Your end-of-the-week news fix:

• Brits stiffen upper lips and stand up to volcano for the glory and honour of England
• U.S. publishing folks rush to take credit for Pulitzer-winning Tinkers
• Amazon caves (somewhat) on royalty split for Kindle titles
• Zondervan lays off 30 staffers
  
• Fashion designer Marc Jacobs to open le bookstore
• McSweeney’s teams with Salon
• Poetry finally pays off for 90-year-old woman
• New Yorker critic James Wood goes feral