July 21, 2010 Links and Plugs

Just giving a shoutout to the Weightless Books store and John Picacio's 2010 Limited Edition.

Interviews

• Orbit Books interviews Ken MacLeod (video).
• BSC Review interviews Shana Abé.
• Philip Athans interviews Lou Anders.
• John Scalzi's The Big Idea: Anne Zouroudi.
  

Advice/Articles

• Nancy Fulda on What Sells an Anthology?
• Online University Reviews on 75 Signs You’re a Bibliophile.
• Damien G. Walter on Why E-Books Are Winning.
• Tor.com on It Is What They Call the Best of the Best: Two Years of Tor.com Highlights.
• Rachelle Gardner on The Learning Curve That Never Ends.
• Andrew Wheeler on Amazon Algebra.
• Juliette Wade on Creating the next great alien language... why?
• The Book Publicity Blog on Books vs. reviewers, in pictures.
• Janice Hardy on Setting Up and Winding Down.
• Jocelynn Drake on Vampires – Worldbuilding Rules and Why Did You Go There?
  

News

• Nisi Shawl looking for essays on "Writing and Racial Identity".
• ROF Announcement: New Folkroots Editor.
• 'Tome Raider' jailed over rare book thefts in London.

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