Tuesday Morning LitLinks
Crime novelist Ian Rankin prepares to release his first graphic novel. (The Independent)
In observance of Banned Books Week, an interactive map depicting the locations of various bans and challenges from 2007 to 2009. (bannedbooksweek.org)
E.L. Doctorow to be on hand for the unveiling of the Espresso instant book machine at the Harvard Book Store. (LATimes)
Disney to launch a subscription-based website featuring electronic replicas of hundreds of Disney books. (NYTimes)
Damien G. Walter remembers the “forgotten father of weird fiction”, Arthur Machen. (The Guardian)
Harper Collins to fast track Sarah Palin’s memoir, with an initial print run of 1.5 million copies. (LATimes)
Princeton students underwhelmed by the Kindle DX. (theBookseller.com)
Tina Brown and The Daily Beast have joined forces with Perseus Books Group to form a new imprint, Beast Books, which will drastically speed up the publishing cycle. (NYTimes)
Stroemfeld Verlag-publisher Karl Dietrich Wolff (’KD Wolff’) denied entry to the US. (The Literary Saloon)
R.I.P. Kate Duffy, romance editor. (Smart Bitches, Trashy Books)
R.I.P. René Kartheiser, author. (wort.lu)
On this day in 1902, the world’s “best bad poet”, William McGonagall died. (Today in Literature)
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