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Autographing e-books; an imprisoned Iranian writer wins the PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award; global publishing is worth about $130 billion; Salman Rushdie's new gig; and other news.
It's National Library Week; according to a new survey, 77 percent of Americans oppose censoring Mark Twain's famous novels; bitter Borders employees make hilarious signage; Brave New World tops the list of most challenged books in American libraries; and other news.
The flavor of revolution at the Tahrir Book Fair in Egypt; the Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Nevada is under fire from politicians; a book you can sleep inside; China's "most severe crackdown on freedom of expression in years"; and other news.
One of the world's oldest books turns up in Utah; Dzanc Books launches a program to reintroduce out-of-print titles as e-books; a collection of John Lennon's letters; what your favorite children's book says about you; and other news.
Bouncy optimism at the London Book Fair; proposing marriage in the acknowledgements section of a mystery novel; Penn State cuts its MFA program in creative writing; piecing together The Pale King; and other news.
The booksellers market in Baghdad thrives once again; publishers are deeply sceptical of Borders' restructuring plan; the Kansas State Library battles with OverDrive over e-books; the fifth annual Literary Orange Festival; and other news.
Virginia Quarterly Review garners six National Magazine Award nominations; the latest scholarship from the David Foster Wallace archive; Robert Frost's letters from England are donated to Plymouth State University; bookseller troubles in Australia; and other news.
Uncensoring From Here to Eternity; hot manuscripts for sale at the London Book Fair; Kate Bush gets permission to sing Ulysses after twenty years; digital piracy and the publishing industry; and other news.
Busboys and Poets launches a publishing imprint; J. K. Rowling considers e-books and $130 million; Rutgers pays Snooki more than Toni Morrison to speak at the university; the one hundredth anniversary of the New York Public Library; and other news.
The best literary hoaxes of all time; another Chinese writer is sentenced to prison for "inciting subversion of state power"; Afghani woman's rights activist Malalai Joya is finally granted a visa for a U.S. book tour; increased funding for literature in England; and other news.
