Emily Gould (left) and Ruth Curry, the co-founders of the boutique e-bookstore Emily Books, celebrated their first anniversary last Wednesday night with a reading at WORD in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, N.Y., featuring authors whose work had been selected for their one-a-month offerings. "Thank you for supporting us," Gould quipped to the WORD staff standing nearby in the crowded basement, "even though we're your competitors." Tamara Faith Berger (Maidenhead) and Ariana Reines (Mercury) read from their books, after which Elisa Albert filled in for an absent Emily Carter with a passage from Glory Goes and Gets Some. Albert also cheerfully admitted to being on the Emily Books subscription plan. "I've been in heaven for the last year with their picks," she said. "Emily Books ----ing rocks!" --Ron Hogan