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 e-book distributor formerly known as Shortcovers is now Kobo (an anagram of “book”). The firm announced a partnership yesterday with the Internet Archive, which is making 1.8 million public domain titles from its BookServer database available free through the Kobo store (Press Release).
Thanks to carbon credits, solar panels, and an energy-efficient design, the new Anythink Brighton library in Colorado offsets 16 percent more carbon than it uses (Library Journal).
After nearly three decades in business, Avatar Books in Davenport, Ohio, will close its doors in January (Quad-City Times).
With contributions from scholars, editors, and fans, Tor Books is devoting December to a celebration of H. P. Lovecraft’s legacy.
150 million items from the British Library and nearly a million hours of BBC material are being digitized as part of a vast collaborative project in the U.K. (Guardian)
The New Yorker is forgoing its second yearly fiction issue in favor of an advertiser-friendly edition covering “world changers” (New York Observer).
Looking to build a free alternative to Britannica and an authoritative alternative to Wikipedia, several groups of academics are assembling their own digital, open-access encyclopedias (Inside Higher Ed).
With the semester winding to a close, many students are opting to de-stress with unofficial library raves, flash mobs, and other impromptu shenanigans (Library Journal).
