Weird Al Yankovic being a NYT bestseller is totally okay.

• In Egypt, they’re excited “about a new era in publishing” after the country’s revolution.”

• Wesley Stace is interviewed at The Rumpus.

• An indie bookstore founder talks about closing shop, and how Border’s going away won’t help

• Historical fiction for the kids.

• If you like Hawkwind, then you sell cocaine to Nazareth fans, and other things your preference in classic rock bands says about you.

• Rachel Maddow explains how the Wisconsin protesters are winning.