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:
“Some Contemporary Characters,” a new story custom-written for Twitter by The Ice Storm author Rick Moody, will be “microserialized” in 153 bursts starting one week from today, courtesy of Electric Literature.
The new Google Book Search settlement still leaves the Internet giant with “a de facto monopoly” on the digital sale of unclaimed works, some experts warn (Bookseller).
An anonymous donation is making the online Story Museum a bricks-and-mortar reality in Oxford (Guardian).
While Conde Nast is reportedly reformatting its digital titles in anticipation of a new tablet-sized device, the long-expected Apple reader remains little more than a rumor (NewsFactor Network).
Poet Lucie Brock-Broido will be the featured speaker at this year’s “Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute,” where guests can enjoy cake made from Dickinson’s own recipe (Folger Shakespeare Library).
A plan to transfer the remains of Nobel laureate Albert Camus to one of the most famous monuments in Paris has raised the ire of the French left—among them the author’s son (New York Times).
Chicago Sun-Times publisher John Barron has been appointed “group publisher” and senior vice president of news and editorial operations for the entire Sun-Times Media Group (Associated Press).
While the bookseller isn’t revealing just how many Nooks have been sold so far, Barnes & Noble did announce on Friday that any new orders placed for the device will take until at least January 4 to fill (Associated Press).
