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A new Chinese literary agency is attracting top talent; Random House and EA Sports announce a new version of Dante's Inferno; the NEA's latest survey reports a decline in poetry readers; the Lambda Literary Foundation appoints an executive director; and other news.
Paulo Coelho signs a worldwide distribution deal with Amazon's Kindle store; GalleyCat reviews launches January 25; the top book publisher in Cypris is killed; and other news.
The University Book Store celebrates 110 years; two French authors pen books on a plagiarism dispute; Google apologizes to Chinese writers over copyright infringement; Eureka Books suffers damage in an earthquake; and other news.
Two new e-readers launch at the Consumer Electronics Show; Vodafone and GoSpoken.com announce a mobile book superstore venture; Philip K. Dick's estate sues Google over the Nexus One mobile phone; the last B. Dalton Bookseller closes in Minnesota; and other news.
New digital readers debuted at the Consumer Electronics Show this week; Lulu.com plans an initial public offering of C$50M; Sam's Club announces a monthly book club; Indy publisher Wooden Books offers its titles free online; and other news.
Liu Xiaobo appeals his eleven-year prison sentence; literary agent Andrew Wylie signs Updike estate; Kirkus Reviews is back in business; Yeats and Freud are free online; and other news.
Hearst previews its new Skiff e-reader; rumors of Apple's 'Kindle Killer' continue to gain momentum; Mediabistro launches GalleyCat Reviews; a Tolstoy museum reopens in Chechnya; and other news.
Poetry by Jorge Luis Borges is appearing in English for the first time; a new e-reading platform promises better aesthetics; Günter Grass’s Stasi files are the subject of an upcoming book; a Chinese author is suing Google for making her latest novel available online; and other news.
We’ve shared our list of the fifty most inspiring authors in the world—those living authors who shake us awake, challenge our ideas of who we are, embolden our actions, and, above all, inspire us to live life more fully and creatively. Now we want to hear from you: Which authors inspire you?
A look at the psychology of writers block and how scientific studies in creativity offer insight into how writers can use the tools they already have to break through.
