
Carrie Prejean -- the former Miss California & current anti-gay marriage mouthpiece --
has garnered herself a book deal, proving that closed minds do occasionally open books.

Malaysia -- home of pineapple, palm oil, and
bookstores where the books come wrapped in plastic. (FWIW, I'm writing this from America -- home of apple pie, peanut oil, and grandmothers' couches wrapped in plastic.)

I don't know if this marks the start of an
anti-anti-corporate movement, or if the New York Times was just so hard up for news that they thought stating the obvious would somehow suffice:
When Big-Box Stores Smile on a Book, Sleepy Titles Can Become Best Sellers.

A day after Barnes & Noble
announced their entry into the e-book business,
their stock price fell 70 cents (or a little over 3%) to $21.41. Although the publishing industry sees electronic libraries as their next big cash cow, the rest of the world seems to view this as just a bunch of bull.