Jonathan Safran Foer's Chipotle Series, Copyrighting the Divine, and More
AAR decries Amazon’s treatment of authors; the British Library unveils a new online collection; Ian McEwan’s archive heads to Austin; and other news.
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A Memoirist's Deadly Discovery, Hillary Clinton’s Hard Choices, and More
The detective work that exposed memoirist Misha Defonseca; Tennessee school board overturns ban on Mark Haddon novel; the struggle to avoid a monopoly in the publishing industry; and other news.
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NYPL Scraps Plans for Controversial Renovation, New Social Network Supports Indie Bookstores, and More
Andrew Wylie versus Amazon; an online reading in honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month; North Korea’s bookstores; and other news.
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Amazon Announces 23 Percent Sales Increase, The Ten Best Sentences in English Literature, and More
An Orlando-based bookstore goes local; Margaret Atwood and Dave Eggers in comics; Urban Dictionary’s take on Virginia Woolf; and other news.
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Negative Book Reviews, Kristen Stewart’s Poetry, and More
Penguin Books India recalled and intends to pulp Wendy Doniger’s The Hindus: An Alternative History; Grove Atlantic will publish a collection of stories by actor Jesse Eisenberg; Francine Prose and Zoë Heller discuss the need for negative book reviews; and other news.
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A Look Inside the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, George Packer on Amazon, and More
Amazon’s editorial director offers a bevy of love stories for Valentine’s Day; Open Road will acquire digital publisher E-Reads; Eric Bennett details his time at the venerable Iowa Writers’ Workshop; and other news.
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Last Days of William Butler Yeats, Literary Love Affairs, and More
Another executive of Barnes & Noble’s Nook division has reportedly left the company; Amazon is expanding its Kindle business in Brazil; the Irish Times examines the last days of William Butler Yeats; and other news.
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Execution of Poet Hashem Shaabani, Self-Publishing Degree, and More
The University of Central Lancashire has created an MA program designed to teach students self-publishing; the Seattle Times investigates Amazon’s long-term strategy; Roxana Robinson shares her thoughts on the death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman; and other news.
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J. K. Rowling Libel Lawsuit, Two New Sappho Poems, and More
J. K. Rowling has filed a libel lawsuit against the Daily Mail; Amazon announced its net sales increased 22 percent in 2013; classicist Dirk Obbink discovered two unknown poems by Sappho; and other news.
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Teenage Poet Yahya Hassan, Class Divide Between Adjunct and Tenured Professors, and More
Vice magazine features Yahya Hassan, a teenage Danish Palestinian poet whose first collection is the most popular book of Danish poetry in history; NBC News spotlights the income disparity between adjunct and tenured professors in the United States; BuzzFeed wants to know if you can guess the identity of a classic novel after reading its first sentence; and other news.
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