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Modeling for Seven Hundred Jane Austen Fans, Thirteen-Dollar E-Reader, and More [1]

by
Evan Smith Rakoff
10.11.12

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:

The Authors Guild lawsuit against Google took a blow—a New York judge ruled that libraries that offered books for scanning are protected by copyright's fair use doctrine [2]. (Ars Technica)

In light of this morning's announcement that Mo Yan has won the Nobel Prize in Literature [3], the New Yorker revisits the late John Updike's take on the Chinese novelist [4].

And with international authors in the news, the Atlantic Wire offers a skewed map of the world—based on book publishing [5].

Carolyn Kellogg has the skinny on Amazon's new feature: Author Rank [6]. (Los Angeles Times)

The film adaptation of Fifty Shades Of Grey has been assigned a screenwriter, and it's not Bret Easton Ellis [7]. (New York Observer)

Txtr, an electronics company in Germany, has unveiled a new e-reader called the Beagle, with a price tag of thirteen dollars [8]. (Huffington Post)

Sarah Marian Seltzer describes the experience of modeling for seven hundred Jane Austen enthusiasts [9] at the recent Jane Austen Society gathering in New York City. (Hairpin)

With Halloween approaching, GalleyCat rounded up a selection of favorite literary costumes [10].


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[1] https://www.pw.org/content/modeling_for_jane_austen_fans_thirteen_dollar_ereader_and_more [2] http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/10/court-rules-book-scanning-is-fair-use-suggesting-google-books-victory/ [3] http://www.pw.org/content/chinese_author_mo_yan_wins_nobel_prize_in_literature [4] http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2012/10/john-updike-on-mo-yan.html [5] http://www.theatlanticwire.com/business/2012/10/map-world-based-book-publishing/57770/ [6] http://www.latimes.com/features/books/jacketcopy/la-jc-amazon-author-rank-20121010,0,1235993.story [7] http://observer.com/2012/10/50-shades-of-grey-gets-screenwriter-bret-easton-ellis-freaks-out/ [8] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/10/txtr-beagle-cheapest-ereader-ever_n_1954296.html?utm_hp_ref=books&ir=Books [9] http://thehairpin.com/2012/10/i-was-a-model-in-a-regency-jane-austen-fashion-show [10] http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/halloween-costumes-based-on-books_b58919