The sap that floweth from the news tree:

• Pulitzer Prizes announced
• Pulitzer-winner Tinkers is the first small press title to win the award since A Confederacy of Dunces
• Gawker on Jay McInerney’s debut as wine critic
• NY Times calls Yann Martel’s latest “offensive” and “perverse”
• Goldman Sachs sees bright sales future for e-books
• Stop the madness! Apparently, Google has tablet in the works