Sundry links from around the Web:

• Deirdre Baker’s tribute to the life and work of fantasy author Diana Wynne Jones
• Kobo kicks off European expansion: e-book stores set to open in Spain and Germany in May, with France, Italy, and the Netherlands to follow
• The New York Times calls David Bezmozgis’s The Free World “self-assured, elegant, and perceptive”; read Q&Q‘s review
• Simon & Schuster confirms it will publish authorized Steve Jobs bio; iSteve: The Book of Jobs to appear in early 2012