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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.
Andrew Motion reveals plans to write a sequel to Treasure Island; President Obama visits a bookstore in Iowa City; Apple's iBooks pricing may match Amazon's after all; Geoffrey Hill is announced as a candidate for the Oxford poetry chair; and other news.
A Canadian poet is encoding his poetry into bacterial DNA; Egypt is experiencing a fiction explosion; reading proficiency continues to stagnate among America's schoolchildren; the folks from Jersey Shore land a book deal; and other news.
South Korean scientists develop 3-D book technology; Los Angeles libraries face staff cuts due to budget reductions; a British Airways strike disrupts the Bologna Book Fair; Australian publishers are playing "catch-up" in the digital book revolution; and other news.
