We've seen "Cormac McCarthy" Tweet apocalyptic non sequiturs. "Philip Roth" promised us a bite-sized short story. Now a fake Twitter account for British spy novelist John le Carré is spreading bizarre death rumors about J.K. Rowling.
Today in books and publishing: Only 2,000 copies of Pippa Middleton's party planning book were sold; a bookish beef comes to a close; National Book Awards are in full swing.
Today in books and publishing: Silicon Valley exec will tackle gender in the workplace; Google and publishers make peace; Kakutani hatchets Helprin; an all-female issue of Armchair/Shotgun.
Mahmoud Ahmadenijad had more than one sinister moments when he sat down with reporters at the Warwick Hotel on Monday.
Today in books and publishing: Richard Burton's diaries; RIP Eva Figes; Iran's booth at the Frankfurt Book Fair; celebrities read Moby Dick.
It's been a good few days for learning about author Salman Rushdie, culminating in Monday's autobiographical long-read in The New Yorker, about the author's life as the target of an Iranian fatwa.
Today in books and publishing: A first-time Aussie novelist becomes a millionaire; writers who think they can act; online retailer wants to replicate the instant gratification offered at bookstores; and a publishing company profits by ditching Amazon.
An Iranian government-sponsored organization is developing a videogame called The Stressful Life of Salman Rushdie and Implementation of his Verdict, a game that if played right, presumably doesn't end well for the Satanic Verses author.
Today in books: Multivolume biographies aren't what they used to be, Amazon has some big Harry Potter news, and the 2012 election will result in a quickie Ann Coulter book.
Since you weren't invited to last Friday's intellectually-studded memorial for Christopher Hitchens, Vanity Fair has posted video of the full event online.
Today in books and publishing: J.K. Rowling's new book has a title and skeletal plot outline, Salman Rushdie rechristened himself for his memoir, and what books people wanted banned in 2011.
Karl Lagerfeld roasts Tina Brown, Jon Hamm is quite the photographer, and DSK was allegedly not a model orgy guest.
Today in publishing and literature: Salman Rushdie is returning to India for a speech later this week, Mario Puzo's estate countersues Paramount over an upcoming sequel to The Godfather, and a history of Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Gerard Butler's stealthy rehab stint is ending today, the John Edwards sex tape is on borrowed time, and Chris Brown is being investigated for stealing a fan's iPhone
Prince Harry is an Apache helicopter pilot and has a prize to prove it, the leading contender to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated's swimsuit issue, and the president of Current TV denies napping during conference calls.
The co-chair of the Jaipur Literature Festival explains the decision to cancel Salman Rushdie's video speech, War Horse is a bestseller 30 years in the making, and the high cost of owning a Nook.
Demi Moore is out of the hospital, Salman Rushdie's marriage proposal is still pending, and Bill Daley exits the castle.
Today in books: The author's planned video address was cancelled by police because of safety concerns, Michael Hastings says Little, Brown was "terrified" of The Operators, and Cormac McCarthy is not on Twitter despite rumors to the contrary.
The threat of violence against Salman Rushdie was no joke, Indian officials have said. It was so real, in fact, that not only was Rushdie's physical appearance canceled, but his video address got pulled as well.
Today in books: The plot to kill Salman Rushdie may not have existed, The Telegraph takes a look at what President Obama's read since taking office, and Oxford finally has a Quidditch team to call its own.
Salman Rushdie has canceled a planned appearance at a major literary festival in India after receiving a tip that his life may be in danger.
Salman Rushdie announced on Friday that he wouldn't attend a literary festival in India because he'd been told there was a plot against his life, and then other writers who wanted to fill in for him found themselves dissuaded as well
Horsemanship -- not bugs -- was a top worry for The Great Gatsby author, the 'Poe Toaster' once again failed to show ln Baltimore last night, and Salman Rushdie's panel at the Jaipur literary festival in India has been cancelled following "intense pressure" for him to withdraw.
Today in books: The author of The Big Sleep did not like it when Alfred Hitchcock ignored his script suggestions on Strangers on a Train, today's the day to pay your postage with Matilda and Mr. Fox, and the age of the digital cookbook may be arriving sooner than you think.
Today in books: A six-course Salman Rushdie-themed dinner could be yours for less than $100, poetry's tricky racial politics, and Nielsen BookScan announces the best-selling titles of 2011.
Salman Rushdie makes a hasty offer of marriage to the one that got away, Eddie Murphy is rumored to be starting in a Marion Berry biopic for HBO, and Fabrizio Moretti resurfaces to kiss more ladies.
Plus: Alex Rodriguez has a fancy new house, Leon Panetta finally meets J.R. Martinez, and Muhammad Ali's health is reportedly "not in a good way."
Turmoil behind-the-scenes at Anderson, Charlie Crist gets heckled by his wife's ex, and Scarlett Johansson can't believe somebody's dating her ex-husband.
Also: Andrew Cuomo's Thanksgiving dinner was lacking, Tobey Maguire came out ahead on his high-stakes poker games, and Rebecca Hall and Sam Mendes are an item.
Today in books: Pippa Middleton will receive £400,000 for her party-planning book, Amazon's Kindle sales numbers remain infuriatingly vague, and The New Yorker's Adam Gopnik offers a theory on the appeal of fantasy novels.
Salman Rushdie is having problems getting people to believe that his Internet self is his actual human self.
Salman Rushdie's latest Twitter crusade hits close to his old Greenwich Village stomping grounds as the venerated author campaigns to save New York's St. Mark's Bookshop.
The intellectual powerhouse has joined the lowbrow medium
Chandler, Fitzgerald and Amis should curb the author's enthusiasm about his TV project
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