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Villagers in Yemen protest the country's dictator poet laureate; Alibris aquires Monsoon; Salman Rushdie announces plans for a book on the fatwa years; a Chicago teacher is changing lives through spoken word; and other news.
The PEN American Center celebrates Black History Month with author tributes and rare recordings; the Boston Public Library faces major closures due to budget cuts; a poet in Florida is accused of killing her boyfriend; thousands of authors opt out of the Google Settlement; and other news.
The world's biggest book club started in a hair salon in Texas; the French National Library pays millions for a Casanova manuscript; the finalists for oddest book title of the year are announced; and other news.
A judge delays his ruling on the Google Settlement indefinitely; Elizabeth Alexander pens a tribute to Lucille Clifton; Ingram offers downloadable audio books to troops overseas; Up in the Air author is snubbed by Oscar ceremony despite six nominations; and other news.
A ruling on the Google Books Settlement is due today; Apple may discount e-book titles just like Amazon; the person accused of killing three University of Alabama colleagues is a relative of John Irving; front-runners emerge for the Oxford professor of poetry post; and other news.
Barnes & Noble rejects a billionaire investor's takeover bid; the Academy of American Poets launches an iPhone app; a British rail company starts a book club for train commuters; Hindi poet rejects major literary prize; and other news.
Honored poet Lucille Clifton dies at the age of seventy-three after a long battle with cancer and other illnesses; Google may be prepared to make major concessions to book publishers; iBook store titles will come with digital handcuffs; NPR's Three Minute Fiction contest begins; and other news.
Freedom of expression is under seige in Iran; a young German author pushes the boundaries of plagiarism; England's only gay bookstore is in major financial trouble; revealing letters from Salinger are on display; and other news.
The owner of the Indiana Pacers has bought Kirkus Reviews; scholars discover the diary that inspired Faulkner; Scribd is planning a mobile application; a British columnist suggests that an era in American literature is coming to a close; and other news.
Werewolves may usurp vampires as the latest trend in commercial books; Alexandre Dumas may not have written The Three Musketeers; Google files an appeal against an order stopping them from digitizing French books; a Ukrainian writer predicts real-world political events in his novels; and other news.
