Jonathan Franzen, author of The Corrections and Freedom:

Given all the chatter surrounding the (now on indefinite hiatus) SOPA bill, I’ve been meaning to post something about lending rights and Kindle books. We’ve published on this topic before, but as library lending via OverDrive and Amazon’s Kindle Owners Lending Library (KOLL) — not to mention sites like Lendle — become more and more popular, we’re starting to see the discussion surrounding copyright bleed into Amazon’s forums.

I used to frequent Newsvine -- obsess over might be a better phrase -- and now I don't. Mostly, I scan the headlines and lurk in the politics and technology sections. The vast majority of my comments are deleted before they're published -- my own doing -- because they're not productive and the people they're aimed at don't deserve the attention.

As of approximately 10AM Central time, it's official: Verizon will be releasing an iPhone 4 on their network "early" in February.

Like a lot of people, I’ve been following the Wikileaks/Julian Assange “leaks” primarily because it’s been a hard subject to avoid. The whole situation has felt awfully familiar, though, and until a few hours ago, I hadn’t been able to put my finger on it.

has ideas about how Apple could "fix" the iPad. Could? Nay! NEEDS TO. Because the iPad is broken. STOP LOOKING UP IPAD SALES NUMBERS! THE IPAD IS BROKEN!