-It's PEN World Voices Week in New York. (via The Literary Saloon)

-Hey, any Stephen King fans out there? He'll be at the upcoming Edgar Awards. (via David Thayer)

-Author Ray Carver: screenwriter? (New York Magazine via Maud Newton)

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Hi, members! When I tried to check if Zooba.com had any George Orwell or Raymond Carver just now, I discovered that the site is temporarily down for my browser, Firefox. (I can get to Zooba if I use Internet Explorer, though.)

If you, too, are having problems accessing your account and would like help, please contact Customer Service:

E-mail: customer.service@zooba.com

Phone: 888-827-1828

We're working to remedy this problem. In the meantime, please be patient. Thank you!

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-The London Book Fair begins! (via London Book Fair)

-Ray Carver's short story hits the big screen on April 27 (via New York Times)

-The New York Times Book review explores international lit (NYT Book Review via LitKicks)

-Big Brother watches George Orwell's flat (via Slush Pile)

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Sadly, one of our favorite authors, Kurt Vonnegut, died last night. (via Shelf Awareness)

Read more via The New York Times. Better yet, read Slaughterhouse-Five for a taste of his sheer brilliance.

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-Miss Snark, literary agent, has some sympathy for Don Imus. After all, "he helped promote a lot of books." (via Miss Snark)

-Newly uncovered manuscript from the late author of Suite Française (via Conversational Reading)

-More mind-blowing poetry videos from Billy Collins, former Poet Laureate (Billy Collins Action Poetry via Very Short List)

-Au revoir, Cody's Books (via SFGate)

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-Hey, our parent company, Bookspan, is in the news! All publicity is good publicity, right? (via The Wall Street Journal)

-Write your own bite-size fiction threads at Ficlets (via The Olive Reader)

-Guerilla artists' book installation brightens our commute (via New York magazine)

-A moment of clarity in the midst of our rereading addiction (via Moonlight Ambulette)

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-A book review of The Feminine Mistake: "Are stay-at-home mothers putting themselves—and feminism—at risk?" (via The New Yorker)

-Edith Wharton: "From ugly upper-class duckling to literary queen." (via The New Yorker)

-Publisher FSG lets its brand name do all the work (via GalleyCat)

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Via the New York Times:

"In a hotly contested deal, the life story of Dewey, a rescued cat who lived for 19 years in a library in a small town in Iowa, has sold for about $1.25 million to Grand Central Publishing."

Actually, I'd rather see the hilarious video Operation Kitten Calendar turned into a book. Who's with me?

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Size matters over at Boldtype. This literary e-magazine's new issue rounds up books under the theme Tiny; that is, "books that are either physically slight themselves or concerned with tiny subjects."

Brought to you by my zeitgeisty friends at Flavorpill.

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-The Washington Post reviews Jodi Picoult's Nineteen Minutes. Check out the excerpt, too. (via Washington Post)

-Publishers revamp Jane Austen (via New York Times)

-Farrar, Straus & Giroux Publishers launches a poetry blog for National Poetry Month (The Best Words in the Best Order via Bookdwarf) 

-It's never too early to celebrate July, part II. Here's part I. (Miranda July's No One Belongs Here More Than You via Moonlight Ambulette)

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We are very sorry about the recent difficulties you've had accessing www.zooba.com. We have launched a new web site to serve you better, but we have some technical problems that are affecting site access.

To solve these problems, please click the link below and follow the instructions for your specific browser...

BROWSER INSTRUCTIONS

Internet Explorer Version 6.0 on Windows.

How to delete your cache and cookies:

1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. From the browser’s menu click Tools > Internet Options…
3. In the section labeled Temporary Internet Files click the Delete Cookies button.
4. Click OK.
5. Now click the Delete Files button.
6. Leave the Delete all offline content box unchecked.
7. Click OK.
8. With the Internet Options dialog box still open click OK.

You can now login to Zooba!

1. Enter www.zooba.com (not zooba.com) in the browser’s address bar.
2. Click Member Log-in in the upper right hand corner.
3. Enter your User Name and Password. User name is usually your email address.

How to delete the old Zooba favorite and add the new Zooba:

1. Once you get to the homepage in your browser’s menu click Favorites > Organize Favorites.
2. Find the Zooba favorite in the area to the right.
3. Click it once to highlight it.
4. Click the Delete button.
5. Click Yes to the dialog box.
6. Click Close.
7. From the browser’s menu click Favorites > Add to Favorites.
8. Click OK.

You can now use this favorite to return to Zooba!

Internet Explorer Version 7.0 on Windows.

How to delete your cache and cookies:

1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. From the browser’s menu click Tools > Internet Options…
3. In the General tab under the Browsing History section click Delete.
4. In the Delete Browsing History window under Temporary Internet Files click Delete Files... and click Yes in the confirmation window.
   In the Delete Browsing History window under Cookies click Delete Files... and click Yes in the confirmation window.
5. Click Close in the Delete Browsing History window.
6. Click OK in the Internet Options window.

You can now login to Zooba!

1. Enter www.zooba.com (not zooba.com) in the browser’s address bar.
2. Click Member Log-in in the upper right hand corner.
3. Enter your User Name and Password. User name is usually your email address.

How to delete the old Zooba favorite and add the new Zooba:

1. Click the Add to Favorites icon (star with plus sign) > Organize Favorites...
   2.Find the Zooba Favorite, click once to highlight it, click Delete.
2. Click Yes in the confirmation box.
3. Click Close.
4. Click the Add to Favorites icon (star with plus sign) > organize favorites...
5. In the dialog box click Add.

You can now use this favorite to return to Zooba!

Firefox Version 1.0 on Windows.

How to delete your cache and cookies:

1. Open Firefox.
2. From the browser’s menu click Tools > Options…
3. Click Privacy (padlock icon).
4. Click Cookies and click the Clear button.
5. Click Cache and click the Clear button.
6. With the Options dialog box still open click OK.

You can now login to Zooba!

1. Enter www.zooba.com (not zooba.com) in the browser’s address bar.
2. Click Member Log-in in the upper right hand corner.
3. Enter your User Name and Password. User name is usually your email address.

How to delete the old Zooba bookmark and add the new Zooba:

1. Once you get to the homepage, in your browser’s menu click Bookmarks > Manage Bookmarks...
2. Find the Zooba bookmark in the area at the bottom of this dialog box.
3. Click it once to highlight it.
4. Click the Delete button.
5. In the Bookmarks Manager dialog box click File > Close.
6. From the browser’s menu click Bookmarks > Bookmark This Page…
7. In the Add Bookmark dialog box click OK.

You can now use this bookmark to come back to Zooba!

Firefox Version 2.0 on Windows.

How to delete your cache and cookies:

1. Open Firefox.
2. From the browser’s menu click Tools > Options…
3. Click the Privacy Padlock.
4. In the Cookies section click Show Cookies.
5. Find the zooba.com folder.
6. Click it once to highlight it.
7. Click the Remove Cookies button.
8. Click Close.
9. In the Private Data section click Clear Now.
10. With the Options dialog box still open click OK.

You can now login to Zooba!

1. Enter www.zooba.com (not zooba.com) in the browser’s address bar.
2. Click Member Log-in in the upper right hand corner.
3. Enter your User Name and Password. User name is usually your email address.

How to delete the old Zooba bookmark and add the new Zooba:

1. Once you get to the homepage, in your browser’s menu click Bookmarks > Organize Bookmarks...
2. Find the Zooba bookmark in the area at the bottom of this dialog box.
3. Click it once to highlight it.
4. Click the Delete button.
5. In the Bookmarks Manager dialog box click File > Close.
6. From the browser’s menu click Bookmarks > Bookmark This Page…
7. In the Add Bookmark dialog box click OK.

You can now use this bookmark to come back to Zooba!

Safari Version 2 on a Macintosh.

How to delete your cache and cookies:

1. Open Safari.
2. From the browser's menu, click Safari > Empty Cache.
3. Click Empty.
4. From the browser's menu, click Safari > Preferences > Security.
5. Click Show Cookies.
6. Scroll down to find all cookies with .zooba.com or www.zooba.com.
7. Hold down the Apple Key and click all items with zooba in the name. They should be highlighted.
8. Click Remove.
9. Click Done.
10. Close Security window.

You can now login to Zooba!

1. Enter www.zooba.com (not zooba.com) in the browser's address bar.
2. Click Member Log-in in the upper right hand corner.
3. Enter your User Name and Password. User name is usually your email address.

How to delete the old Zooba bookmark and add the new Zooba:

1. Once you get to the homepage, in your browser's menu select Bookmarks
2. Show All Bookmarks.
3. In the Collections pane, select Bookmarks Menu.
4. In the Bookmark pane, select Zooba, then hit the Delete on your keyboard.
5. Click File > Close Window.
6. Click Bookmarks > Add Bookmark.
7. A pop-up window will appear. Click Add.

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-How did Gabriel García Márquez get that shiner? (via New York Times)

-The first rule of promoting Chuck Palahniuk's new book is: You do not talk about Chuck Palahniuk's new book! (ChuckPalahniuk.net via Bookninja)

-PopMatters reviews Sheridan Hay's upcoming The Secret of Lost Things (via PopMatters)

-Mitch Albom's secret? Keyboard shortcuts. (via Yankee Pot Roast)

*Update: Is The Namesake based on a man author Jhumpa Lahiri briefly dated? Probably! (via New York Magazine)

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Happy Monday, everyone!

Check out Zooba's new site! Members, sign in here. Want to sign up for a book per month at $9.95 each? Direct yourselves here.

Let us know what you think of our new look. We heart comments.

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