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:

Amazon has announced that it now sells more Kindle e-books than paperback books. (Guardian [2])

For the first time, the Man Booker judges have been issued e-readers to read the many books up for the prize rather than print copies. (Sydney Morning Herald [3])

National Book Award–winning nonfiction writer (and rocker) Patti Smith's next book will be a detective novel inspired by Sherlock Holmes and Mickey Spillane. (Guardian [4])

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City has acquired twenty-three digital fonts; Flavorwire [5] has a slideshow of the whole batch.

From Digital Book World conference: Where do libraries and e-books meet? (Jacket Copy [6])

The anonymous author of the novel O has been identified by several media outlets as former John McCain aide Mark Salter, who has neither confirmed nor denied the reports. (Guardian [7])

Despite nationwide media coverage, reality TV star Snooki has sold less than nine thousand copies of her novel, A Shore Thing. (Hollywood Reporter [8])

Why don't we truly value poetry? (Telegraph [9])