After months with Jeff Bezos' fingers planted in their eyeballs, hundreds of pissed off writers are buying a full-page middle finger to Amazon. Their message is clear: please stop screwing us in order to promote world retail domination.

It's unclear if this forthcoming title will be made out of repurposed yoga mats and glitter, but Brit Morin, Silicon Valley's most accomplished daycare instructor and DIY auteur, will be a published author. Watch out, Randi: there's a new literary star in town.

Prolific investor, college-discourager, and possible Bond villain Peter Thiel is writing a book, the New York Times reports. It's about starting your own business, and if you buy it in 2014, maybe you will become a billionaire, but maybe not.