75-year-old Joy Cassidy pleaded guilty to malicious injury to property for dumping syrup and ketchup into an Idaho library's book drop at least ten times in retaliation for being banned. Don't mess with an old person's library privileges. [Idaho Statesman]

When we last checked in with dinosaurlike "book store" Borders, it was desperately seeking a loan to stave off bankruptcy. Well, they got their $550 million loan! But there's a fair chance they'll still go bankrupt. Showing good effort! [Dealbook]

Time's Mark Halperin has it "confirmed by sources" that the anonymous author behind O: A Presidential Novel is Mark Salter, the former right hand man to John McCain. He's been hiding in Maine, writing this thing!

Legendary satellite radio DJ Bob Dylan just signed a six-book deal with Simon & Schuster, including two more volumes of memoirs and one book about his radio show. Somewhere a Dylan superfan is crushed that he's not writing a seventh.

In your outrageous Tuesday media column: a publisher thinks it is the boss of the DC press corps, some good news for newspaper pay walls, a Yemeni journalist is jailed for "assisting" al Qaeda, and staff departures at the NYDN.

When we last checked in with second-place book chain Borders, the company was teetering on the edge of financial doom. And now? Borders is gazing into the abyss, preparing to jump.

On tonight's Late Show, David Letterman welcomed Snooki—or Nicole Polizzi, if you're taking her seriously—on to read the night's Top 10 List, which was "Reasons to Buy the New Snooki Book." She looked shorter than normal. Watch inside.

Who is this anonymous author, with "vast" White House insider knowledge, behind the upcoming O: A Presidential Novel? Publisher Simon & Schuster released more information today! But now it seems more like a hoax.

Not surprisingly, Snooki's biggest fans also have the worst parents in the world.

Movies and their trailers have always been symbiotic. These days, there's a trailer to preview any upcoming film—and if there isn't one, well, good luck at the box office. A new trend, though, is *drumroll* trailers for books!

New Yorker staff writer and Looming Tower author Lawrence Wright is writing what his agent calls "the most profound reckoning to date" with Scientology, told through the eyes of director and apostate Paul Haggis. This should be good.

Jersey Shore heffalump Snooki told the Daily News that she'd like to be called by her real name, Nicole, now that she's a published author. Here are some good reasons why that will never happen.

Just last month, the book chain Borders was being touted as a possible buyer of Barnes & Noble. Today, Borders itself is struggling to survive. How bad is it? Let's roll the most recent low-lights.

An Auburn University professor, along with NewSouth Books, plans to release a new edition of Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn with every instance of the word "nigger" replaced with "slave," hoping that will make the book more accessible.

Simon & Schuster is publishing a book titled O: A Presidential Novel this month, by "Anonymous" — supposedly someone with "vast" insider knowledge of the Obama presidency. Will this be the next Primary Colors? Sure! Unless it's a hoax. [via]

The greatest literary mind of our generation, Jersey Shore heffalump Snooki, releases her first novel A Shore Thing tomorrow. The highlights are just as typically horrible as you could possibly imagine.

Well, that's it from us for 2010. If you want to read about our favorite books, music, movies, TV, rumors, feuds, scandals, and stories, this is the place to do it. We'll be back tomorrow—Happy New Year, everyone!

While most of our lives are devoted to the watching and hearing of things, occasionally, yes, we do read a thing or two. Here are our choices for our favorite reads of the year, books or otherwise.

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange signed a $1 million deal with Random House for his memoirs to help pay his legal bills and keep Wikileaks afloat. He should call it Julian Assange and the Chamber of Secrets! Or, something funny.

In this video, a tiny asshole who's just gotten a Wii and a bunch of other toys for Christmas freaks out when his parents dare to give him a book, a book, as well. This is why we're dumb, folks.