- Canada fails to make the cut for the world’s 10 most literate countries. (Takepart)
- Harper Lee’s estate ceases publication of the popular mass-market edition of To Kill A Mockingbird. (New Republic)
- Charlton Heston: famed actor, five-time NRA president, and avid Shakespeare fan? (The Guardian)
- Amazon pulls a slew of self-published ebooks due to table of contents placement. (Teleread)
- J.K. Rowling faces backlash for “indigenous magic” featured in new Harry Potter fiction released on Pottermore. (Native Appropriations)
- Ingram vice-president of content acquisition Kelly Gallagher shares his formula to determine if an author is worth keeping. (Teleread)
- Nicholas Cage will direct and star in the film adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates’s Rape: A Love Story. (Flavorwire)
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