Book Patrol Digest : Links From the Week, May 17-23, 2009

Toni Morrison’s ‘Song of Solomon’ removed from high school curriculum in Shelby, MI after after “members of the community objected to its profanity, sexual references and violence.”

Romance writer Nora Roberts’ opens B&B-style boutique hotel with rooms named after fictional couples

Scribd adds e-book marketplace to combat piracy complaints. 80 percent of revenue to go to publishers

School Library Journal’s “Top 100 Picture Books Poll Results

Supreme Court rejects appeal from John Steinbeck’s son over publishing rights.

Misreading the end of literary culture” Robert McCrum debunks 5 myths.

Forrest Smith pleads guilty to book fraud. Forged authors signatures and sold them on Ebay.

MillionDollarPoetryBash‘ Spoonbill & Sugartown holding release party for newly acquired poetry collection.

Circular Paz ‘- a look at a set of “extremely rare” visual poetry discs created by Octavio Paz and Artist Vincente Rojo.

Bound in Chains : Will Seattle University’s Independent Bookstore Go Corporate?”

From the archives of Yahoo! Answers “Is it OK to run an illegal library from my locker at school?

The FBI has Librarians. A interview with FBI Laboratory Supervisory Librarian, Jane Killian.