
E-book sales up 43%: According to USA TODAY's Bob Minzesheimer, e-book sales grew by 43% last year. Publishers consider that a "slowdown," despite the fact that e-books account for about 20% of all book sales. In hard numbers, 457 million e-books were sold last year vs. 557 million hardcover books. Looks like print still reigns supreme. Plus, check out Minzesheimer's feature on the staying power of print books.

Graduation gift guide: Still searching for that perfect gift for a recent graduate? Pick up one of these books, chosen by Daniel Lefferts. Stretch beyond Dr. Seuss' Oh, The Places You'll Go and grab something meatier, like Cheryl Strayed's Wild, or This is Water by David Foster Wallace.

Judy Blume: Are you there God? It's me…one of millions of Judy Blume fans who have been waiting for a film adaptation of at least one of her best-selling books. Tackling touchy subjects about the struggles that young women face, Blume's books have changed countless lives since the 1970s. And yet it has taken until now to finally turn one of those books -- 1981's Tiger Eyes.-- into a film. Entertainment Weekly interviews the godmother of young adult novels, getting some insight as to why it's taken so long. Check out the trailer for Tiger Eyes, set for release on June 7, here.

What 20-year-olds must read: Buzzfeed, that obsessive purveyor of all things pop culture, has put together a list of the 65 books that you must read in your 20s. It ranges from the marvelously deep The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz, to the hilarious memoir Bossypants by Tina Fey.

Guy Fieri: Sure, with his spiky frosted tips, colorful tattoos and sunglasses attached permanently to his skull, some people might think that Food Network star Guy Fieri is a little bit wacky. Flavorwire read his new book, Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives: The Funky Finds in Flavortown and culled the 20 most absurd quotes from it. Gems include "Shut the front door, son of Tatum O'Neal, that's dynamite."

Children's Illustrations: Some of the loveliest illustrations come from the pages of children's books. Check out this magical list of images of the best illustrated children's books and picture books of 2012. It includes the minimal, yet bold work of Saul Bass for Henri's Walk to Paris, and the delightfully antique work of Casey Sorrow for James Joyce's The Cats of Copenhagen.

Bret Easton Ellis on coming out: Literary bad boy Bret Easton Ellis wrote a scathing take on the media coverage of basketball player Jason Collins' news that he was gay. The piece, titled "In the Reign of the Gay Magical Elves," argued that Collins was emasculated by the press and treated with kid gloves, lambasting LGBT equality organization GLAAD along the way. On Tuesday, he did an AMA (Ask Me Anything) on Reddit, where fans asked him questions. Answers include telling fans how he managed to write such gruesome scenes for American Psycho, and how he accidentally asked for drugs via Twitter, when he thought he was texting someone.

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