Today’s links of interest:
- Waterfront Media Expands WhatToExpect.com to Free, Advertising-Supported Model to Reach all Moms
After discovering that paid members tend to leave after nine months. - Authors Find Their Voice, and Audience, in Podcasts
New York Times discovers that authors have been using podcasts to read and distribute their work. They also do their little part to help Scott Sigler get a major-label deal. - Torstar Corporation Announces Fourth Quarter and 2006 Full Year Results
Lots of numbers accompanied by lots of words. Bottom line (we think, what with not wanting to actually consider EBIT-type stuff): books sales up at Harlequin but direct-to-consumer (club) sales down. - Bellevue Literary Press
The famed hospital’s literary press is ready to launch. Debut title is Galileo’s Gout. We will resist the urge to make any and all jokes. - Memo from Len and Phil: Washington Post writers have to write shorter stories — or else…
The headline says it all. Another win for short attention span practitioners everywhere. - The Elegant Variation: APRIL 29, 2003 – FEBRUARY 21, 2007
Congratulations to Mark Sarvas of The Elegant Variation — he sold his novel to Bloomsbury. - Tod Goldberg: Observed At Jury Duty
Okay, wow, how can we say this?, uh, letting Tod Goldberg serve on a jury is like asking for trouble. Though, if they let Tod Goldberg have at the witnesses, justice as we know it will finally be worth it. We also have jury avoidance advice (not actually attempted as we hardly ever lie): Wiccan. Scares everyone. Sure, you’ll eat lunch alone, but life is all about trade-offs. - In my own words
Ah the conceit of the writer inserting a fictional version of him or herself into the text. So cute, so overdone? - Today’s Weather
Jill discovers that tornado season comes earlier and earlier every year (a bit like Christmas, no?). This a mere week after complaining about the preponderance of earthquakes in Oklahoma. Ah, it’s could to live in Southern California…