A daily roundup of book and publishing news from across the Web: ‘Mockingbird’ Turns 50; eBooks sales up in the UK, too; Martin Gardner dies; SF Authors on alternate paths to publishing; 21 biz books from 21 female entrepreneurs; A ‘Lost’ recap focused on the books; What the ‘flarf’?
The New York Times chronicles the celebrations happening around the country for the 50th birthday of To Kill a Mockingbird.
Amid reports stateside about fast-growing ebook sales, The Bookseller reports that Waterstone’s has sold more than 700,000 ebooks since September 2008.
The Guardian memorializes author and recreational mathematician, Martin Gardner.
SF Authors on Alternate Paths to Publishing
The San Francisco Chronicle looks at a group of local writers and how they used alternative methods to get into print, from Scribd to podcasting.
21 Female Entrepreneurs, 21 Biz Books
Forbes looks at the favorite business books of 21 different female entrepreneurs.
A Balitmore Sun blogger looks back, after the series finale, at the books that populated Lost.
Flarf is Back in Poetry Circles
A 10-year-old poem full of gibberish, aka a “flarf,” is spurring, according to the Wall Street Journal, “an experimental poetry movement.”
