The PW Morning Report: Tuesday, April 28, 2009
By Craig Morgan Teicher -- Publishers Weekly, 4/28/2009 4:19:00 AM
A daily roundup of book and publishing news from across the Web: Amazon Buys Stanza App; PEN World Voices Fest Takes New York; The Book on Swine Flu; Portfolio Folds; Reviews Reviewed.
Amazon.com Acquires Lexcycle Stanza iPhone E-Reader App
Publishing folks have been atwitter about Amazon’s acquisition of Lexcycle and its Stanza iPhone app since yesterday. Now Amazon owns the two most popular e-reader apps for iPhone—its own Kindle app, and Stanza.
PEN World Voices Festival Underway in New York City
PEN has brought together 160 writers from all over the world for its six-day festival, which started yesterday. Here’s the lineup.
The Book on Swine Flu
There is one, as reported yesterday on Galleycat. And its Amazon ranking has actually gotten lower since this write-up was posted. A sign the outbreak is abating? I think not…ugh.
Condé Nast Folds Portfolio Magazine
Ok, so it’s not a book, but the glossy business rag, which closed yesterday, is one more victim of the ongoing decline of print publication, and of the damn recession.
Amazon’s Omnivoracious Blog Reviews the Weekend’s Book Reviews
A roundup of reviews of the weekend’s reviews from the New York Times Book Review, Washington Post and other papers.
By the way, today is To Kill a Mockingbird author Harper Lee's birthday. She's 83. Wish her a happy and a healthy.
