SoundCloud Reinvents Movie Trailers With 'Book Thief' Clip

Audio-distribution service SoundCloud debuted its first-ever movie trailer Tuesday in a partnership with 20th Century Fox. The trailer for The Book Thief -- based on a novel set in Nazi Germany -- uses the film's score and pairs the sound with movie stills. It's yet another way SoundCloud, which has 250 million active users monthly, is ramping up its visual presence. Last month, SoundCloud added Instagram integration, allowing users to apply their filtered photos as artwork on their audio players.

15 of Your Favorite Books as Bathing Suits

We're not sure what would come first here -- picking your bikini design or selecting your beach read. Either way, Kate Imbach's idea is genius. Imbach, who lives in San Francisco, started after a vacation she took just a couple of weeks ago. "I noticed a woman at the pool reading a book that incidentally matched her bathing suit almost perfectly. So when I got home, I started looking at lots of book covers and bikinis," she says.

Write the Next Great Novel with FortyChapters

Writing a novel is a much different beast than writing magazine articles or maintaining a blog. That’s why a new tool called FortyChapters makes a lot of sense. The site is essentially a web-based app for organizing your work, saving it so it can be accessed from anywhere, and providing some ideas and prompts for how to structure your novel. The key features of the app are being able to create characters, acts, and chapters.