Elaborately designed books with patterned edges and other effects started as a trend in romance and fantasy, and have now spread throughout the publishing industry. By Alexandra Alter Last year ...

While Spines CEO Yehuda Niv is adamant that the platform is simply an accelerated publishing model — rather than an overpriced, self-publishing one — many experts have advised writers to stay away.

The house featured in "Home Alone" has found a buyer, seven months after it was put on the market and just in time for Christmas. The 5-bedroom, 6-bathroom house located in Winnetka, Illinois was ...