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The nation's oldest African American bookstore faces foreclosure; the writer and PEN officer Zhao Shiying is detained by the Chinese government; the makers of the Espresso instant book machine announce a partnership with Xerox; the president of PEN Haiti dies in Tuesday's earthquake; and other news.
Harold Bloom cancels classes at Yale due to illness; Haitian American novelist Edwidge Danticat still awaits news from her family; Houghton Mifflin's parent company restructures its debt again; France proposes a digital book swap with Google; and other news.
A new Chinese literary agency is attracting top talent; Random House and EA Sports announce a new version of Dante's Inferno; the NEA's latest survey reports a decline in poetry readers; the Lambda Literary Foundation appoints an executive director; and other news.
Paulo Coelho signs a worldwide distribution deal with Amazon's Kindle store; GalleyCat reviews launches January 25; the top book publisher in Cypris is killed; and other news.
The University Book Store celebrates 110 years; two French authors pen books on a plagiarism dispute; Google apologizes to Chinese writers over copyright infringement; Eureka Books suffers damage in an earthquake; and other news.
Two new e-readers launch at the Consumer Electronics Show; Vodafone and GoSpoken.com announce a mobile book superstore venture; Philip K. Dick's estate sues Google over the Nexus One mobile phone; the last B. Dalton Bookseller closes in Minnesota; and other news.
New digital readers debuted at the Consumer Electronics Show this week; Lulu.com plans an initial public offering of C$50M; Sam's Club announces a monthly book club; Indy publisher Wooden Books offers its titles free online; and other news.
Liu Xiaobo appeals his eleven-year prison sentence; literary agent Andrew Wylie signs Updike estate; Kirkus Reviews is back in business; Yeats and Freud are free online; and other news.
Hearst previews its new Skiff e-reader; rumors of Apple's 'Kindle Killer' continue to gain momentum; Mediabistro launches GalleyCat Reviews; a Tolstoy museum reopens in Chechnya; and other news.
Poetry by Jorge Luis Borges is appearing in English for the first time; a new e-reading platform promises better aesthetics; Günter Grass’s Stasi files are the subject of an upcoming book; a Chinese author is suing Google for making her latest novel available online; and other news.
