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Submitted by BANG Showbiz on September 30, 2011
LOS ANGELES – Courtney Love is writing a tell-all autobiography.
The Hole singer and widow of late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain hopes to "set the record straight" in the book, which is expected to cover her life as an aspiring musician, her marriage and drug problems, her attempted Hollywood career fortune of the Nirvana estate she claims to have been defrauded out of.
Submitted by Associated Press on June 27, 2011
NEW YORK – Amazon.com's favorite books for this year so far run the gamut from Fey to Z.
Editors for the online retailer cite Tina Fey's best-selling essay collection, "Bossypants," as one of the top 10 books for the first half of 2011.
Fey is named first — because the list is alphabetical by author. Last is "Lost in Shangri-La," Mitchell Zuckoff's account of plane crash survivors in New Guinea.
Submitted by Nekesa Mumbi Moody on June 24, 2011
NEW YORK – Michael Jackson spent the last months of his life frightened and on edge, convinced that he would be killed by people wanting to get access to his valuable music catalog, according to his sister, La Toya Jackson.
Jackson makes the claims in her new book, "Starting Over," which also chronicles her own troubles, including an abusive marriage to her late ex-manager/husband, Jack Gordon.
Submitted by Hillel Italie on June 24, 2011
NEW YORK – One of the world's most famous digital holdouts, J.K. Rowling has joined the 21st century - but on her own special terms.
The "Harry Potter" author says she has created a new interactive website to be the exclusive seller of the e-book editions of her popular series.
This is an unwelcome surprise for traditional bookstores, which helped Rowling sell hundreds of millions of the Potter novels. But the news is a landmark for the growing electronic market.
Submitted by Jill Lawless on June 23, 2011
LONDON – The secret of "Pottermore" has been revealed - Harry Potter's wild wizard adventures are going digital.
Author J.K. Rowling announced Thursday that her seven Potter novels will be sold as e-books starting in October - ending the boy wizard's status as one of the highest-profile holdouts against digital publishing.
"You can't hold back progress," Rowling said. "E-books are here and they are here to stay."
Submitted by Hillel Italie on June 21, 2011
NEW YORK – Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who is recovering from a gunshot wound to the head, and her astronaut husband Mark Kelly are working on a memoir together. Kelly also announced on Tuesday his retirement from the Navy and NASA.
Submitted by Associated Press on June 20, 2011
NEW YORK – Rapper 50 Cent's newest work of fiction will have an anti-bullying message.
The Penguin Young Reader Group has signed up 50 Cent's novel "Playground." The publisher announced Monday that the book is a semi-autobiographical young adult novel about bullying that will come out in January 2012. The 34-year-old rapper, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, has acknowledged a violent childhood and dealing drugs at an early age.
Submitted by Frazier Moore on June 18, 2011
NEW YORK – Bristol Palin writes in her new book of losing her virginity to boyfriend Levi Johnston on a camping trip after getting drunk for the first time on too many wine coolers.
She awoke in her tent, alone, with no memories of what had happened as Johnston "talked with his friends on the other side of the canvas." She had vowed to wait until marriage. And she had lied to her parents about where she was going.
Submitted by Alicia Rancilio on June 16, 2011
NEW YORK – La Toya Jackson writes in her new book "Starting Over" that the first question that ran through her mind after she learned of her brother's death was, "Who killed Michael?"
The book is scheduled to go on sale next week, two years after the pop star's death of a sedative overdose. Dr. Conrad Murray has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter, and trial is set for September.
Submitted by Associated Press on June 14, 2011
NEW YORK – Rock 'n' roll songwriter Carole King has a book deal.
The 69-year-old King has signed with Grand Central Publishing for a memoir named after one of her most famous songs, "Natural Woman." The publisher announced Monday that the book will come out in April 2012.
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