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:

Thanks in part to the American Booksellers Association, GalleyCat details how self-published authors can sell their books [2] at independent bookstores.

Philip Roth remembers Dr. Bob Lowenstein [3]—his friend, mentor, and Roth's homeroom teacher. (New York Times)

The Los Angeles Times remembers E. L. Konigsburg [4], author of From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Konigsburg died on Friday at age eighty-three.

“The Internet is the writer's crack cocaine. It just is.” Author Dani Shapiro discusses distraction [5].

Authorities in Canada have approved the Penguin and Random House merger [6]. (Shelf Awareness)

World Book Night [7]starts tomorrow!

A free, open-source online public library has launched—the Digital Public Library of America [8]. (Publishing Perspectives)

Speaking of libraries, Flavorwire rounded up images of the wildest libraries on earth [9], including one in Thailand where children can sit and read in a giant bird cage.