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:
Following last week's Consumer Electronics Show, Blio has announced that it will offer its e-reading software for free in February (Independent).
The new Intel e-reader can scan text and read it aloud (Guardian).
Bestselling author Paulo Coelho penned an exclusive worldwide distribution deal with Amazon's Kindle store (Publishers Weekly).
Creative Content, the digital book publisher, plans to increase its number of new titles in 2010 (Booktrade).
Mediabistro's new feature, GalleyCat Reviews, will launch on January 25.
The top book publisher in Cyprus was killed yesterday outside his home in Nicosia (Guardian).
The 2010 Librarian of the Year hails from Louisville, Kentucky (Library Journal).
Oxford University's Professor of Poetry post is up for grabs again following last year's controversy (Telegraph).
The New Republic is launching a new online review feature called The Book.
