Bookmarks: Sarah Palin’s book-tour blunder, Rick Moody’s Twitter fiasco, and Sky Gilbert goes back in the closet

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December 3, 2009 | 2:21 PM | By Stuart Woods

Sundry links from around the Web:

Sarah Palin’s publicist admits it was a mistake to try barring foreign journalists from a book-signing event
Poet, playwright, and activist Sky Gilbert comes out as “no longer gay“
Rick Moody’s Tweeted short story is deemed an utter failure
Amazon’s bid to scrap amended Google settlement is thrown out of court
The Wall Street Journal advises Christmas shoppers to beware of e-readers, which may be going through “an eight-track moment”

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