For your weekend reading pleasure, here are our top stories of the week, including the sad passing of Carlos Fuentes, the end of the Sookie Stackhouse series and the mildly satirical birth of a book infographic (embedded above).
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1. How A Book Is Born
2. Learning from John Steinbeck Letters
3. The Lost History of Fifty Shades of Grey
4. Carlos Fuentes Has Died
5. Ann Coulter Inks Book Deal for October
6. Only Two Percent of Bloggers Can Make a Living
7. STUDY: Fictional Characters Can Influence Real Life Actions
8. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt to Restructure $3.1 Billion in Debt
9. ‘These Are Your Kids on Books’ Poster Goes Viral
10. Charlaine Harris to End Sookie Stackhouse Series Next May