Ben Frederick

Author Archive

  • September 11, 2013
    When Robert Galbraith, a first-time author, was revealed to be the pen name of J.K. Rowling earlier this summer, sales of “The Cuckoo’s Calling” shot up 150,000 ...
  • May 3, 2013
    Hachette Book Group (HGB) will join its five counterparts (collectively known as the "big six" in the American publishing world) in offering its full catalog of e-books to public...
  • April 13, 2013
    Quidditch, the game all young "Harry Potter" fans wished was real (older ones secretly did too) is now an intercollegiate sport. And they have tournaments. This year, more than 80...
  • April 9, 2013
    "Doctor Who" fans have a reason to be especially happy this month as the world moves one step closer to creating "The Library" – the fictional planet that contains every...
  • March 23, 2013
    "Goblinproofing One's Chicken Coop" by Reginald Bakeley won the Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year with 38% of reader votes. "Goblinproofing" beat out other...
  • March 9, 2013
    Does your child like a brand new bedtime story – every single night?
  • March 2, 2013
  • February 15, 2013
    In light of drone strikes, cyber terrorism, religious extremists, and morally ambiguous international policies, it’s easy to look at World War II and say, “That’s...
  • February 9, 2013
    I think Dave Barry uses Miami as the setting for so much of his writing because he feels it’s easier for people to suspend their disbelief if something happens there. As if ...