Rumsfeld Rewrite, Hipster Huck & Digital Death: Weekend Reading

By Jason Boog 

As we head home for a three-day weekend, we wanted to make sure you had plenty of publishing headlines to keep you busy. Here are the most popular headlines of the last week, ranging from tips on using the social networking site Quora to the 2011 Newbery Medal winner.

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1. What Books Topped Bestseller Lists the Week You Were Born?
2. Richard Grayson Self-Publishes ‘The Hipster HUCKLEBERRY FINN’
3. ‘Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior’ Generates Thousands of Comments
4. Survey Finds 75% of College Students Stick to Print Textbooks
5. How Publishers & Authors Can Use Quora
6. McSweeney’s To Publish Novel about Donald Rumsfeld
7. Clare Vanderpool Wins 2011 Newbery Medal
8. Manie Barron Has Died
9. Washington D.C. Named America’s Most Literate City in 2010
10. What Will Happen to Your Digital Writings When You Die?

As we stumble home after a long week, we wanted to make sure you had plenty of publishing headlines to keep you busy–here are the top headlines of the last week.Email GalleyCat to get all our publishing stories, book deal news, videos, podcasts, interviews, and writing advice in a daily email newsletter.