The weather finally seems to be cooling off here in Phoenix. I was beginning to think that I was living in the Land of Perpetual Summer. The cooling couldn't come at a better time, since I have to take another look at the Thanksgiving dinner menu before finalizing my grocery list. But before I do that, let's see what sort of links I've gathered together for you today!
Bookish Topics
- Bangalore's iconic bookstore.
- Times Online's list of the 50 Greatest Crime Writers.
- More on the Reality of a Times Bestseller. How do your thoughts on best selling books match up with the real deal?
- Esquire's 75 Books Every Man Should Read.
- Have you ever wanted to take a look at all those Google holiday logos?
- 50 Books You'll Want to Read in 2010.
- An author talks about book bloggers and advanced reading copies.
- It's not easy being a writer.
Around the Water Cooler in the Book Blogosphere
- Rebecca of The Book Lady's Blog talks about her blog commenting practices.
- Debbie's World of Books wants our thoughts on book giveaways.
- Sheila of One Person's Journey Through a World of Books talks about Pick Up Lines.
- As usual, Jackie of Farm Lane Books has good discussion topics. This time What Persuades You to Buy a Book? and The Importance of Branding Your Book Blog.
- Sam at Book Chase asks What Would You Give Up to Keep Reading?
- Kristi of The Story Siren talks about what we need to know about advanced reading copies.
- Trish over at Hey Lady! Whatcha Readin'? wants to talk about sad movies. Grab a box of Kleenex and head on over!
- Nonsuch Books talks about a book that makes me drool. Take a look!
New to My Google Reader
That's it for this week. Don't forget to stop by next Sunday when I'll have a whole new batch of links fresh out of the oven just for you!
There have been a couple posts this week that have pointed out the cost of producing ARCs - something I had no idea about!
ReplyDeleteInteresting stuff for my Sunday :D Thanks
ReplyDeleteSo many interesting links this week.
ReplyDeleteI had seen Declan Burke´s sad post about being a writer, and it is one of the posts that has made the largest impression on me this week.
Thank you for pointing out the list of 50 books from 2010. I hadn't seen that! It is weird to see so many of my favorite authors next to titles I haven't seen before.
ReplyDeleteI always love your link roundup posts, so many interesting things to read about! I was glad to get a look about how publishers and authors feel about ARCs, and the post on giveaways too (been thinking about how I host mine).
ReplyDeleteI am going to check out the 50 books to read in 2010 right now! Thanks for another great link round up.
ReplyDeleteCarrie--Same here. It was very interesting reading!
ReplyDeleteBlodeuedd-- You're welcome! :)
Dorte-- Me, too. Sad, sad, sad.
Jackie-- It is, isn't it? What on earth did I do before the days of electronic wish lists??
Jeane-- I've been wondering about doing my very first giveaway, so that post really interested me.
Louise-- You're welcome!
I espeically enjoyed the Comments link - that was an interesting discussion! Thanks for your link research.
ReplyDeleteMolly/Andy-- You're welcome! I just went back to see if there were any more interesting additions to that post.
ReplyDeleteThanks again for the weekly digest. I'm just now catching up on my reading, and this helps!
ReplyDeleteJeanne-- I'm very glad to hear that. Thank you!
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