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Andrew Losowsky of The Huffington Post reports for NY1 on newly released book titles and the world of publishing in "The Book Reader."

The 23-year-old actor doesn't think he has the charm to play James Bond - a fictional, suave British Secret Service agent, currently embodied by Daniel Craig - but would try his hand at playing one of his nemeses instead.

When an impoverished J.K. Rowling sat in the back room of an Edinburgh cafe scribbling the first drafts of Harry Potter, she could scarcely have guessed the avalanche of cash the books would generate.

First-person narration can often be the most intimate way for a reader to connect with the story's protagonist.

A new form of ebook Digital Rights Management in development shows just how far the book industry is willing to go to stop piracy.

Former Harry Potter star Emma Watson has reportedly signed up for another Warner Bros film that might just be the studio's answer to the end of JK Rowling's magical franchise.

* Favorite books: "This Lullaby" by Sarah Dessen, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling.

It's natural to wonder what the starring Harry Potter trio of Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint are working on now that their wonderful wizarding days are over.

Surely one of author Dan Brown's biggest local fans has to be Russ Ilg of Townsend, Mass.

Would you be willing to destroy half of humanity in order to save the human species from going extinct? Would it be acceptable to involuntarily sterilize people in an effort to prevent overpopulation? Those are the central questions of Dan Brown's new novel, "Inferno."

I confess that I dog-ear pages in hardback books, though only with books I own. I crack spines too and sometimes the books get wet when I read them in the bathtub.

Interactive Harry Potter site Pottermore.com has launched an offshoot business to work with other brands.

New words, or neologisms, are created because they fill a gap in language or describe something that has never before been described.

The latest Dan Brown blockbuster, Inferno , tempts me to ridicule its pretentious cultural references, its cardboard characters, and its insipid prose.

Three siblings get sucked into a fictional world of mashed-up books where they must find a tome of great power in order to get back home.

Let me get one thing out of the way: Inferno , Dan Brown's newest novel, is not good.

Fans of the 'Twilight' series by Stephenie Meyer set up tents to camp out before the premiere of the last film in the movie series, 'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2.' Thanks to a bevy of modern hits like the " Harry Potter ," " Hunger Games ," and "Twilight" series , young adult and teen literature is thriving today, leaving parents, ... (more)

Dan Brown's Inferno is a high adventure story that includes perhaps the greatest lesson so far for humanity and our planet.

Fifteen years after J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone first graced U.S. bookshelves, Scholastic is touting some impressive numbers.

Florence, June 10 - Roberto Benigni said Thursday he hoped bestselling novelist Dan Brown comes to one his live shows since he is interested in casting the Oscar-winning performer in an adaptation of his new book 'Inferno'.