The PW Morning Report: Wednesday May 6, 2009
By Craig Morgan Teicher -- Publishers Weekly, 5/6/2009 6:04:00 AM
A daily roundup of book and publishing news from across the Web: McCarthy wins PEN/ Saul Bellow Award; FSG to Rush ‘Miracle on Hudson Book’; Advance Details on New Kindle; Apple Unlikely to Buy Twitter; Poet Still Missing.
Cormac McCarthy Wins PEN/ Saul Bellow Award
McCarthy is the second writer to win this biennial lifetime achievement award, following Phillip Roth, who won the inaugural prize in 2007.
FSG To Rush ‘Miracle on the Hudson’ Book
The book, which FSG will publish in November, will be written by William Langewiesche, a pilot and the international correspondent for Vanity Fair.
Advance Details on New Kindle?
Here are some possible specs on the device likely to be called Kindle DX, which Amazon is scheduled to unveil today.
Will Apple Buy Twitter? Unlikely
Rumors have been circulating across the Web that Apple is in talks to buy micro-blogging site Twitter. A tech blogger at the Guardian thinks it’s unlikely.
Poet Craig Arnold Still Missing in Japan
No sign has been found of Arnold, who went missing last week on an island in southern Japan.
