Books

Always looking for something to fill your spare time? Serial Box has just launched on Android, bringing the hit iOS app to even more phones. With options to either read or listen to a book in episodic formats, it's a fantastic way to consume books -- and you can get your first series for half off.

Sometimes it's sensible to put down the gadgets and pick up a good old-fashioned book -- to read about the latest gadgets, of course.

Getting your Amazon Prime subscription could also mean getting your kids to develop good reading habits from a young age. Amazon's Prime Book Box is a subscription service that delivers curated books specifically for kids. It's now available to all Amazon Prime subscribers.

Analyzing Amazon book sales, researchers discovered typical Kindle readers choose different types of books than people who read traditional print books.

Publishing startup Wonderbly officially released My Golden Ticket. The book takes children through Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory.

The classic social satire Animal Farm is being developed as an indie game with approval and help from the George Orwell's estate.

Hundreds of documents from Carl Sagan's office are being auctioned off by RR Auction with an estimated sale price of $3,000.

Move over New York Times. There's a new best-seller list in town. Amazon Charts shows you the most read and most sold books on the platform.

Looking for a way to support the writers of the world without digging too deep into your physical pockets? Try spending some social capital instead.

Amazon has changed around its pricing in its physical bookstores, with discounts now only available to Prime members.

The New York Public Library is bringing a different kind of classic to its Rose Main Reading Room when it reopens on October 5 -- a train.

Game publishing giant Ubisoft has launched Ubisoft Publishing, an in-house book division that will release its first two books in November.

Amazon sure is getting a taste for these brick-and-mortar bookstore openings. Having opened its first in Seattle last fall followed by two others, the company says it now has plans for a fourth location, this time in Chicago.

J.K. Rowling is bringing readers back to Hogwarts and the wizarding world in September with three new ebooks from a series called Pottermore Presents.

To boosts its fledgling AI system, Facebook is using data from children's literary classics, such as Alice in Wonderland, The Jungle Book, and more.

Decemberists singer/songwriter Colin Meloy has announced plans to release two new books, including a children's book about folk musician Pete Seeger.

Link-sharing social network Reddit has released a book compiling it best "Ask Me Anything" interviews. The book comes in both digital and hardback editions.

A U.S. court dismisses authors' claims that Google Books infringes on copyright and affects their income.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is challenging himself to read a book every fortnight during the course of 2015 — and you can join in by signing up on the A Year Of Books page on Facebook.

Looking for a way to win back online book sales from Amazon, Barnes & Noble have partnered with Google in order to provide same-day delivery service through the Google Shopping Express Web portal.

Researchers from MIT Media Labs are developing a wearable device that can read out printed text using a synthesized voice, thereby helping the sight-impaired read books without the use of braille.

The Sensory Fiction prototype explores a new way of reading: one where lights, sounds, vibrations, pressure and even the temperature are synced to the beats of the story that you're reading.

Potentially a useful service for anyone with an iPhone that likes to read tons of books, Oyster has rolled out a subscription service that allows users to read all the books they want for a monthly fee.

Following " The Lizzie Bennet Diaries," that web series' creators are now letting fans finish the abandoned "Sandition" novel via a crowdsourcing platform.

Kama Sutra is confusing enough as it is, and now the Kama Xcitra is here to help illustrate various sexual positions with the help of augmented reality.

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