Hasta La Creative!

Amazon, which controls more than a third of the book trade in the United States, is marking many books published by Hachette Book Group as not available for at least two or three weeks.

Though many independent bookstores have blamed the giant online retailer for their struggles, there are signs of a thaw in tensions in Seattle, as many Amazon employees are buying books in brick-and-mortar shops.

The estate of Margaret Mitchell, author of “Gone With the Wind,” has authorized a prequel, being written by Donald McCaig, called “Ruth’s Journey.”

Grove Atlantic, an independent publisher, has agreed to pay a six-figure advance for “Straight to Hell: True Tales of Deviance and Excess in the World of Investment Banking” by John LeFevre.

John Lefevre, the man behind the @GSElevator Twitter account, has lost his book deal after his true identity came to light.

The revelation that the writer behind the popular Twitter feed @GSElevator had never worked for Goldman Sachs appeared to undermine his credibility, if not the premise of the book.

Mr. Patterson sells heaps of books and makes piles of money. Now he is sharing the wealth with independent booksellers.

A retired headmaster’s campaign has led Penguin Books India to agree to destroy copies of a book deemed offensive to Hindus, prompting fears that an ideological shift is underway.

While the television industry has begun catering to impatient audiences by releasing entire series at once, the book business is upending its traditional timetable by encouraging a kind of binge reading, releasing new works by a single author at an accelerated pace.

Sylvia Day, the author of the “Crossfire” series of romance novels, will receive a substantial sum from St. Martin’s Press for her next two books.