Every day Poets & Writers Magazine scans the headlines—from publishing reports to academic announcements to literary dispatches—for all the news that creative writers need to know. Here are today's stories:
Google [2] issued a public apology to Chinese writers after admitting that it scanned books under Chinese copyright for its Google Books digital library project.
The New York Times [3] and Huffington Post [4] offer maps to the new e-reader landscape after the deluge of debuts at last week's Consumer Electronics Show.
Holiday sales decreased 4.5 percent at Books-A-Million this year (Publishers Weekly [5]).
Eureka Books in Northern California suffered damage in a 6.5 magnitude earthquake on Saturday (Seattle Post Intelligencer [6]).
Two French authors embroiled in a literary plagiarism dispute both wrote books drawing on the quarrel (Guardian [7]).
The University of Washington [8] bookstore celebrated 110 years of loyal service to the Seattle community.
British book wholesaler Bertrams launched a line of budget classic titles for independent booksellers [9].
Brazil opened its first e-bookstore (Publishing Perspectives [10]).
Unshelved [11] launched a new weekly book review feature on its website.