Thursday Morning LitLinks
Ursula Le Guin resigns from the Authors Guild after nearly 40 years in protest over the Google Books settlement: “You decided to deal with the devil, as it were, and have presented your arguments for doing so. I wish I could accept them. I can’t.” (Publishers Weekly)
Joseph Sullivan shares his favorite book covers of 2009. (The Book Design Review)
Shanda Literature Limited buys out its competitor to become the “largest online literature publisher in China.” (Global Times)
Meanwhile, the government of China puts poet and writer Liu Xiaobo on trial. (LATimes)
Jonathan Kellerman shows off his guitar collection. (GalleyCat)
Bob Minzesheimer looks back at the decade in books. (USAToday)
Too little, too late: Julia Keller sounds off on “the problem with annual ‘best of’ lists.” (LATimes)
Borders to spare about 20 Waldenbooks locations. (DailyFinance)
Daniel Kalder tries to figure out what, if any, purpose is served by blurbs. (Guardian Books Blog)
Fiction wins the year over ghost-written celebrity bios. (The Independent)
