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 Cory Doctorow curated Humble E-book Bundle has garnered $847,000 as of yesterday. Launched October 9, and running through October 23, the promotion allows readers to pay what they choose [2]. (Publishers Weekly)

Meanwhile, AppNewser explains how to publish an e-book using PressBooks [3].

Today marks the anniversary of the publication of Herman Melville's Moby-Dick, and the epic novel has been honored with a Google doodle [4]. (New York Daily News)

On its Tumblr, HarperCollins posted Moby-Dick's original handwritten book contract [5].

The Wall Street Journal reports Amazon is having a tough time [6] breaking into book publishing.

In a study of over one million people, Swedish researchers found "writers had a higher risk of anxiety and bipolar disorders, schizophrenia, unipolar depression, and substance abuse. [7]" (BBC)

Filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson hopes to adapt Thomas Pynchon [8]'s novel Inherent Vice. (Slashfilm)

Deenah Vollmer attended the Frankfurt Book Fair in Germany last week, and details what she gleaned, including a new e-book called Kama Xcitra: a Sexual Position Guide with 3D Hologram Technology [9]. (New Yorker)