April 3, 2009 Links and Plugs

3-day weekend!

Interviews

• Richard Dansky interviews Douglas Clegg.
• Jeff VanderMeer interviews Michio Kaku.
  

Advice/Articles

• Mitali Perkins on Straight Talk on Race: Challenging the Stereotypes in Kids' Books.
• Jeremiah Tolbert on The Life and Times of Jeremiah Tolbert.
• Rob Horning on The future of book manufacturing.
• John Scalzi on Writing and Babies.
• Janice Hardy on So What Happens Next? Part One.
• The Book Publicity Blog on For authors on book tour, one event per city or many?
• Melanie and Steve Rasnic Tem on “I want to write, but life gets in the way.”
• Charlie Stross on Antisocial Networking.
• Nancy Jane Moore on What I Didn’t Say in My Broadsheet Essay on Outliers.
  

News

• Verizon Wireless And AT&T Both Looking At E-Readers.
• Year's Best Fantasy 9 Table of Contents.
• Gabriel García Márquez, literary giant, lays down his pen.
• 2009 Dell Awards Winner Announced.
• Heliotrope 5 cover and table of contents.
• StarShipSofa podcasts all Nebula Short Story nominees for 2008.

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