Morsels

For just $25,000-plus you could own a first edition copy of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and the typewriter Douglas Adams used to type the scifi classic.

Buy the typewriter on which Douglas Adams wrote Hitchhiker's Guide for $25,257.94 – http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/07/16/buy-the-typewriter-o.html

This Hemingway look alike contest cracks me up. That’s a lot of a Hemingway doppelgangers.

Florida man wins Hemingway look-alike contest – http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hgVbSG8INlQEUxDc712XZqKUnfIAD921VR481

The LA Times is cutting back its book staff and may be shuttering its standalone book review section.

LA Times to Fold Standalone Book Review – http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6580103.html?desc=topstory

"DISMAYED AND TROUBLED..." – http://bookcriticscircle.blogspot.com/2008/07/dismayed-and-troubled.html

Publishers Weekly has a write up on the upcoming Comic Book Tattoo, which is a collection of comics inspired by Tori Amos songs. I already pre-odered my copy!!

Image Comics and Tori Amos Ink Comic Book Tattoo – http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6578629.html