It was a rough year for the publishing industry, from the conglomerate publishers down to the indie bookstores. While preparing for a podcast interview with Beyond the Book, this GalleyCat editor compiled a temporary list of the worst moments in publishing in 2009.

A best moments in...

Martin Margiela quietly exited the fashion house he founded not too long ago. But Diesel, which bought a majority stake in the label in 2002, has no plans to replace him. The label's chief executive, Giovanni Pungetti, said the house will...

Filene’s Basement has been floundering for a while now — the Boston-based retailer filed for Chapter 11 in May and was bought by Syms Corp. in June — but the hits keep coming: The chain will be shuttering its Sixth Avenue location this spring. The company was "unable to renegotiate the lease"...

First the "Bo-tax" on medically unnecessary cosmetic surgery procedures worked its way into the new health-care plan. Now Senate Democrats are considering an additional tax for the vain and insecure on their indoor-tanning habits. So people who walk into a salon to use a tanning bed or who...

We love a good hoodie. No surprise there. Two out of three of us are zipped into one now.

It's the perfect, throw-on, carefree piece of clothing that works on the weekend, in the office, and even, sometimes, under a coat at night.

Three holiday-themed web videos showed up in GalleyCat's inbox this December. In the spirit of holiday competition, we've collected them in a special Holiday Book Video Showdown.

First up the Penguin USA site (creators of that screening room graphic) has a video featuring a few authors...

Johnny Depp arrived in Tokyo today in a tan coat with matching fedora and his signature shades. While many of his fellow male actors are squeezing into increasingly slim pants, Depp wore baggy jeans for his journey.

Does this make him a sartorial leap behind or ahead the rest of...

As mediabistro.com's eBook Summit nears next week, we've built a special Twitter list collecting the 140-character wisdom from registered summit attendees--a list that includes digital publishers, writers, and journalists.

The list will live at @eBookNewser, the Twitter feed for...