Parodist of Goldman Finds a New Publisher

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.

    



Bits Blog: Tech’s Favorite Cartoonist Enters Mainstream Publishing

The online cartoonist Randall Munroe is about to explore a strange new world — mainstream publishing — and seek out an audience that doesn’t know its Linux from its Lexus.

    



Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Sheri Fink Win Book Awards

Ms. Adichie’s novel told the story of a young woman who moved from Nigeria to the United States to pursue an education.

    



Chris Pavone’s Thriller ‘The Accident,’ Set in Book World

Chris Pavone, a novelist and former nonfiction editor, contends that the sedate book publishing industry can make an exciting setting for a fictional thriller.

    



Bill Adler, Author, Editor and Compiler, Dies at 84

Mr. Adler collected and published letters children had written to President John F. Kennedy and helped popularize novels written by political, entertainment and sports celebrities.

    



Author’s Unmasking Won’t Stop Book

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.

    



Book Review Byline Tally Shows Gender Disparity

In its annual count of male and female bylines in book reviews, magazines and literary journals, VIDA, a women’s literary organization, revealed that in 2013, the publications still largely favored men over women.

    



James Patterson Giving Cash to Bookstores

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

    



New Novel by Rowling, Using Pseudonym, to Be Published in June

Her publisher described the new work as a “compulsively readable crime novel.”

    



Indian Publisher Withdraws Book, Stoking Fears of Nationalist Pressure

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.

    

India Ink: Penguin Withdraws Book by American Scholar of Hinduism to Settle Lawsuit

A Hindu nationalist group had objected to “The Hindus: An Alternative History,” saying it hurt religious sentiment in India.

    

Impatience Has Its Reward: Books Are Rolled Out Faster

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.

    



After Prize, Novel Gets 2nd Chance in the U.S.

The book “Where the Moon Isn’t” went by “The Shock of the Fall” in Britain, and its publisher is reintroducing it under the second title after it won an award.

    



Be Careful at the Book Club, the Author Might Be There

Book the Writer, a new service, brings authors to book clubs.

    



Tale of Magical Squirrel Takes Newbery Medal

Kate DiCamillo’s “Flora and Ulysses” won this year’s Newbery Medal, and the Randolph Caldecott Medal went to Brian Floca’s “Locomotive.”

    



Books of The Times: ‘The Loudest Voice in the Room’ Is a Look at Roger Ailes

“The Loudest Voice in the Room” is Gabriel Sherman’s biography of Roger Ailes, the president of Fox News.

    



DealBook: A Tell-All Born From Goldman Sachs Gossip

The author of a parody Twitter account with more than 600,000 followers has a tell-all book in the works about the excesses and greed of Wall Street.

    



‘Crossfire’ Author Gets Eight Figures for a New Series

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.

    



HarperCollins to Publish New Novels by James Frey

Mr. Frey, whose 2003 memoir was excoriated for embellishing the truth, will write three novels in a series that will include other written and digital material.

    



New Michael Lewis Book on Financial World Will Be Published in March

Mr. Lewis’s new book is called “Flash Boys.’’ He is the author of best sellers like “Moneyball,’’ “Liar’s Poker’’ and “The Big Short.’’