Today’s links of interest:
- The Happy Booker: Guest Blogger?Christy Zink
THB once again leaves her front door wide open — here’s what we found on the red velvet divan: Praising Irresponsible History and Fiction’s “Misuse” of the Past by Christy Zink. - MoorishGirl: Weirdos Welcome
Laila Lalami has a Booksquare moment on a plane. Yes, the sign is there. It is invisible, sort of like those dog whistles. This will happen throughout your life. We’re sorry, we’d offer to help, but there is no cure. - The Elegant Variation: Please Keep Your Arms and Legs Inside the Ride at All Times
While we do not understand the need to immerse oneself in another month-long sporting event, we realize we are the odd blogger out. Fiction and the Tour de France. Enjoy. - Grumpy Old Bookman: Digital rights management
It’s the Fourth of July — read this! And then follow links. ‘Cause you don’t want us writing on this topic all week do you? - David Thayer: Subplot: A Blog within a Blog
The story-in-progress takes a dramatic turn as inter-league play draws to an end. - Teach Me Tonight: Musings on Reviews and Establishing a Canon of Romances
Laura Vivanco further mulls some ideas that have been floating around this past week. - Destination: Brooklyn | Salon Literary Guide to the World
While Brooklyn is apparently a literary mecca, we’re keeping our fingers crossed for Destination: Lompoc. - E-books poised to leap
Bloomsbury predicts a new device will make the masses adopt e-books. Yes, as long as the device can multi-task. - Libraries turn a new leaf to avert extinction
We do so like library-of-the-future stories. Especially when they come fully caffeinated. - Chark Blog – Danger in Kings Cross
Slip down past the part about the fire (important news, yes, but not for our crowd) to read about the new publishing model being implemented by Macmillan Science. By new, we mean not-so-new — no advance, higher royalty, worldwide rights (no one’s going t - Medialoper » How iTunes Can Help The Publishing Industry
What? A music (and video) store can do something for publishing? Mais oui, mai oui. - License and Registration
Just a little reminder: check with your local jurisdiction to see if you, oh writer, need a business license. Because you don’t want to hit it big only to be acccused of being a tax cheat.