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Twitter Outage Slows the Literary Internets

Wondering why you are so productive today? Twitter users (including this GalleyCat editor)  reported problems earlier this afternoon. UPDATE: Twitter returned to normal but the event was caused by a “cascaded bug” that disrupted the site.

Twitter issued this statement: “Users may be experiencing issues accessing Twitter. Our engineers are currently working to resolve the issue. The issue is on-going and engineers are working to resolve it.” To help our readers cope with the outage, we collected some publishing news in 140-character briefs.

At Algonquin Book Club, watch Judy Blume & Tayari Jones talk about books.  (via Book Riot)

In Canada, Random House has decided to merge M&S and Doubleday Canada.

Looking for some fresh writing voices? Explore the writers in our Self-Published Bestsellers List.

Sesame Street will soon be adapted into a film. Did you love Follow That Bird?

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Thursday May 23: Real Talk about Life after Publication

These days, writers aren’t just writers: They’re social-media mavens, seasoned public speakers, and one-person publicity machines. And they still have to find time to write their books! Find out what life is like once you've landed that dream book contract in a free web chat with young-adult authors Elizabeth Norris (Unraveling and Unbreakable) and Brodi Ashton (Everneath and Everbound) — plus special guest Kristin Rens, editor at HarperCollins imprint Balzer + Bray. Thursday, May 23 at 7:00 p.m. ET. on Figment.com.