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Tony Blair donates his book royalties to injured troops; the University of Texas Co-op buys an Espresso Book Machine; Scarlett Johansson is up for the role of Lisbeth Salander; the Rocky Mountain Land Library; and other news.
The battle over control of Barnes & Noble; the Midnight Poet of West Virginia; October's feast of literary festivals; authors step up to save an Ohio library; and other news.
A hotel in Sri Lanka commemorates a past visit from Anton Chekhov; Borders lays off more workers; Marilyn Monroe's private writings reveal a passion for literature; Jonathan Franzen snags the cover of Time magazine; and other news.
Radio's StoryCorps comes to the small screen; HuffPo's list of overrated writers; a library system saved; the value of a graduate degree in writing; and other news.
The agent of authors such as Kevin Brockmeier and Marisa de los Santos offers her thoughts on self-publishing and what she looks for in the first five pages of a writing sample.
Florida school officials censor Chris Abani book; an artist creates a major installation using books; a bookish dating site launches; some coffee shops aren't e-reader-friendly; and other news.
A new nonprofit delivers Kindles to Ghana; young adult books aren't just for kids; a new social networking site for readers; karmic advice for emerging writers; and other news.
Booker Prize odds are in favor of British novelists; Zadie Smith is among cultural luminaries honored by the New York Public Library; ten stylish literary characters get their due; and other news.
HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster both report increased revenues; Pittsburgh welcomes a "second wave" of indie bookstores; the Kama Sutra is published as an audiobook for the first time; Taylor Plimpton throws his debut book launch in his father's old apartment; and other news.
Borders lays off one hundred more workers in Tennessee; Barnes & Noble goes up for sale; Seattle loves its libraries; Winston Churchill's written archive will be available online by 2012; and other news.
