Wondering how to get your Mom, wife, sister, etc. hooked on Nintendo's upcoming arcade boxing title Punch-Out!!? Just let them know that it is compatible with the Wii Balance Board. As much as...

Amazon.com has launched “Frustration-Free Packaging,” a new initiative designed to make it easier for customers...

'Tis the season for toy lists! I was reading Parenting.com's top 25 toys of the year, and as a toy editor, I was very surprised to see some toys that I was not familiar with. Since it was such and interesting and diverse list, I decided to post it ...

Fisher-Price's Elmo Live is already proving to be one of the biggest items of the year...toy or otherwise.

<img / align="right" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51kHjlHhOYL._SL225_PC_.jpg">I often turn memories over in my mind, wondering what they'd look like if I had an alternative way of seeing them, in prose or poetry or performance,...

Paul Constant over at the Slog just posted a mesmerizing pro-book ad from the New Zealand Book Council, and noted, "I have to say, I can't stop looking at the pretty pictures long enough to listen to the words." Indeed--I can hardly make out the words...

This week, John Green sort of reviews New Moon... Quick links... Bookshelves of doom reports that issue 2 of TBRT (TBR Tallboy), a lo-fi journal of short YA fiction, has shipped. To order or see submissions guidelines go here. Two Sioux Falls, SD...

<img / src="http://nozama.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54ed05fc288330120a701c5c6970b-550wi" style="width: 543px;"> Publishing assistants all across Manhattan were kept from their dinners so they could hit the refresh button, but the New York Times Book...

In this era of DVR and On Demand, it's hard to gauge people into, to borrow an old phrase, Must See TV anymore (at least live). According to the Hollywood Reporter, seven out of the top 10 most watched episodes of the decade aired in the first half....