Today in books and fiction: Twitter to celebrate very short stories; The Mo Yan-iest Place on Earth; Chris Ware's new graphic novel shuns e-reading; it's too early for 2013 Nobel odds.
Today in books and publishing: 1Q84 author wants everyone to simmer down; a reading list for inmates; John Travolta didn't libel author; Apple owes Chinese encyclopedia.
We're already gearing up for the year's big literary/gambling hybrid: The 2012 Nobel prize for literature! Will our laureate be Bob Dylan? Haruki Murakami? Mo Yan or Cees Nooteboom? The speculation has begun.
Today in books and publishing: Who will win the Nobel Prize in Literature?; British charity to hold Fifty Shades book burning; why would anyone make a 9/11 coloring book?
It's tough to dislike Amazon Publishing if they're going to force the price of books to come down, Michael Bloomerg's taste in fiction as appraised by Harold Bloom, and Men Kampf won't be published in Germany this week.
Today in books: The Literary Review's roundup of the year's worst sex writing includes Stephen King and Haruki Murakami, Mark Danielewski gets $1 million for 37 percent of his upcoming serialized novel, and even Mark Cuban has embraced self-publishing
Today in books: John Grisham returns to the baseball diamond, Bill O'Reilly's Killing Lincoln is on sale at one Ford's Theatre Kiosk, and Haruki Murakami's 1Q84 print sales are outplacing digital by a 3-to-1 margin.
1Q84 arrives in stores in the U.S., three leading publishers make it clear they don't want Casey Anthony's memoir, and more hand-wringing over Amazon Publishing.
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Today in books and literature: Jeffrey Eugenides had a terrific book party, Haruki Murakami doesn't like books about the future, and Stephanie Madoff Mack's memoir arrives today.
Today in literature and publishing: Politico's online bookstore is missing some of the classics, Lauren Myracle describes her National Book Award unnomination, and a devoted Tintin fan has harsh words for Steven Spielberg.
Plus: The National Book Award corrects its nomination mistake and a brief history of the Man Booker Prize
Plus: Haruki Murakami's new book includes exploding dogs and levitating clocks
Also in books: Jonathan Franzen's next book, the pun of Murkami's "1Q84"
Plus: Rod Stewart jumps into the pop star memoir game
Plus: The winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature will be announced Thursday
Plus: A 17,000 word look at how 'The Art of Fielding' became the fall's literary darling
Also, in book news: Time lists the 100 best non-fiction books ever
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