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The CEO of Barnes & Noble has been replaced by the president of the company's Web division. (New York Times [2])
Bob Miller is leaving his post as the head of HarperStudio to take over as group publisher at Workman Publishing. (Publishers Weekly [3])
Amazon is again threatening to remove buy buttons from the wares of "a number of major publishers unless they agree to 'a detailed list of concessions' over e-book sales." (Bookseller [4])
Kindle's e-reader software is now available for the Mac. (CNET [5])
One of the longlist finalists for Australia's major fiction prize, the Miles Franklin Literary Award, is also a finalist for CLEO magazine's Bachelor of the Year. (Sydney Morning Herald [6])
BookExpo America [7] announced New York Book Week, a new initiative launching in May with public readings and literary events across the city.
The owners of a "much-loved Parisian landmark" are suing an author for defamation after she used the fabric store as the setting for a crime thriller. (Guardian [8])
One Liverpudlian linguist seems to embrace the effects of technology—tweeting, text messaging, instant messaging, chat rooms, etc.—on our "vibrant and evolving" English language. (Independent [9])
Alas, the arrival of grammar-nerd chic. (Boston Globe [10])