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John Updike's typwriter is up for auction; a price war heats up in the e-reader market; Publishers Weekly ranks the world's biggest publishers; after six years the Google Books settlement still has no end in sight; and other news.
The Salinger estate attempts to fend off Hollywood; Geoffrey Hill wins the Oxford post in a landslide; the childhood home of Stanley Kunitz is made a Literary Landmark; the New York Times takes a sneak peek into John Updike's archives; and other news.
Nick Hornby helps Ben Folds make literary music; another "20 Under 40" list emerges, from Britain; a group of prominent African authors head to the continent to cover their experiences during the World Cup; a novelist with his pen on the pulse of pop culture designs a clothing line; and other news.
Austria strikes a digitization deal with Google; Stieg Larsson's longtime companion refuses a settlement from the author's family; New York library users stage a read-in; the twentieth annual International Poetry Festival of Medellin kicks off next month in Columbia; and other news.
The Millions "alternate-universe" 20 Under 40 list; Ulysses Seen gets a reprieve from Apple just in time for Bloomsday; Jack Kerouac's last typewriter is up for auction; Little, Brown launches a crime imprint; and other news.
New details emerge in the Penguin Canada sexual harrassment case; Eamon Grennan donates his literary archives to the growing Irish collection at Emory University; the director of the Folger Shakespeare Library announces her retirement; still more Oxford professor of poetry controversy; and other news.
Apple censors Ulysses Seen days before Bloomsday celebrations; J.G. Ballard's archives go to the British National Library; the former publisher of Penguin Canada is accused of sexual harrassment; a billionaires' summer reading list; and other news.
Amazon announces a Kindle app for Android phones; Flavorwire picks the ultimate World Cup reading list; New York City gears up for next week's Bloomsday events; the Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest takes place this weekend; and other news.
A new storm of controversy surrounds the Oxford professor of poetry post; Obama will write the foreword to Nelson Mandela's forthcoming diaries; Washington D.C.'s most prominent indie bookstore is up for sale; and other news.
Steve Jobs's iPad e-book sales claim is debunked; FSG announces plans to publish a collection of work from the New Yorker's "20 under 40;" Vaclav Havel wins the Franz Kafka Prize; Boston marks the fiftieth anniversary of Lowell's "For the Union Dead;" and other news.
