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 Wall Street Journal looks at the estate of William Faulkner [2], headed by Lee Caplin. A former prosecutor turned film producer, Mr. Caplin has optioned the film and television rights to several of Faulkner’s books.

GalleyCat explains how to share reading material with the incarcerated [3].

First-time novelist Anakana Schofield details the vagaries of publicizing a book [4]—often with no remuneration. (Guardian)

Irish novelist Donal Ryan’s The [5] Spinning Heart was rejected forty-seven times [5] before it was rescued from the slush pile—Ryan’s book was just nominated for a Man Booker Prize. (Independent)

AcademicPub has a created a self-publishing service for college professors [6] called Express Books. (Publishers Weekly)

In 2004, fifty-six antique books were stolen [7] and sold by a librarian at the National Library of Sweden, who later committed suicide. Recently two books were returned to Swedish authorities in a ceremony in New York City. (Huffington Post)

Pop Chart Lab created a poster of the chapter-by-chapter breakdown of The Great Gatsby [8].

Arika Okrent collected sixteen words with origins much older than one would imagine [9]. For instance, “Legit” has been in use since the 1890s. (Mental Floss)