My Bizarre Interview With Amazon Bestseller and Catfish Kitty Glitter
Warning: Some of these plot descriptions are hella sexually graphic.
The Future Is Now: Nation's First Bookless Library Coming to Texas
Spurred by reading Walter Isaacson's two-million page love letter to Steve Jobs, San Antonio County Judge Nelson W. Wolff pushed for the creation of the first bookless public library system.
The Woman Who Played Veruca Salt Wrote a Book About Playing Veruca…
This week in Mark Frauenfelder Finds the Best Shit, he's tracked down a memoir written by Julie Dawn Cole, the actress who played the Girl Who Had it All But Never Even Knew It, Veruca Salt, in the
good
original Willy Wonka.
Imagine, if You Will, a World Where You Can Play Tiny Tower During…
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Frequent air travelers, rejoice! That painful period during take-off and landing when you're not allowed to use your electronic devices might soon be a lot more bearable. The Federal Aviation Administration said yesterday that it will work with airlines and other involved parties to find a way to determine whether…
Ladies Are Hiding Some Pretty Dirty Stuff in Their Nooks
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Following the sweeping success of softcore sensation Fifty Shades of Grey, the lamestream media is figuring out that mommies and other normal-seeming ladies like to read about sex—in public. Whoa. What's next? Women having sex for reasons other than reproduction? Hold onto your hats!
Erotic Incest-Themed Fiction Deleted From Kindle Store
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Here's one problem with a Kindle: Amazon can just make your stuff disappear. And they've now decided they want to yank one woman's incest-themed erotica, among other books. Is Flowers In The Attic next? Or the Bible?
Porn Comes To The Kindle
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Thanks to free e-book downloads, a new fiction genre is showing up on Kindle best-seller lists: erotic fiction aimed at men. Since Amazon is essentially distributing free literary pornography, it seems only a matter of time before conservative groups protest.
Kindle On The Wall...
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Mediabistro asked one pair of industry insiders about their publishing predictions for the decade to come. Among them? "95% of all reading will be on screens" and "most authors will be indie authors." [Mediabistro]
Sarah Palin Waves Goodbye To Washington; U.S. Waves Goodbye To Jobs
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- Sarah Palin is going to skip this weekend's White House Correspondents Dinner because some town in Alaska flooded and she needs to appear like she's committed to this "governing" thing. [Politico]