Buy, baby, buy!

The beloved Buy buttons are restored to Macmillan titles! The hostage crisis has come to an end!

Come see Elizabeth Somer

... at Legacy Books tomorrow night (Feb 8) at 7 pm!

A frequent guest on TV shows like NBC's Today and AM Northwest, Elizabeth Somer, M. A., R.D., will be sharing tips on how to get healthy and stay healthy -- a perfect way to follow up that new year resolution!

She'll also be signing copies of her new book EAT YOUR WAY TO HAPPINESS.

Release the hostages!

Visit Duane Swierczynski's blog SECRET DEAD MEN for updates on the tense standoff between Amazon and Macmillan!

The blogs are burning up about Elizabeth Somer

U. S. News & World Report features Elizabeth Somer's podcast chat with Deborah Kotz about "What to Eat to Feel Happier".

On MSN, Dr. Oz and Dr. Roizen (authors of the YOU series) highlight Elizabeth in their articles "Top Foods to Put You in the Mood" and "Top Diet Myths Exposed".

The Hulk is loose

"Based on Greg Pak's 2006-2007 arc in the 'Incredible Hulk' comic book series...'Planet Hulk' is an excellent addition to Marvel's lineup of animated features, and holds up well as a standalone film...a fun film that should prove entertaining for mainstream audiences and fans of the character."
- Rick Marshall, MTV

DVD, Blu-ray and digital download go on sale today!

Two-fisted action

Punisher scribes Duane Swierczynski and Victor Gischler get some lovin' from Rod Lott (Bookgasm):

"Okay, it’s official: The Punisher is my favorite character in comics, and if he weren’t there already, then PUNISHER: FRANK CASTLE — SIX HOURS TO KILL would’ve pushed him there. It’s an all-out, hard-R crime tale that’s dripping in black humor and red blood, illustrated by Michel Lacombe, who does not hold back.

My enthusiasm extends to PUNISHER: FRANK CASTLE — WELCOME TO THE BAYOU, a Southern-fried adventure from novelist Victor Gischler and artist Goran Parlov, who draws humans getting chomped in half by alligators like no other.

BAYOU is both horrifying and hilarious, as Gischler doesn’t dare pull back on the reins. Same goes for the collection’s one-off tale, also from his savage pen, “Little Black Book”"

Once you go green...

(Exclusive clip via Wired.com)

PLANET HULK is out on DVD, Blu-ray and digital download tomorrow, Feb 2!

Doing some damage

Catch Scott Phillips in his interview with Jay Stringer at Do Some Damage (where they're rather blithe about the apparent blogger-napping of Steve Weddle).

Scott is also writing Under the Influence in this month's Crime Factory magazine.

Who are the Doppelgangers?

Hop over to Murderati.com for Alafair Burke's hilarious dissection of "Literary Look-Alikes"!

Talkin' bout the birds & the bees

Dr. Jennifer Ashton and Dr. Mehmet Oz get candid with a group of teen girls and their mothers. If you have a young daughter, niece, granddaughter, etc, you need to join this honest conversation and read THE BODY SCOOP FOR GIRLS.Also see Parts 2, 3, and 4 of Dr. Ashton's appearance on The Dr. Oz Show.