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”