Is an online author-discussion an event? You be the judge: The Rumpus Book Club just held its first author event, in which John Brandon chatted with book club members who’d read his book. In other literary event news, Christopher Hitchens has suspended the book tour for his new book for personal reasons. “Unfortunately travel is impossible right now,” said a spokesperson for Hitchens’ publisher Twelve, according to The Huffington Post.
In case you haven’t been following the controversy over Apple’s new iPhone 4, here’s a quick recap: the blogs this week have been afire over an issue with the phone’s cellular signal reception. Turns out if you hold it in a certain way, you loose bars. Well, Mashable speculates that Apple knew about the issue and has been pumping their tech support crews full of PR copy that claims the problem doesn’t exist. (This iPhone is more of a content-consumption device than any previous model, if only due to its crisp screen, so iPhone news is book news.) Also, here’s a tidbit from Pocket Lint about the likelihood of full-color e-readers by Christmas.
Finally, meet the new Wonder Woman, who, in issue 600 of her long-running comic, will don a new outfit many folks will find way cooler than that old patriotic bathing suit. Check out the image above, courtesy of The New York Times and DC Comics.
