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:

According to Bowker, self-published books with ISBNs rose 59 percent last year [2], with Amazon’s CreateSpace, Smashwords, and Lulu leading the pack. (GalleyCat)

Books-A-Million stores in South Portland, Maine, and Birmingham, Alabama, will offer the first full-color Espresso Book Machines [3]. These print-on-demand machines create and bind books in minutes, and are now in over fifty bookstores and libraries around the world. (Shelf Awareness)

“Publishing is actually too small and e-books too marginal to early adopters for Apple, Google, or Facebook…to care.” Andrew Rhomberg shares his thoughts on the big publishing houses and the need for start-ups [4]. (Digital Book World)

Author Dani Shapiro lists seven places where our personal heartache hides [5]: “When I sit down with my notebook, when I start scribbling words across the page, I find out what I’m feeling.” (Huffington Post)

In an essay for Poetry, Daniel Tiffany explores the uses and pitfalls of poetic kitsch [6].

If you are in New York City this afternoon, a public tribute to the late Lou Reed [7] will take place at the Paul Milstein Pool and Terrace at Lincoln Center. (New York Times)

On CBS This Morning, Charlie Rose spoke with novelist Donna Tartt [8] about her influences and inspiration.