Read more novel stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/12445/novel.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:51:54 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70707/new-vooks-sex-up-books-with-video-clips.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPublishers are scrambling to attract readers weaned on video games and social networking by jazzing up a format little-changed since Gutenberg started churning out Bibles in the 15th century. "Vooks" add video segments, either embedded in the text or available online, to electronic books. The hybrids are being created for...http://www.newser.com/story/70707/new-vooks-sex-up-books-with-video-clips.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 01 Oct 2009 6:28:28 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70506/danielle-steel-aide-fesses-to-400k-ripoff.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA long-time assistant has pleaded guilty to embezzling $400,000 from best-selling romance queen Danielle Steel. Kristy Watts admitted depositing checks for Steel into her own bank account and using the author's credit card points to obtain gifts and airline tickets. Steel, who has written 76 best-selling novels, claims Watts...http://www.newser.com/story/70506/danielle-steel-aide-fesses-to-400k-ripoff.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 29 Sep 2009 6:46:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68093/modern-novels-shift-we-can-understand-them.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe 21st-century novel is being reacquainted with an old friend: the plot. Today's best writers are abandoning the notion that literary novels need to be all but impenetrable to readers without advanced degrees, writes Lev Grossman in the Wall Street Journal . "The revolution is under way," he says. "The novel...http://www.newser.com/story/68093/modern-novels-shift-we-can-understand-them.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 29 Aug 2009 10:30:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67902/a-supermodels-summer-reads.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPaulina Porizkova “quit school at 15 to live off of my looks,” but she’s also a lifelong bookworm, she writes for Modelinia. Because she feels “the need to constantly prove I’m not some dumb model,” she offers up her “summer reading for folks who want to seem kinda smart”: A...http://www.newser.com/story/67902/a-supermodels-summer-reads.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 27 Aug 2009 13:10:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67826/ya-ya-sisterhoods-stab-you-in-the-back.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAccording to today’s “Sex and the City ethos,” friends are there when romance falters. But in truth, female friendships “are just as complicated as marriages,” author Lucinda Rosenfeld tells Salon. That’s particularly true when it comes to envy, a theme of Rosenfeld’s new novel, I’m So Happy for You . We...http://www.newser.com/story/67826/ya-ya-sisterhoods-stab-you-in-the-back.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 26 Aug 2009 14:09:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66849/novel-about-corruption-may-be-kremlin-officials-work.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA novel about a publisher navigating Russia’s complex web of political favors and payoffs may have been written by a top Kremlin official, the Moscow Times reports. Sources at Russky Pioner magazine, which published excerpts of Close to Zero before its release last month, say Vladislav Surkov, a powerful aide...http://www.newser.com/story/66849/novel-about-corruption-may-be-kremlin-officials-work.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 13 Aug 2009 16:15:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66725/james-freys-latest-creation-pro-choice-pro-gay-jesus.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJames Frey pissed off a lot of people—including Oprah—when his “memoir” A Million Little Pieces was exposed as fictional—but his new book might spark even more ire. Illumination: The Final Testament of the Holy Bible features a Messiah who marries gays, impregnates a teen, and later takes...http://www.newser.com/story/66725/james-freys-latest-creation-pro-choice-pro-gay-jesus.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 12 Aug 2009 11:55:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65258/black-gay-lit-trailblazer-e-lynn-harris-dead-at-54.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAuthor E. Lynn Harris, who offered a glimpse into the secret lives of closeted gay black men, died last night at 54, the AP reports. His publicist says the cause is unknown, and that Harris suddenly took ill just days ago. An autopsy will be performed next week. Harris was...http://www.newser.com/story/65258/black-gay-lit-trailblazer-e-lynn-harris-dead-at-54.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 24 Jul 2009 16:17:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64365/in-infinite-jest-book-club-sees-finite-ending.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs the first anniversary of David Foster Wallace’s death approaches, many would-be readers still see his Infinite Jest collecting dust on their bookshelves. Wallace’s 1,079-page tome “has become known equally for its sprawling attention to detail, its near impenetrability, and its effectiveness as a doorstop,” writes Joe Coscarelli for...http://www.newser.com/story/64365/in-infinite-jest-book-club-sees-finite-ending.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 14 Jul 2009 15:45:01 CDT