Today’s book news:

• U.K. authors protest upcoming Tony Blair signing
• It had to happen sooner or later: fan of Into the Wild dies trying to relive book
• Was Victor Hugo’s Quasimodo for real?
• R.I.P.: Frank Kermode
• Nobody willing to publish Octo-Mom memoir
• Salinger’s toilet up for sale. Do I hear $1 million? $1 million anybody?