The life of Elon Musk is nothing short of inspiring. At only 43 years of age, Musk has tackled some of the biggest technological challenges facing humanity including: Electric Cars, Space Flight, and Solar Energy. Ashlee Vance, experienced Silicon Valley historian, recently wrote a biography of Elon which follows Musk's life through a rough childhood in...
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I don't know if you've noticed, but this week's new book releases are fantastic. Really fantastic. So fantastic that we decided to pick some of the books that our readers are buzzing about and give them away. Want to win six brand new new books by bestselling authors like Stephen King, Meg Cabot, and Judy...
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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 new 50 Shades of Grey...
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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 drove by Stephen King's house in...
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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 caps, image positioning, and more! Read...
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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 world about it! Here's my...
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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- like pandemic. We were intrigued...
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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 recommend it. It's a great...
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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 wasn't nervous when I got...
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