TUAC Reports Apple Store Rejecting Ebooks

TUAC (the unofficial Apple weblog) reports that Apple is now rejecting all ebook submissions to the App Store. August 7, 2009

John Keats Home Reopens After $800,000 Renovation

The home of English poet John Keats is reopening following a renovation that cost over $800,000. August 6, 2009

Oscar Winning Screenwriter Budd Schulberg is Dead at 95

Novelist, boxing journalist and Oscar-winning screenwriter Budd Schulberg has died. August 6, 2009

Twitter Starting to Filter URLs Linking to Malware

F-Secure reported recently that they noticed Twitter was starting to filter malicious URLs. August 5, 2009

TV Writers, WGA Protest Emmy Telecast Changes

Hundreds of television writers and showrunners are protesting the changes in format to the prime time Emmys. August 5, 2009

U.S. Marine Corps Bans Twitter, Social Networks

Wired's Danger Room blog reports that the U. August 4, 2009

Bit.ly Plans News Service, Data Analysis

Wired reports that Bit. August 3, 2009

Now Teens Can Learn The Secret

Rhonda Byrne's self-help bestseller The Secret is being made into a teen version, The Secret to Teen Power. August 3, 2009

Ray Bradbury Loves Graphic Novel Version of Fahrenheit 451

USA Today reports that Ray Bradbury says that a new authorized graphic novel version of his famous novel, Fahrenheit 451, is "beautiful. August 3, 2009

Scientists Create Software to Measure Happiness in Blog Posts and Tweets

Discovery News reports that Vermont scientists Peter Dodds and Chris Danforth have created a software program that analyzes blogs and tweets to ascertain how happy or sad people are. August 1, 2009

Sony to Launch Wifi Ebook Reader in UK

The ebook reader wars are heating up. July 31, 2009

Student Sues Amazon For Deleting His Homework

A student is suing Amazon for deleting his homework. His notes were made in his digital copy of 1984 and deleted when Amazon remotely erased the book. July 30, 2009

Yann Martel Signs Book Deal

Yann Martel, author of the bestselling Life of Pi has signed a multimillion dollar book deal for a new novel. July 29, 2009

Clive Cussler Pays $20.9 Million, Appeals Sahara Ruling

Philip Anschutz's production company has finally collected the last payment of the $20. July 29, 2009

Twitter Debuts New Homepage

Twitter has launched a new homepage. July 28, 2009

2009 Man Booker Prize Longlist Announced

The judges for the 2009 Man Booker Prize have announced the longlist of 13 titles - also known as the Man Booker Dozen. July 28, 2009

British Library to Display Medieval Alphabet Book

The British Library has succeeded in keeping a national treasure in Great Britain after bidding $600,000 for a medieval alphabet book which displays a collection of both beautiful and bizarre fonts. July 28, 2009

Jeff Bezos Apologizes for Kindle Controversy

Jeff Bezos has issued an apology for deleting Kindle users' copies of two George Orwell's books, 1984 and Animal Farm. July 27, 2009

Swedish Author Appeals Injunction in Catcher in the Rye Case

Attorneys for the Swedish author who wrote a sequel to J. July 24, 2009

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Wields Knife in Twitter Video

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger shot a special video for his 700,000+ Twitter followers. July 22, 2009

Yann Martel Book Deal Worth $3 Million

The New York Times reports that Life of Pi author Yann Martel signed a $3 million deal with Random House. July 21, 2009

SB Nation Raises $8 Million

The Inquisitr reports that SB Nation, a sports blog network founded by Markos Moulitsas in 2003 recently raised $8 million in venture capital funding. July 19, 2009

Sarah Palin Promises Less PC Tweets

Sarah Palin is promising to fire off some less PC tweets on her Twitter account, @AKGovSarahPalin, once she has resigned as Alaska Governor. July 17, 2009

Nomenus Quarterly: World's Most Expensive Magazine

The price of the world's most expensive magazine has actually increased in cost per issue during the recession. July 16, 2009

RIM Launches MyBlackBerry Community

901am reports that RIM has established a social network just for BlackBerry users called MyBlackBerry. July 15, 2009