Amazon acquires rights to author Ed McBain's books bit.ly/jvrxRa

List of writers invited to join The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences bit.ly/iv4cfL

Jock Locke is first self-published author to sell 1 million Kindle ebooks bit.ly/jA9nIh

Spam books clogging Amazon's Kindle Store bit.ly/l2tmEK

J.K Rowling launches mysterious Pottermore website bit.ly/mdVyCp

Colum McCann wins 2011 International Impac Dublin literary award bit.ly/lgjfhD

Borders extends leases on six stores, but forty-five stores may soon close. bit.ly/ita0gU

Samuel L. Jackson to narrate Go the F**k to Sleep audo book. bit.ly/l9HfOz

Previously unpublished Conan Doyle novel to be published by British Library bit.ly/lJvvZE

Tea Obreht, 25, wins 2011 Orange Prize for Fiction bit.ly/kUOxj0