Saving Wet Books in Chicago, Apple Accused of Censorship Again, and More

Every day Poets & Writers Magazine scans the headlines—from publishing reports to academic announcements to literary dispatches—for all the news that creative writers need to know. Here are today's stories:

New Zealand's ten-thousand-dollar National Book Award—Maori language category—will not be awarded this year after no entries were submitted. (New Zealand Herald)

According to the Bookseller, "Apple has been accused of censorship after four erotic novellas disappeared from the iBookstore chart" yesterday morning. The novellas held four of the top five spots on a top ten list before disappearing. 

A French university has canceled a writers conference scheduled for early 2011 after participants protested the presence of an Israeli author. (Haaretz)

Why can't you give Kindle books as gifts? (CNN)

The governor of Illinois declared twelve counties "Illinois disaster areas" after severe rains and flooding this weekend, and the Chicago Tribune offered a timely tutorial: how to save a wet book.  

After his controversial deal with Amazon last week, the Independent asks if Andrew "the Jackal" Wylie might just be "the death of publishing."

A Norwegian author and her publisher were ordered to pay over forty thousand dollars in damages to a woman portrayed in the bestseller The Bookseller of Kabul. (Guardian)

Speaking of booksellers, check out these cool photos of "nine of the most amazing bookstores in the world" from Huffington Post.