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Anna Bond Paints New Jane Austen Covers Jane Austen’s classic novels, Pride and Prejudice, Emma, and Sense and Sensibility by Puffin in Bloom now feature new covers by Rifle Paper Co.’s Anna Bond. Anna said, "As a continuation of the Puffin In Bloom series, I hand-painted the cover artwork with gouache paint while incorporating details…

Author Loses Book Deal After Accusations of Review Bombing on Goodreads First-time author Cait Corrain, author of the coming sci-fi fantasy novel Crown of Starlight, has been dropped by her U.S. publisher and her agent after readers and fellow authors accused her of posting fake negative reviews on Goodreads. Corrain posted…

Congress Introduces the "Fight Book Bans Bill" Amidst the unprecedented surge of book bans in schools and public libraries this past year, a group of Democratic members of Congress introduced the "Fight Book Bans Act," which would offer school districts funding to defend against the ongoing challenges to books and…

Latest Installment of Patricia Cornwell’s #1 Bestselling Scarpetta Series In Cornwell's thrilling new novel, Unnatural Death, chief medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta finds herself in a Northern Virginia wilderness examining the remains of two campers wanted by federal law enforcement. The victims have been savaged beyond recognition, and other evidence…

A Surprising "Hunger Games" Movie Prequel Thrills Fans in "The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" In the original Hunger Games trilogy, Panem President Coriolanus Snow is presented as a calculating, ruthless dictator bent on destroying the Mockingjay heroine, Katniss Everdeen. In the series prequel, we are introduced to an angst-ridden…

BookTrib Lit Picks eBook — First Chapters from the Hottest Books BookTrib has just launched a new ebook showcasing first chapters of more than 50 of the hottest books — past, present and future — that readers can discover this holiday season. BookTrib Lit Picks is a collection of first-chapter…

John Grisham's Latest Thriller Hits the Shelves! What became of Mitch and Abby McDeere after they exposed the crimes of Memphis law firm Bendini, Lambert & Locke and fled the country? The answer is in The Exchange, the riveting sequel to The Firm, the blockbuster thriller that launched the career of America’s…