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E-poetry Festival in May, Electronic Publishing Bingo, Microsoft Sues B&N, and More [1]

3.22.11

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:

Amanda Hocking, the self-published author who made headlines this year for landing on USA Today's top fifty best-seller list, may soon land a one-million-dollar traditional-publishing contract for a new four-book series. (New York Times [2])

Lendl, the Kindle e-book-lending site that popped up last month to take advantage of Amazon's e-book loan policy, has been shut down by the retail giant. (Guardian [3])

Microsoft is suing Barnes & Noble for infringing on its patents in production of the Nook and NookColor devices. (Publishers Weekly [4]) Not to be outdone, Apple is suing Amazon for use of the term "App store." (Bloomberg [5])

The New Yorker's next issue, which is almost entirely dedicated to the disasters in Japan, will feature a reprint of a Haruki Murakami story inspired by the 1995 Kobe earthquake that ran in the magazine in 2001. (Jacket Copy [6])

Some geneticists wrote a line from James Joyce into the DNA of the first synthetic life form last year, only to receive a cease-and-desist letter from the Irish author's estate, citing use without permission. (Forbes [7])

The tenth annual E-poetry Festival [8] will take place in Buffalo, New York, from May eighteenth to the twenty-first and feature poets and critics from around the world. (loriemerson.net [9])

One city in California may end up paying the lease bill for seven more years on a subsidized Borders store slated for closure sometime in April. (Whitter Daily News [10])

The editors of the AP Stylebook have declared that the word "e-mail" is no longer correct. A hyphen-less existence for email dawns. (Geek.com [11])

Electronic-publishing bingo, anyone? (Whatever [12])


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[1] https://www.pw.org/content/epoetry_festival_in_may_electronic_publishing_bingo_microsoft_sues_bampn_and_more [2] http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/21/noted-self-publisher-may-be-close-to-a-book-deal/ [3] http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/mar/22/lendle-ebook-shut-down-amazon [4] http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/devices/article/46560-microsoft-sues-b-n-claims-nook-android-devices-infringe-its-patents.html [5] http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-21/apple-sues-amazon-com-over-use-of-app-store-trademark.html?cmpid=yhoo [6] http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2011/03/the-new-yorker-brings-back-haruki-murakami-story-for-japan-issue.html [7] http://blogs.forbes.com/davidewalt/2011/03/14/craig-venters-genetic-typo/ [8] http://epc.buffalo.edu/e-poetry/2011/about.html [9] http://loriemerson.net/2011/03/20/e-poetry-festival-may-17-21st-buffalo-ny/ [10] http://www.whittierdailynews.com/news/ci_17652157 [11] http://www.geek.com/articles/geek-cetera/the-ap-stylebook-declares-e-mail-to-be-dead-long-live-email-20110319/ [12] http://whatever.scalzi.com/2011/03/20/the-electronic-publishing-bingo-card/