The PW Morning Report: Tuesday, November 3, 2009

By Craig Morgan Teicher -- Publishers Weekly, 11/3/2009 5:34:00 AM

A daily roundup of book and publishing news from across the Web: B&N Sued over Nook; Debunking the Bolano Myth; Thomas Nelson’s Self-Pub Division; iPhone vs. Kindle; E-Books vs. Hardcovers.

B&N Sued Over Nook Design
Spring Design, a company that unveiled a suspiciously similar e-reader the day before B&N’s Nook, and which had talks with B&N over the last year about an e-reader, is suing B&N over the design of the Nook, which it says infringes on Spring Design’s e-reader, the Alex. From Engadget.

Debunking the Bolano Marketing Myth
Roberto Bolano has become a posthumous U.S. literary sensation, but an old friend and fellow novelist thinks Bolano’s youthful shenanigans are being exploited to sell books, as he explains in this piece from Guernica.

Thomas Nelson’s Self-Publishing Division
Here’s an explanation from the Tennessean of the Christian publisher's new self-publishing division, which has the twin goals of boosting revenue and finding new authors.

iPhone Will/Won’t Challenge Kindle
Yesterday, two publications offered opposite opinions on whether the iPhone poses a threat to e-readers. ChannelWeb said yes, PC World said no.

Goodbye, Hardcovers?
A publishing marketer and Kindle user tells the Huffington Post why hardcover books may need to go.

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