- New York sidewalk book vendor makes more money from having his rights violated than from selling books. (The New York Times)
- Association of Canadian Publishers speaks out in support of Turkish publishers and the right to publish. (ACP)
- Indigo reports quarterly revenue increase. (National Post)
- Amazon’s drone army looks more and more likely. (The New York Times)
- New spider species named after Canadian authors Michael Ondaatje and Shyam Selvadurai by Sri Lanka’s National Institute of Fundamental Studies. (CBC Books)
- Penguin and Random House to merge New York City headquarters by 2019. (Publishers Weekly)
- British Library to celebrate 20 years of Harry Potter with exhibit featuring J.K. Rowling’s personal archive. (Mashable)
- Watch Bill Gates’s VR conversation with sci-fi author Neal Stephenson. (Gates Notes)
- Find out if you’re emotionally attached to your books. (BBC)
- Does writing to “the Shakespearean model” still hold today? (The New Yorker)