Today’s links!

Checking In: The Daily Beast checks in with the Strand to see how the New York used bookselling giant is doing.

O’Reilly’s E-Book Numbers: O’Reilly details its e-book sales numbers–they’re high!–in a blog post.

Vertical Integration: Kodansha and Dai Nippon are buying the small press Vertical books. From Anime New Network.

Can Scandinavian Crime Fiction Teach Us Socialism: That’s the headline of this Guardian article, and also the question it seeks to answer.

Katie Couric To Publish Book of Essays: Random House will publish Couric’s book called ‘The Best Advice I Ever Got.’ From the NYT.

iPad 2?: Images have surfaced of what is claimed to be the iPad 2. From Pocket-Lint.

Writers of the Future: Excerpts from a book of essays imagining the future of being a writer. From the Millions.