the project, releasing a statement saying "it is difficult to see how this programme is in the best interests of our clients".Now authors themselves have also moved to criticise it, with US writers' body the Authors Guild describing it as a "mess", asking if any of the books in the programme are there legitimately and accusing Amazon of launching it to push the Kindle Fire as it fights an "unexpected ebook device battle" with Apple and Barnes & Noble.
from Alison Flood: The Guardian: Amazon's Kindle lending library is contract breach, say US authors
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What would Pat Schofield say? Carol Ann Duffy's poem Mrs Schofield's GCSE, written in response to the complaint which led to her work Education for Leisure being removed from the GCSE syllabus, has now been immortalised in three dimensions.
Leeds West Academy has unveiled a mural of the poem in its new library, with principal Annette Hall saying, "We know the poem--like the rest of [Duffy's] work--will be an inspiration to students for years to come."
from Alison Flood: The Guardian: Leeds academy unveils mural of Carol Ann Duffy's Mrs Schofield's GCSE
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Want to be published by Penguin, the historic press which is home to authors including Roald Dahl, Beatrix Potter and Kathryn Stockett? Now you can be--and for as little as $99 (£60), as Penguin's American arm announced a move into self-publishing.
Penguin USA will provide the service through its genre-fiction online community, Book Country, which launched in May offering wannabe authors the opportunity to post their work online and receive feedback.
from Alison Flood: The Guardian: Penguin moves into self-publishing
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