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A new Chinese literary agency is attracting top talent; Random House and EA Sports announce a new version of Dante's Inferno; the NEA's latest survey reports a decline in poetry readers; the Lambda Literary Foundation appoints an executive director; and other news.
Paulo Coelho signs a worldwide distribution deal with Amazon's Kindle store; GalleyCat reviews launches January 25; the top book publisher in Cypris is killed; and other news.
The University Book Store celebrates 110 years; two French authors pen books on a plagiarism dispute; Google apologizes to Chinese writers over copyright infringement; Eureka Books suffers damage in an earthquake; and other news.
Two new e-readers launch at the Consumer Electronics Show; Vodafone and GoSpoken.com announce a mobile book superstore venture; Philip K. Dick's estate sues Google over the Nexus One mobile phone; the last B. Dalton Bookseller closes in Minnesota; and other news.
New digital readers debuted at the Consumer Electronics Show this week; Lulu.com plans an initial public offering of C$50M; Sam's Club announces a monthly book club; Indy publisher Wooden Books offers its titles free online; and other news.
Liu Xiaobo appeals his eleven-year prison sentence; literary agent Andrew Wylie signs Updike estate; Kirkus Reviews is back in business; Yeats and Freud are free online; and other news.
Hearst previews its new Skiff e-reader; rumors of Apple's 'Kindle Killer' continue to gain momentum; Mediabistro launches GalleyCat Reviews; a Tolstoy museum reopens in Chechnya; and other news.
Poetry by Jorge Luis Borges is appearing in English for the first time; a new e-reading platform promises better aesthetics; Günter Grass’s Stasi files are the subject of an upcoming book; a Chinese author is suing Google for making her latest novel available online; and other news.
The 2010 Riyadh Book Fair will feature an English-language display; new security restrictions mean printed books may be the best bet for in-flight entertainment; publishers say digital piracy is on the rise; how to get rid of books; and other news.
FEMA will fund interim library services in flood-affected Iowa; Rhode Island’s largest independent newspaper is getting a new publisher; the number of original translations published in the United States dipped this year; a nonprofit is reopening four libraries in Oregon; and other news.
Borders will close fewer Waldenbooks locations than previously announced; Carl Jung’s Red Book is an unlikely best-seller; Random House has made its English-language Kindle titles available internationally; a beloved Berkeley bookstore is back and bigger than before; and other news.
Next-generation plastic displays are due soon from the world’s largest manufacturer of e-reader screens; Nebraska is losing two indie bookstores this season; Sony has added more digital newspapers to its roster; a new tool lets academic publishers sell e-books directly; and other news.
The WTO has ordered China to liberalize its media import rules; the literary salon is making a comeback in Britain; Mag+ imagines the digital future of magazines; the NYPL is launching a new Web site; the Bible is the most frequently shoplifted book; and other news.
A copy of Through the Looking Glass inscribed to Alice herself has sold at auction; the shipping date for new Nook orders has been pushed to February; Google Editions partners can now adjust their settings; an indie bookstore and publisher in NYC is closed until further notice; and other news.
Kobo has plans for an e-reader; a campaign is underway to give Ted Hughes a place in Westminster Abbey; the new iPhone app from Opium features Jack Handey of SNL fame; the relative cheapness of books makes them Americans’ fourth-favorite entertainment; and other news.
The Poetry Foundation has compiled its 2009 best-seller list; an amateur artist is illustrating Moby-Dick, page by page; literary agents are gaining acceptance in French publishing circles; Laredo could start the new year as the nation’s largest city without a bookstore; and other news.
New Jersey’s largest newspaper has a new publisher; France will fund a public-private partnership to digitize its cultural archives; Borders UK is set to close next week; an independent bookstore in NYC is getting a new lease on life; and other news.
The country’s first carbon-positive library has opened; December is Cthulhu Month at Tor Books; the British Library and the BBC are partnering to build a massive digital archive; ‘tis the season for library dance parties; and other news.
Scotland’s version of the Book of Kells is going on public display; even the author of Fahrenheit 451 couldn’t keep a California library open; digital publisher Zinio is looking beyond dedicated e-readers; McSweeney’s newspaper edition is selling out in San Francisco; and other news.
The world’s largest self-publishing firm has signed a deal with On Demand Books, makers of the Espresso Book Machine; former passengers on the “Word Express” will publish a host of collaborative projects next year; two more big publishers have announced e-book delays; and other news.
A library in Washington State is experimenting with an unstaffed “express branch”; social networking site Goodreads has wrapped up a seven-figure fundraiser; a trio of new Brontë films is in the works, thanks to a certain exsanguinary franchise; and other news.
Nobel-winner Herta Müller has called for stronger criticism of China; a charity auction is offering the right to name characters in upcoming works; the owner of an LGBT landmark is going from selling books to writing them; a bad mood could make for good writing; and other news.
Buyouts are on the table at the NYT; Amazon will make the Kindle friendlier for the visually impaired; a French library is digitizing its Stendhal manuscripts; the cause of Jane Austen’s death is under question; and other news.
Amazon has scotched reports that it plans to open bricks-and-mortar outlets; five of the nation’s largest publishers have formed a coalition to take on the e-reader market; sub-Saharan Africa’s threatened literary heritage now has a permanent home; one of the world’s most famous LGBT bookstores is closing its doors; and other news.
Plastic Logic has added a bundle of science and tech periodicals to its digital offerings; public outcry in California has led to the limited reopening of two library locations; library cuts are looming in the U.K.; the late Frank McCourt has been honored by Congress; and other news.
