We are collecting the major stories of each 2011 in our annual year-end roundup of publishing headlines. It’s a chance to celebrate our good news and reflect on the bad news. Visit our Year in Review link as the series unfolds.

1. Make a Book Christmas Tree
2. 7 Free eBooks Neil deGrasse Tyson Thinks Everybody Should Read
3. How to Make a Secret Door in Your Bookcase
4. ‘Bored to Death’ Cancelled by HBO
5. Facebook Timeline Tips for Writers

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We are collecting the major stories of each 2011 in our annual year-end roundup of publishing headlines. It’s a chance to celebrate our good news and reflect on the bad news. Visit our Year in Review link as the series unfolds.

1 Anne McCaffrey Has Died
2. Occupy Wall Street Library Evicted
3. Book Cover of the Future?
4. 30 Tips for National Novel Writing Month
5. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt to Restructure

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A controversial video of a baby trying to read a magazine like an iPad (embedded above) topped our headlines in October–raising some important questions about the future of reading.

We are collecting the major stories of each 2011 in our annual year-end roundup of publishing headlines. It’s a chance to celebrate our good news and reflect on the bad news. Visit our Year in Review link as the series unfolds.

1. How a Modern Baby Thinks about Reading
2. Literary Halloween Costume Ideas
3. How to Write Like Haruki Murakami
4. National Book Award Finalists: Free Samples
5. When to Stop Working on Your Book

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Welcome to GalleyCat’s annual year-end roundup of publishing headlines. It’s a chance to celebrate our good news and reflect on the bad news. Visit our Year in Review link as the series unfolds.

In September, frustrated Borders employees and a steampunk documentary dominated our headlines.

1. Borders Employees Vent Frustration
2. The Muppets Take Stieg Larsson
3. What Is Steampunk?
4. 20 Companies Use Computer-Generated Stories to Save Money on Writers
5. Adult Paperback Revenues Down Nearly 64% in June

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We are collecting the major stories of each 2011 in our annual year-end roundup of publishing headlines. It’s a chance to celebrate our good news and reflect on the bad news. Visit our Year in Review link as the series unfolds.

1. L.A. Banks Has Died
2. Haruki Murakami Yanked from School District Reading List
3. How Much Do Book Editors Earn?
4. NaNoWriMo Author Lands 6-Figure Deal After 30 Rejections
5. Authors Who Visit Book Clubs

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In July 2011, we featured the worst sentence of 2011 and introduced writers to Google+. Read the top headlines below…

1. Sue Fondrie Has Written the Worst Sentence of 2011
2. What You Should Know About Google+
3. Norway Killer Targeted Writers & Lit Professors in Manifesto
4. Spotify Playlists for Writers: Haruki Murakami
5. The Oxford Comma Is Not Dead

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In June 2011, we posted new guidelines from the Editorial Freelancers Association about how much an editor should charge. Explore the chart embedded above–one of the five top stories of the month.

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1. Oxford Comma Dropped by a University of Oxford Style Guide
2. Samuel L. Jackson Narrates Go the F*** to Sleep
3. Best Book Publicists on Twitter
4. Twitter Profile Mistakes Writers Should Avoid
5. How Much Should an Editor Charge?

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1. 10 Nontraditional Ways To Promote Your Book
2. Facebook Restricts Authors’ Ability To Host Contests
3. Free Formatting Guides on How To Publish Your eBook
4. Oprah Winfrey Closes Her TV Book Club
5. LinkedIn Groups for Publishing Professionals

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In April, the most frequently challenged books and the best literary agents on Twitter topped our headlines for the month.

1. Jon Krakauer Publishes Greg Mortenson Expose
2. 10 Most Frequently Challenged Library Books of 2010
3. Top 20 Facebook Apps for Book Lovers
4. Best Literary Agents on Twitter
5. Alternatives to a Creative Writing MFA

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Bob Dylan‘s cover of “Friday” by Rebecca Black and our Best Book Editors on Twitter list topped our headlines in March 2011.

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1. Friday Cover by Fake Bob Dylan Spawns YouTube Storytelling
2. Amanda Hocking Scores Four-Book Deal
3. Haruki Murakami’s 1Q84 Cover Revealed By Chip Kidd
4. Dorchester Publishing Boycott Launched

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Welcome to GalleyCat’s annual year-end roundup of publishing headlines. It’s a chance to celebrate our good news and reflect on the bad news. Visit our Year in Review link as the series unfolds.

1. Top 10 Pirated eBooks at The Pirate Bay
2. Borders Will Close 200 Stores
3. The Great Gatsby Nintendo Game
4. 6 Reasons Why Borders Went Bankrupt
5. Powell’s Books Lays Off 31 Employees

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In January 2011, book handbags, bestseller birth years and Chinese mothers dominated our headlines.

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1. How To Turn Your Book into a Handbag
2. Haruki Murakami’s 1Q84 Coming 10/25 in Single Volume
3. ‘Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior’ Generates Thousands of Comments
4. Richard Grayson Self-Publishes ‘The Hipster HUCKLEBERRY FINN’
5. What Books Topped Bestseller Lists the Week You Were Born?

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The group has also published a searchable database of those killed. Remember these fallen storytellers this holiday season.

Here is an excerpt: “The 19 murders recorded in 2011 were the lowest total since 2002. Targeted murders—which historically account for nearly three-quarters of journalist deaths—constituted less than half of the 2011 toll. But murders were reported in both Russia and the Philippines, two countries long plagued by deadly, anti-press violence. In the southern Russian republic of Dagestan, an assassin waited outside the offices of the critical independent newspaper Chernovik and gunned down its founder, Gadzhimurad Kamalov. In the Philippines, CPJ documented the work-related murders of two radio commentators. One of them, Romeo Olea, was shot in the back while riding his motorcycle to work.”

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USA Today

The newspaper also noted: “Stephenie Meyer‘s popularity began to cool off. She accounted for 4% of best sellers the list tracked, down from 11% in 2009. The vampire and paranormal craze among readers isn’t dead, but it’s fading, accounting for just 9% of best sellers, down from 17% in 2009.”

The article also noted that books with movie adaptations do particularly well. It’ll be interesting to see if adaptations (like Kathryn Stockett‘s The Help) will boost sales next year.

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The American Library Association’s Office of Intellectual Freedom compiles the list by the year and the decade. From their press release yesterday: “A challenge is defined as a formal, written complaint, filed with a library or school, requesting that materials be removed or restricted because of content or appropriateness. In 2009, OIF received 460 reports on efforts to remove or restrict materials from school curricula and library bookshelves.”

The reasons suggested for banning Twilight are cited as “Sexually Explicit, Religious Viewpoint, Unsuited to Age Group,” remarkably similar to The Catcher in the Rye, which comes in sixth for “Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language, Unsuited to Age Group.” Seven titles were dropped from the list this year, including Gossip Girl and The Kite Runner.

Read the full list after the jump.

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