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Vida reports on the gross underrepresentation of women writers in major literary outlets; tips for navigating AWP; how a revolution is like being in love; a whole new strain of bad writing; and other news.
Black History Month kicks off with a best books list; the Cairo International Book Fair is canceled; a spillion vs. a metric buttload; Apple tightens its grip on e-book apps; and other news.
Jimmy Fallon will publish two books based on a TV sketch; how to bind a ten-thousand-page book; a Senate bill to protect reader privacy; protecting the great library of Alexandria in Egypt; and other news.
Arab writers reflect on events in the Middle East in the past month; authors try to save Harper's; Borders delays payments to landlords; Haruki Murakami's novel 1Q84 will be published in English in October; and other news.
Amazon sells more e-books than paperbacks; Patti Smith inspired by Sherlock Holmes; John McCain's former aide Mark Salter may have authored O; Snooki's disappointing book sales; and other news.
An elderly Japanese woman sells 1.5 million copies of her first book; Vladimir Nabokov's butterfly theory is proven correct; the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum opens; Tóibín replaces the departing Amis at the University of Manchester in England; and other news.
Booksellers learning from bike sellers; all thirty-eight of Shakespeare's plays in different languages; the Digital Book World conference in New York City; India's proposed Copyright Act; and other news.
A heyday for Mark Twain impersonators; Texas proposes devastating state library budget cuts; the longest word in the English language; the 2011 Capetown Book Fair is canceled; and other news.
The 2011 Tournament of Books contenders are announced; storytelling may help lower blood pressure; a collection of John Lennon's personal letters will be published next year; the Reading Force book club; and other news.
How authors strategize to sell books; Jaipur Literary Festival sparks debate; Bob Dylan signs six-book deal; Canadian readers pick up millions of books weekly; and other news.
