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A judge quits over Philip Roth's Booker win; One Book, One Twitter is back; the Who's Pete Townshend will write a memoir; suped-up e-book versions of Penguin Classics; and other news.
Arabic and Kurdish writers share a stage in northern Iraq; how Hollywood decides which books to adapt into films; the AARP launches a publishing imprint; the New York Public Library launches an iPad app; and other news.
The Soft Machine by William S. Burroughs gets another obscenity trial; a Tower of Babel made of books in Argentina; a record label for poets; what your literary tote bag says about you; and other news.
A library managed by robotic systems; a musical stage comedy set in an indie bookstore; mermaids succeed vampires as the zeitgeist; the New York Public Library gives away twenty-five-thousand paperback books; and other news.
A possible Borders bidder; Newt Gingrich's 156 Amazon book reviews; unpublished Anthony Burgess stories discovered; a fourth author joins the Kindle million club; and other news.
Joyce Carol Oates responds to her critics; Chinese poet Liao Yiwu is banned from travel again; Amazon may make billions off the Kindle this year; Star Wars e-books; and other news.
Congressperson Matt Dean apologizes to Neil Gaiman; the state of digital publishing in sub-Saharan Africa; Target mails "Haiku-pons"; poet Javier Sicilia fights drug-related violence in Mexico after the death of his son; and other news.
Publishers sell books and booksellers publish; filmmaker Ethan Coen is set to publish a second book of poems; a host of bin Laden books are slated for release, starting today; self-publishing site Poetry.com is shut down after many years; and other news.
Poetry has its night at the White House; the Windy City's slam scene takes the big screen; Gone With the Wind celebrates seventy-five years; and other news.
Borders keeps up the fight to emerge from bankruptcy; Amazon pushes further into publishing with a romance imprint; the National Book Foundation's Innovations in Reading Prize winners; a prequel to The Godfather; and other news.
