Have some book news with your morning coffee:

• Danielle Steel needs to be more selective when hiring assistants
• London Book Fair attendance down by a third
• Yann Martel responds to critical thrashings
• Salon co-opted by Barnes & Noble Review
• OMG! Kindle to be sold at Target
• Amazon won’t retroactively fix errors in the e-books you buy from them
• For those of you unfamiliar with the lingo of fan fiction: meet Mary Sue