- CBS to offer up a sexy, young Miss Marple to complement its world-weary Nancy Drew. (AV Club)
- U.K. book chain Waterstones phases out the sale of Kindle e-readers following “pitiful sales.” (The Guardian)
- Toronto-based Colborne Communications bails saving PubSlush crowd-funding service, plans to launch its own. (The Digital Reader)
- U.K. feminists “gender-bust” children’s books on store shelves (Gloucestershire Echo).
- Film adaptation of Andy Weir’s The Martian rakes in $55-million (U.S.) on opening weekend. (GalleyCat)
- Literary advent calendar offers a story a day instead of chocolate. (Couldn’t it do both?!) (CBC Books).
- After Scribd scales back and Oyster shutters, Bonnier plans to launch new ebook subscription service (The Digital Reader).
- Stephenie Meyer releases gender-inverted re-telling of Twilight for book’s 10th anniversary (Huffington Post).
- One hundred and sixty-six years later, Edgar Allan Poe’s death remains a mystery (Open Culture).
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