women are underrepresented in book criticism -- both in terms of what books are covered, and who covers them, expanding on a piece in The New Republic by Ruth Franklin. Now,...

We all have them: writers who reached us at an early age, wrote something that penetrated our minds, our hearts, our souls; writers who captivated us when our minds were soft and ripe, eager for stories to get lost in. Today, one of mine passed away. His name was Brian...

About nine years ago, I was a college senior, struggling with what to do with my post-college life. I'd always had somewhat of an itch to be a writer, or at least try my hand at writing, but other than a few pale short stories and a navel-gazing attempt at...

A few years ago, I was watching television when I saw an advertisement for a new horror movie. There was something different about this ad, however--it used a tactic I hadn't seen very often in film advertising. The film was called "Cabin Fever", and the ad proudly trumpeted a laudatory...

Ok, so I was aiming to run a 'Books Uncovered' column every month or two. Instead it's been about four months since my last one, and needless to say there have been many, many books worthy of coverage that have likely not received the press they deserve. As said in...

"One part hardcore badass and one part lovable dork had proven to be a successful formula." --from Foley is Good: And the Real World is Faker than Wrestling

Mick Foley is a walking contradiction. He plies his...

So the Huffington Post recently published their list of 100 Game Changers, but to my chagrin, outside of a few reality show stars they didn't list any authors--or editors or publishing visionaries. I'm hoping to remedy that. Below is my list of Game Changers in the world of...

When I was in grade school, which I believe was approximately three hundred and forty seven years ago, I was assigned to read a book called Where The Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls. It's a story about a young boy and his two hunting dogs and ... I can't...

Let's change direction a bit. As much as we all love controversy and feuds (real or imagined), sometimes the most interesting stories are the ones behind the books. With that in mind, below is an original post from New York Times bestselling author Don Winslow on his new novel Savages....

With the publication of Jonathan Franzen's fourth novel, Freedom, which was extensively covered in the New York Times while Franzen himself appeared on the cover of TIME magazine, a controversy broke out online over whether Franzen's star treatment was indicative of the literary establishment's...

He stares back at us from the red-bordered page, his countenance serious but not by choice, as though a photographer offscreen is warning him of the gravity of his situation and he has had no choice but to react. He is photographed in a way that begs you to take...

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters. Android Karenina. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Literary mashups have invaded bookstores everywhere, blending beloved stories, characters and real-life historical figures with the unlikeliest of ingredients. Some of these mashups have been welcomed and devoured be readers. Others, well...not so...

Yesterday afternoon I participated in a Blog Talk Radio interview with authors J.A. Konrath and Boyd Morrison on ebooks, traditional vs. self-publishing and the future of the digital landscape. All three of us have had experiences publishing in the digital-only realm: Konrath has made a name for himself...