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According to the Midcontinent Public Library and Based on the Book, more than 1,200 books, novels, short stories, and plays have been made into English language feature films—and that's just since 1980! In fact, all but two of this year's Academy Award Best Picture nominees are based on books including The Descendants, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, The Help, Hugo, Moneyball, and War Horse.  

Of course it's no secret that Hollywood producers and bestselling authors don't always see eye-to-eye when it comes to writing the all-important screenplay adaptation; but with patience, respect, and determination, success—and maybe ...

Last week Open Road Media published six titles from the bestselling author Ira Levin, including such classics as Rosemary’s Baby and Sliver, both of which were made into major motion pictures. Today we are pleased to present a sneak preview of Levin’s award-winning novel This Perfect Day, a powerful work of science fiction that earned favorable comparisons to 1984 and Brave New World. After reading it you'll understand why Stephen King described Levin as "the Swiss watchmaker of the suspense novel." 

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A CITY’S blank white concrete slabs, the giant ones ringed by the less giant, ...

Six timeless titles from the legendary Ira Levin are now available in digital format from Pegasus Books and Open Road Media. Levin is an award-winning author and dramatist whose work has spawned myriad famous Hollywood movies and a worldwide cult following. His most famous novel is Rosemary’s Baby, a horror story of modern day Satanism and eerie occultism set in Manhattan’s Upper West Side. “Rosemary’s Baby was a publishing phenomenon rising to the top of the bestseller lists,” said internationally bestselling author and fan Chuck Palahniuk (Fight Club). Like many of Levin’s novels, the visual, visceral ...