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:
HarperCollins is in negotiations with Apple to make electronic books available for the company's new tablet device, which is expected to be unveiled January 27 (Wall Street Journal).
The first annual Book Blogger Convention will launch on May 28, 2010, in New York City.
The Book Industry Study Group released a report saying 20 percent of readers in the United States switched from print to e-books in the last year.
Borders Group holiday sales fell twice as much as those of its closest competitors, Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million (Publishers Weekly).
Films based on books had a successful night at the 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards (Publishing Perspectives).
Borders plans to throw away tens of thousands of unsold books as it closes over two hundred Waldenbooks before the end of this month (Inhabit).
Penguin UK's popular free iPhone app may set a new trend for e-book publishers (Independent).
British authors admit "confusion" as the deadline approaches next week for opting out of the Google settlement (Bookseller).
Kindle users, upset over the delayed e-book release for the recent campaign tell-all, Game Change, protested by collectively sinking the book's Amazon rating (Publishing Prespectives).
