++ It’s old news that Amazon is a threat to many publishers and booksellers, many of whom are crying foul, but CNN Money looks at just how deeply the “tentacles reach into all parts of the industry.”

++ Where literature meets rock and roll. The Guardian lists the 10 best songs based on books, including Bruce Springsteen’s “The Ghost of Tom Joad” (The Grapes of Wrath) and Kate Bush’s rather literal — but catchy — “Wuthering Heights.”

++ One blogger writes about his experience with Amazon’s “shoddy on-demand.”

++ How did Google bring the dead sea scrolls to the Web? Check out this video.

++ So random, but I made the exact same connection between the new Kate Spade ads, which are topping thousands of cabs in New York City, and the cover art for Nicole Krauss’ Great House.

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++ Wikileaks founder Julian Assange accused British book publisher Canongate of releasing drafts of a memoir, written by Andrew O’Hagan, without his approval. Although Canongate bought the rights to the memoir from Assange last year, Assange reconsidered and has attempted to back out of the contract. He calls the draft “unfinished and erroneous.” Knopf has canceled plans to distribute the book in the U.S. READ FULL STORY »

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++ The MacArthur Foundation has doled out its 22 “Genius” grants.

++ Alice Walker’s The Color Purple is finally getting an ebook release. Walker supports the new format, saying that books are getting “heavier and heavier.”

++ Flavorwire has gathered reimagined covers of 20 classic books. These are really, really cool.

++ Gabriel García Marquez’s 1996 work News of a Kidnapping has sold out in Iran stores after opposition leader Mir Houssein Mousavi’s endorsement. READ FULL STORY »