- Amazon opens a brick-and-mortar store in Seattle’s University Village, offering less selection and none of the convenience of its Web site. (Seattle Times)
- Cover of Hilary Clinton biography depicting her pointing a gun sparks controversy. (MSNBC)
- Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction judges call Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun the best winning title in the last 10 years. (The Guardian)
- Booksellers celebrate as “prix unique” remains as much a French staple as good wine and baguettes. (The New York Times)
- Keith Richards starts a run on out-of-print book by James Norman Hall after naming it his desert island pick. (The Guardian)
- If you like pitting your children against each other, start saving for a vacation at the planned Hunger Games theme parks.(Melville House)
- An open letter to Prime Minister Trudeau on Canadian literacy. (Book Riot)
- J.K. Rowling opens up about her pseudonym, Robert Galbraith. (Los Angeles Times)
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