Re: grammar for titles
I often find myself putting a title in quotes myself, and yes, the internet's speed and lack of editing has really defunked a lot of good grammar.
This is from the Style Guide of Microsoft's "Bookshelf 2000," a good collection of reference stuff I found on sale for $5. It's not the highest source on the subject, but gives a good overall summary.
Titles of Works
In text the title of a creative work—such as a book, painting, or movie—is styled to distinguish it from the surrounding words. Most words in the title are capitalized, and the title as a whole is either set in italics or enclosed within quotation marks.
Capitalization of Titles
Always capitalize the first letter of the first and last word in a title. Articles, coordinating conjunctions, the to in infinitives, and prepositions of less than five letters are lowercase; all other words should be capitalized. A preposition should be capitalized if it functions as part of a verb.
Barefoot in the Park
How to Write Short Stories
In long titles that include punctuation, capitalize any word that follows a punctuation mark, such as a colon used to separate a title and subtitle.
Jackson Pollock: An American Saga
Italicized Titles
The titles of the following works are set in italic type:
        books (including poetry collections and anthologies of short stories and essays)
        magazines
        newspapers
        book-length poems
        plays
        movies (including made-for-TV movies and animated movies)
        television series
        radio shows
        operas and other long musical compositions
        record albums
        ballets and modern dance pieces
        paintings, sculptures, and other works of art
Titles in Quotation Marks
The titles of these works are set in roman type within quotation marks:
        newspaper articles
        magazine articles
        essays
        short stories
        short poems
        television episodes
        songs
        comic strips
Articles at the Beginning of Titles
If a title begins with a, an, or the and follows a possessive, omit the article to improve the flow of the sentence.
Incorrect: The professor assigned Thomas Paine’s The Age of Reason.
Correct: The professor assigned Thomas Paine’s Age of Reason.