Links of Interest

CRAFT: Three person conversations in fiction. How to make them work.

http://talktoyouniverse.blogspot.com/2009/08/three-person-conversations.html

WORLDBUILDING: A physicist explains time travel.

http://www.slate.com/id/2225223/?from=rss

PROMOTION: Social Networking in 15 minutes. General overview.

http://cba-ramblings.blogspot.com/2009/08/social-networking-in-15-minutes-day.html

PROMOTION AND SALES NUMBERS: How to use Amazon’s book sale ranking to determine how effective a current promotion is.

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/TheBigMoney/Story?id=8263007&page=1

THE GOOGLE SETTLEMENT:
SFWA says no.
http://community.livejournal.com/sfwa/79987.html

The National Writers Union says no.

http://www.sfwa.org/2009/08/national-writers-union-opposes-google-settlement/

Possible Class Action Lawsuit:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/19/technology/internet/19google.html?_r=2

PROMOTION: Should you hire a publicist?

http://bookendslitagency.blogspot.com/2009/08/hiring-publicist.html

CRAFT: How to tighten up that manuscript.

http://cba-ramblings.blogspot.com/2009/08/tighten-up-your-manuscript.html

MARKET NEWS: From “Publisher’s Lunch”

“Angela James has joined Quartet Press as editorial director. Previously she was with Samhain Publishing.”

http://publisherslunchdaily.com

GENRE SALES NUMBERS: Pimp My Book is looking at sales numbers for various popular genres. A very general overview, but his lack of information on the specific makes his commentary less than useful for those in that market.

SCIENCE FICTION:
http://pimpmynovel.blogspot.com/2009/08/genre-specific-sales-part-4-of-8.html

LITERARY FICTION:

http://pimpmynovel.blogspot.com/2009/08/genre-specific-sales-part-5-of-8.html

HISTORICAL FICTION:

http://pimpmynovel.blogspot.com/2009/08/genre-specific-sales-part-6-of-8.html


WOMEN’S FICTION:

http://pimpmynovel.blogspot.com/2009/08/genre-specific-sales-part-7-of-8-womens.html