Library video games (Wish these were around when I was in school.) (Carnegie Mellon University)

- Class of 2k8 (28 new authors showcase their books online.)

- Control Haley Miller's life ('What-if' Series reminds me of the old Choose Your Own Adventure Books.) (Ledger Enquirer)

- Steve Jobs slams reading (People are up-in-arms about this. I too, wish he hadn't said it.) (Papercuts)

- More about author vlogs (Through the eyes of Melvin Burgess, author or Sara's Face.) (Times Online)

- Teen Ink and Chicken Soup partner-up (This small publisher of teen writers will gain a bigger audience with the Chicken Soup for the Soul franchise) (The Patriot Ledger)

- Lunch Box Stories (Children's stories, designed to fit into a lunch box on 5 x 5 readable cards will promote reading, author says.) (Oregon Live)

- More Chicken Soup (American Idol ex's plug Chicken Soup for the American Idol Soul. I'm guessing the early-draft, dream-dashed, contestants who are utterly and publicly humiliated by the judges aren't contributors to this feel-good collection.) (Newsday)

- Wal-Mart drops 1000 magazine titles (Whoa. Being that they are responsible for about 20% of all retail magazine sales, that's a hit.) (Bloggingstocks.com)

- Mobile phone novels (are very big in Japan, stirring up debate about the future of Japanese literature) (The Age)

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