The Roundup with PW

2014 NBA Winners Revealed; Le Guin Honored for Lifetime Achievement The winners of the 65th National Book Awards, revealed at a ceremony Wednesday evening,  included Jacqueline Woodson (Young People’s Literature), Louise Glück (Poetry), Evan  Osnos  (Nonfiction), and Phil Klay (Fiction). As she accepted the Medal for Distinguished  Contribution to American Letters, Ursula K. Le Guin touched on the Amazon issue, citing a  “profiteer" trying to "punish  a publisher for disobedience.” more » More Than Just a Place to Buy Books: Bryan David Griffith spent a year photographing more than 20 independent bookstores around the country for 'The Last Bookstores: America’s Resurgent Independents.' Top 10 Words Invented By Writers: Some of them, true nonce words, never went further than their appearance in his plays, but others – like bump, hurry, critical, and road — are essential parts of our standard vocabulary today. Mattel Sorry for 'Sexist' Barbie Book: Mattel and Random House found themselves at the center of an online firestorm this week when the Internet lampooned a book called 'Barbie: I Can be a Computer Engineer.' 'Psycho' Typewriter Up For Auction: The 1959 faded green Olympia that Joseph Stefano used to adapt Robert Bloch’s novel into the screenplay for 'Psycho' is going up for auction—and the bidding starts at $25,000. Straughan to Take On 'Goldfinch': Peter Straughan, the screenwriter who adapted John Le Carré’s 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy' is set to adapt 'The Goldfinch,' Donna Tartt’s bestselling and Pulitzer-winning novel. VIEW ALL » Trade Paperback Bestseller List 'Blood Magick' by Nora Roberts is the #1 title on PW's trade paperback bestseller list. See the full list » »