News, shoots, and leaves:
- Random House weakens in backlist e-rights debate
- Alan Sillitoe dies at age 82
- Conservative MPs shocked “ shocked! “ at less-than-truthful cover blurbs on Ignatieff book
- Disgraced historian Orlando Figes just looks worse and worse with every passing day
- Stephen Ambrose was probably a fibber, too
- Cornell prof says e-ink and LCD readers are both just fine for your eyes
- Guaranteed-to-be-truthy George Dubya memoir set for November release