Sunday, July 26, 2009

Weekly Link Round-Up


The major way I keep track of posts and websites that I want to share with all of you is a FireFox extension called "Read It Later". I just took a look at the top of my screen and saw the number 106 by the Read It Later icon. Yikes! Don't worry-- I'm not going to post all 106 links here. Just let me rev up my Weed eater, and we'll see what happens!

Bookish News
  • Are you a Twilight fan? Perhaps you'll like this version of the Google screen.
  • Michelle Kerns tells us how not to choose books for long journeys, and ten books you definitely shouldn't read while traveling.
  • Have you heard of Alltop? It's a self-proclaimed "online magazine rack" of popular topics. After creating an account, you can set it up to send you all the latest book news!
  • It was nice to see this article in the New York Times about Target's book section. (I work for Target.)
  • The Book Wish Foundation provides "reading relief for people in crisis." Check out their website and see how you can help.
  • Bibliotarian is another way book lovers can help others.
  • Entertainment Weekly now has an online web magazine for books called Shelf Life.
  • For anyone like me who's been enjoying the crime fiction written by Stieg Larson, Mail Online has a wonderful article about Stockholm, where much of the books' action takes place. Great photos!
  • The Wall Street Journal calls Hong Kong "China's Bookstore". Why? Because books that have been banned on the main land are readily available there.
Social Media, Blogging and Techie Tips
  • TwitMaps is a web application that has you supply your Twitter name and then shows you the location of all your Twitter friends.
  • Twitter Power: Tweets from people exiting the theater after watching Bruno are blamed for killing ticket sales. Hey...if the movie stinks, it stinks!
  • The Blog Herald has a post about 18 Core Blogging Skills You Can Always Improve.
  • My Free Copyright
  • Browsershots lets you check to see how your blog page displays in many different browsers.
Around the Water Cooler in the Book Blogosphere
New Blogs on My Radar

Th-th-that's all, folks! Come back next week for another heapin' helpin' of bookish links!

7 comments:

  1. I like that Read It Later plug-in too! It grows, doesn't it? Thanks for TwitMaps . . . I'm off to see my map.

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  2. :) Always something new to check out when I visit!

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  3. I always love your links roundups, especially now that your blog is so much faster-loading for us impatient types!

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  4. Beth--I try to keep Read It Later cleaned out, but I missed the previous week's link round-up, so things piled up. Your TwitMap is probably completely covered in dots!

    Jenclair--I try! LOL

    Rhapsody--I'm still mystified as to why it was loading so slowly with the old template! I'm an impatient type, too, so the slow loading was driving ME crazy! LOL

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  5. those are some great links...thanks for sharing them.

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  6. Carrie--You're more than welcome!

    Serena--You're welcome!

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