- Kobo acquires U.K. retailer Sainsbury’s ebook operations. (TechCrunch)
- Ottessa Moshfegh on how her Man Booker Prize–shortlisted novel started as a purposeful exercise in commercial fiction. (The Guardian)
- Royal Mail Agatha Christie stamps contain mysteries to be solved. (Metro)
- Anniversary edition of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland features rare commissioned artwork by Salvador Dalí. (Good e-Reader)
- F. Scott Fitzgerald Minnesota home is up for sale‚ (The Huffington Post)
- So is Harry Potter’s Privet Drive residence. (Entertainment Weekly)
- “I haven’t been able to write since the moment I started thinking I could or should be making money as a writer”: the short-lived nature of literary acclaim. (Marie Claire)
- Valiant announces variant comic covers featuring cat cosplay. (BookRiot)
- The bestseller algorithm will could help sales but ruin books. (Wired)
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