Twitter Uptime Woes and Tear-Water Tweets

The latest Twitter problem would make a perfect addition to the tear-water tea Owl makes in Arnold Lobel's short story "Tear-water Tea" - from the children's book Owl at Home. April 21, 2008

Time-Relevant Widget Needed?

Author and designer Jeffrey Zeldman recently left an interesting comment in a post on zeldman. April 20, 2008

Marvel and Del Rey Announce Wolverine Manga Series

Marvel Entertainment and Del Rey Manga, which is part of Random House, have announced choice of a creative team who will create a manga based on Wolverine, the popular character from the X-Men franchise. April 19, 2008

Profane Blogging Gets Washington Post Writer Fired

Washington Post journalist Michael Tunison was fired for blogging at Kissing Suzy Kolber, a humorous sports blog. April 18, 2008

Cassie Edwards and Signet Part Ways

Romance novelist Cassie Edwards and her publisher Signet have parted ways as a result of the plagiarism scandal that rocked the romance world. April 18, 2008

Ed Norton to Fans: The Incredible Hulk Will Be Good, Don't Worry

Comics fans are really worried that the new Hulk film is going to be a disaster, what with the despised trailer and the ongoing battle between scribe/star Edward Norton and the director over the final cut. April 17, 2008

Judge Wants Settlement in Rowling Copyright Case

The judge in the copyright infringement case over the Harry Potter fansite/proposed book wants the parties to come to a settlement. April 16, 2008

PollDaddy Makes It Easy to Create Twitter Polls

PollDaddy has launched a clever new service called PollDaddy Twitter Polls that lets you set-up an online poll and send out a tweet that informs your followers about the new poll. April 15, 2008

Courtroom Drama For J.K. Rowling

The trial over the fan who wants to publish a Harry Potter lexicon, which J. April 15, 2008

Merck's Ghostwriting Scandal

Merck and Co. April 15, 2008

Vote For Mr. Romance

On April 19th at the Romantic Times Booklovers Convention in Pittsburgh, the annual Mr. April 14, 2008

Twitter Account Auctioned Off On eBay

Rocketboom founder Andrew Baron is auctioning off his Twitter account @andrewbaron on eBay. April 13, 2008

Lonely Travel's Nasty Surprise

This is some very bad news for travel publisher Lonely Planet. April 13, 2008

Sir Elton John Raises $2.5 Million for Hillary

The BBC reports on the Hillary Clinton fundraiser in New York in which ticket holders got a special concert from Sir Elton John. April 10, 2008

Hugh MacLeod Terminates Twitter Distraction

Writing books is a noble goal. April 10, 2008

Tribune Media Services Launches Magazine For Amazon's Kindle

Tribune Media Services (TMS) has announced the launch of a new political commentary magazine called Opinionated: Voices and Viewpoints on America and the World. April 10, 2008

Death By Blogging

Everyone's talking about the New York Times article that says that blogging can kill you. April 10, 2008

Ed Norton is Hulking Mad

The New York Times reports that Ed Norton is refusing to do publicity for the upcoming Hulk film unless he is totally happy with the final product. April 10, 2008

Use Stealth Bloggers Suggests Study Written For U.S. Special Operations Command

Wired's Danger Room has an interesting post that says a study written for U. April 9, 2008

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Wins Pulitzer Prize

Junot Diaz's The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction has won another honor. April 9, 2008

What Would Edward R. Murrow Say?

Here's a great video about the unbelievable and very sexist media bias against Hillary Clinton. April 8, 2008

Sophie Dahl Grows Up

Sophie Dahl, the granddaughter of bestselling author Roald Dahl (Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory) and Patricia Neal, talks about her past life as a plus-size model and her current career as an author. April 8, 2008

A List of Twitter Apps, Services and Tools

Twitter is rapidly becoming one of the most popular services to create applications and mashups for. April 7, 2008

Celebrity Biographies Put People to Sleep

A new survey lists the books and music that are most likely to put one asleep. April 7, 2008

Junot Diaz Wins Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

The Pulitzer Prize winners have been announced. April 7, 2008