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Yan Martel receives a note from President Obama; the iPad sells strongly in its first week; the Chinese media is restricted from writing anything about Google; Oprah Winfrey may launch a new book club program; and other news.
Kindle at Target, Nook at Best Buy; Swiss scholar Tariq Ramadan finally arrives in the United States after years of legal tangles; according to the AAP, 2009 book sales declined 1.8 percent; ALA staffers face furloughs due to budget shortfalls; and other news.
Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall wins the Morning News Tournament of Books; the PEN American Center leads a new effort to free writers imprisoned in Iran; visual artists file a suit against Google's digital library initiative; an Egyptian publisher is kidnapped by security officials for publishing a book praising a Nobel Peace Prize winner; and other news.
A rare Jane Austen book sells for nearly half a million dollars; Publishers Weekly is acquired by a former publisher; the Academy of American Poets mixes a few cocktails; Thomas Hardy's last living acquaintance protects the author's work; and other news.
HarperCollins imprint HarperStudio will close after only two years; n+1 editor scores high six figures for debut novel; AWP's annual conference kicks off on Wednesday in Denver; Rock Bottom Remainders rocks out for Haiti; and other news.
The Center for Fiction helps New York City schools; the iPad will be available for purchase tomorrow; Amazon concedes to the demands of more major publishers over e-book pricing; a struggling British writer takes a gamble and lands a book deal; and other news.
The New York Times explores the relationship between fiction and evolution; Google starts a grant program; Mark Twain wrote a secret autobiography set to be released; Borders pays back its loan; and other news.
Stephen King writes a baseball novella; the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation appoints a new president; the book industry's transition to an agency model may cause some hiccups; Barbara Streisand will headline BEA; and other news.
Philip Roth uncovers a series of fake author profiles by an Italian journalist; Borders faces a giant loan repayment this week; Haiti's libraries suffered severe damage during and after the earthquake on January 12; French publishers announce plans to sue Google; and other news.
Electric Literature is hosting a Twitter contest; Scottish booksellers protest "bullying" tactics by Amazon; another Chinese poet is banned from traveling to an academic conference; Philip Pullman defends his controversial new book; and other news.
