Links of Interest

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.

ROMANCE:

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

THE GOOGLE SETTLEMENT: Microsoft, Yahoo, and Amazon join in against the Google settlement.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/21/technology/internet/21google.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss

CRAFT: Reasons and solutions to why you can’t finish writing that book.

http://www.alanrinzler.com/blog/2009/08/23/ask-the-editor-help-i-cant-seem-to-finish-my-book/

PLOT/CRAFT: An excellent series of articles on story structure.

http://storyfix.com/category/story-structure-series


PROMOTION: What does and doesn’t make a good website.

http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/cliff-kuang/design-innovation/case-conservative-website-design

PROMOTION: What is your online persona? This site analyzes all the places where your name appears online. Not surprisingly, mine is equal parts books and education, but I also have a solid presence in religion for no reason I can think of.

http://personas.media.mit.edu/personasWeb.html