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Moki is a freelance writer, editor and blogger who is a self-proclaimed geek and fangirl. Her love of books began at the age of 9 when she picked up Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper off the mini library shelf in the back of her classroom. Until then she had only looked at books with pictures (mostly of horses and ponies) but something made her want to try out a "grown-up" book that day and soon she discovered the joy of getting caught up in a story purely from the written word. Becoming a writer happened much later in life but it is still that first "real" book that can be credited with creating a love for words that made her want to write some of her own.

Graphic Novels and Comic Books Come to Android Thanks to Graphic.ly Site

Graphic.ly Comics

Website Graphic.ly (known for comic books and graphic novels) has finally launched its very own Android app, according to Mashable.com. Before this, Android users have had to watch enviously from the sidelines as the company first released apps for web, desktop, iPhone and iPad. Now they finally get their turn as the company’s vast library of 2,000 comics becomes available to the 22 million Android [...]

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Baz Luhrmann Will Film THE GREAT GATSBY in 3D

The Great Gatsby

Baz Luhrmann settled on the adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s THE GREAT GATSBY as his next project and now is looks like he’s also decided to shoot it in 3D. Yes, you read that right. The Playlist has reported that the director has “brushed off” the novel’s iconic New York setting as a shooting location. Instead he will bring the production to Fox Studios in [...]

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District 9 Writer Terri Tatchell Options Amanda Hocking’s Trylle Trilogy

Switched

I may not be a Twi-hard but even I know that supernatural teen romance is all the rage right now. While Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series is definitely the leader of the pack, it’s far from the only series out there. Hollywood has jumped on board enthusiastically with the trend, with werewolves, vampires and more heading to movie and TV screens. Well now you can add [...]

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Hailee Steinfeld Cast in Screen Adaptation of FORGOTTEN

Hailee Steinfeld

Actress Hailee Steinfeld has a career that is moving fast, especially for a 14-year old. First she turned in an Oscar nominated breakout performance as Mattie Ross in the Joel and Ethan Coen-directed True Grit. And now, according to Deadline.com the young actress is about to get a movie made especially for her. Word is that Paramount Pictures just closed a deal for the screen [...]

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New Website EMovies.com Publishes Unreleased Scripts

EMovieBooks

Ever wonder what happens to the thousands (I’m just guessing at that number) of scripts that never turn into a film or TV series? Well now you’ll get a chance to read some of them. According to The Huffington Post, a new website will make them available for anyone to download. Film and television director Hubert de la Bouillerie launched EMovieBooks.com as the first online [...]

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Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio Reunite for THE WOLF OF WALL STREET

Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio

I have some great news for all you DiCaprio and Scorsese fans out there. According to TheWrap.com the duo is teaming up once again, for the film adaptation of Jordan Belfort’s bestselling memoir, THE WOLF OF WALL STREET. Scorsese is officially set to direct, with DiCaprio set to star in the film, making this their fifth venture together, following 2002′s Gangs of New York, 2004′s [...]

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Google Launches One Pass Payment Service

Google One Pass

Google announced that that it has launched a service to make it easy for publishers to sell digital versions of newspapers and magazines. Conveniently this comes just a day after Apple rolled out a subscription platform for digital media sold through its iTunes app store, according to Yahoo! News. Both companies are in a constant battle to dominate smartphones and tablet computers so this sort [...]

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Kobo Reports E-books Bought at Borders are Safe

Kobo eReader

With the news dropping that Borders had officially filed for bankruptcy, Kobo was quick to respond with a reassurance for everyone who bought ebooks from the chain. eBooknewser reports that they even put up a long FAQ on the subject over on the Kobo blog. The FAQ answers many questions, all of which are designed to reassure consumers that Kobo is doing just fine, and [...]

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Letters to President Obama will be Published in Book

President Obama

A new story from Yahoo.com reports that President Barack Barack Obama just might have accidentally stolen somebody’s thunder. Obama receives a folder full of the letters every day of his presidency, all chosen from the thousands that the White House Correspondence Office receives every day. They come from Americans concerned enough about various issues (or sometimes just problems in their own lives) that they take [...]

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Borders Files For Bankruptcy

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Borders Bookstore

Well it looks like the inevitable has finally happened and after a drawn out process that began at the end of last year when it missed payments to top publishers, Borders Group has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. Publishers Weekly reports that the company has received $505 million in debtor-in possession financing led by [...]

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