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:

National Novel Writing Month has attracted some negative publicity this year—like this essay from Salon [2]'s Laura Miller—as well as some vigorous defense, like this post from Jacket Copy [3]'s Carolyn Kellogg.

Amazon's editors are counting down their top one hundred books of 2010 on the Omnivoracious [4] blog, with the top ten books revealed today.

Literary artists in greater numbers are turning to sites like Kickstarter.com and Indiegogo.com to help raise funds for entrepreneurial projects. (Publishing Perspectives [5])

According to Forbes [6], the NOOKColor won't save Barnes & Noble.

Music company Cash Money Records—rapper Lil Wayne's label—announced plans to launch Cash Money Content, a book imprint that will distribute a "catalog of authors and books in all topics, including education, politics, food, and lifestyle" through a division of Simon & Schuster. (Wall Street Journal [7])

Nobel laureate Toni Morrison has been inducted into France's Legion of Honor. (USA Today [8])

Poet Simon Armitage has launched an initiative called Poetry Parnassus that will culminate in a weeklong gathering of poets from around the world during the 2012 Olympics in London. (BBC [9])

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