Lansing Lamont, Journalist and Historian of Atomic Bomb, Dies at 83

Mr. Lamont, who wrote and edited several other books, was a longtime correspondent for Time.

    



Random House Plans Release of Norman Mailer Books

The publishing campaign, which will include a new essay collection, is aimed at introducing Norman Mailer’s work to a younger generation of readers.

    



Booker Prize Panel Is Said to Consider Allowing Americans to Be Eligible

The Man Booker Prize for Fiction, which has been a British award for more than 40 years, may add American authors to the pool, a newspaper reported.

    



Tina Brown to Write Memoir

The acclaimed editor, who said Wednesday she was leaving journalism to start her own conference company, will write about her career in magazines.

    



Advertising: An Early Start on Promoting a Mini-Series Spoof Set for January

Ads will begin to run on Friday for “The Spoils of Babylon,” a six-part series about a wealthy oil family that will parody mini-series of the 1970s and ’80s.

    



Random House Acquires Novel by Ruth Reichl

The novel, to be released in May, is Ms. Reichl’s first, and the publisher has acquired two more.

    



Jimmy Carter Seeks to Write Book on Treatment of Women

A proposal has circulated among major publishers for a book written by the former president.

    



Knopf Acquires New Paolo Bacigalupi Novel

Mr. Bacigalupi, author of the science fiction novel “The Windup Girl,” is moving from a tiny specialty press to one of the most highbrow publishers in the business.

    



Green Eggs and E-Books? Thank You, Sam-I-Am

Dr. Seuss’s “Cat in the Hat,” “Green Eggs and Ham,” “There’s a Wocket in My Pocket!” and “The Lorax” will soon be downloadable, with more of his books to follow.

    



Hercule Poirot to Return in a New Christie Mystery

The novel, by Sophie Hannah, is authorized by the Agatha Christie estate and is to be released next year.

    



Common Sense: Long Odds for Authors Newly Published

The book, written under a pseudonym by the best-selling author J. K. Rowling, became a success only after her identity was revealed.

    



Film on Salinger Claims More Books Are Coming

A documentary and book on the reclusive author say that he instructed his estate to publish at least five more books beginning as soon as 2015.

    



‘Today’ Is Starting Oprah-like Book Club

The NBC morning show will promote a book every four or five weeks, starting on Tuesday with “The Bone Season,” by Samantha Shannon.

    



The Internet’s Verbal Contrarian

The writer Evgeny Morozov has quickly become the most prominent critic of the utopian promises coming from Silicon Valley.

    



Elisabeth Maxwell, Expert on Holocaust, Dies at 92

After Dr. Maxwell’s life was turned upside down by the death of her husband, Robert Maxwell, in 1991, she focused on being a Holocaust scholar, writer and lecturer.

    

To Make It Up to Rowling, Law Firm Makes a Donation

Russells, the law firm responsible for revealing that J.K. Rowling wrote a mystery novel under a pen name, also apologized to her.

    

Odd Fox News Interview Lifts Reza Aslan’s Biography on Jesus

A Fox News interviewer awkwardly questioned the Muslim author on why he had written about Jesus, and sales of his book, “Zealot,” surged once the video caught fire online.

    

Link by Link: Historians Seek a Delay in Posting Dissertations

The American Historical Association caused a stir by asking universities to allow new Ph.D’s to keep their dissertations from being circulated online for up to six years.

    

Rebirth of Book by Aide to Carter

Kathleen Jordan, daughter of President Jimmy Carter’s chief of staff Hamilton Jordan, is shepherding her father’s memoir to publication.

    

Revelations by Rowling

J. K. Rowling, of Harry Potter fame, shared a bit of the back story of her new book, written as Robert Galbraith.