As the afternoon sun sets, much too soon, here are a few publishing links to play with…

Daily Finance analyzes a a $20 million breach-of-contract lawsuit filed against Houghton Mifflin Harcourt by Cengage over textbook sales.

NY Daily News excerpted Sarah Palin‘s taped interview with Oprah Winfrey, an interview that will open her book tour next week: “We don’t have to keep going down this road of controversy and drama all the time,” she said, when asked about Levi Johnston‘s frayed relationship with her family.

Worried about publishers printing unfinished copies of Vladimir Nabokov‘s last novel? Flavorpill reminds us of a rich history of unfinished literary works.

MobyLives notes that the man who invented the AK-47 assault rifle really wanted to be a poet.