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:

GalleyCat profiles this evocative visualization of Amazon's book recommendation [2] feature.

Meanwhile, in light of Barnes & Noble's recent announcement [3] it won't carry Amazon's books in its stores, Melville House asks: "When will big publishers speak out about Amazon? [4]"

Publishers Weekly reports Random House has committed to e-book lending in libraries [5], but will raise its prices.

Non-profit publisher Concord Free Press has given away thousands of books [6], asking its readers to donate to a favorite charity in lieu of payment. Last week, donations topped $250,000. (Los Angeles Times)

The owners of New York City's historic Algonquin Hotel announced that when the favorite meeting place of Dorothy Parker and her Round Table reopens this spring after a major renovation, the Oak Room will be gone [7]. (NewYorkology)

Ken Kesey's best-selling novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest has turned fifty. Carolyn Kellogg revisits the book [8] to see how McMurphy and Chief Bromden are holding up. (Los Angeles Times)

The Millions offers a comprehensive guide to over sixty literary Tumblrs [9].

In this amusing letter, the legendary writer E. B. White answers a charge levied by the ASPCA [10]. (Letters of Note)