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Franzen meets the president; Texas bills Amazon for $269 million; Barnes & Noble may unveil a full-color Nook today; Sherman Alexie gets selected for One Book, One Philadelphia, twice; and other news.
Loaning books on a Kindle; the Paris Review interviews are all available online; Electric Literature launches a book app service; Steinbeck's son loses literary estate court battle; and other news.
A short film by Tucker Capps, inspired by One Word: Contemporary Writers on the Words They Love or Loathe, edited by Molly McQuade and published by Sarabande Books this month.
Turn your handwriting into a font; Salman Rushdie signs a multimillion dollar memoir deal with Random House; the Dead Sea Scrolls will soon be available for free online; Amazon underwrites the Best Translated Book Awards; and other news.
A textbook author rewrites Civil War history, incorrectly; author Jon Meacham becomes an editor at Random House; book collecting as a long-term financial strategy; Blurb's pop-up store in New York City; and other news.
Matthew Stadler, cofounder of Publication Studio, one of the innovative presses featured in the new issue, gave this talk at Richard Hugo House's first writers conference, on May 22, 2010. The theme of the event was "Finding Your Readers in the 21st Century."
A new exhibit in Chicago on the origins of written language; global Literary Death Match; Mumbai University drops a book from its curriculum after threats from extremists; Mark Twain's autobiography hits number one on Amazon's bestseller list; and other news.
Contributor Jeremiah Chamberlin profiles indie innovator Dzanc Books, which in four short years has gone from a start-up to a publisher with five imprints, three literary magazines, and a list of over fifty titles.
Delivering books by Dobbin in New Zealand; HTML Giant's new Literary Magazine Club; Editor & Publisher replaces its editorial staff; the Georgetown library reopens after being destroyed by a fire; and other news.
Meet the "mine poet"; Charles Olson turns one hundred; Stieg Larsson trained guerilla soldiers in Africa; the aftermath of the National Book Award announcement; a new Vargas Llosa novel is forthcoming; and other news.
