Here are some cool book links and why they are cool

The first link is a book blog, to be more precise, a literary agent book blog. It is authored by Kristin Nelson, an outstanding literary agent. Kristin formed the Kristin Nelson Agency in 2002 and has made her mark on the publishing world having sold more than 80 books. Kristin describes herself as follows:

A nice Midwesterner breaks free of her genteel upbringing and says what's on her mind--politely of course--some habits are really hard to break. And one last thing, Pub Rants is shorthand for Publishing Rants. No Irish Pub involved--unless you want one to be!

I am impressed with the generosity she has shown to unpublished authors, like myself. If you are writing a book, thinking about writing a book or just interested in what it takes to write and publish a book, this is the place to go. Thank you Kristin.

Another cool link is called "Shelf Awareness." Here are a couple of things about them.

Welcome to Shelf Awareness
Welcome to the Web site for Shelf Awareness: Daily Enlightenment for the Book Trade, the free e-mail newsletter dedicated to helping the people in stores, in libraries and on the Web buy, sell and lend books most wisely.

Find knowledge.
Recognize what customers and patrons refer to when they ask for "the book with a red cover that everyone's reading" or "the book Oprah talked about yesterday."

Expand consciousness.

Find out which books are hot, which are warming up, which will break soon--whether because of media exposure, brilliant publicity campaigns, movie and TV tie-ins, or current events.

Have heart.

Know which books have been slow to find an audience and deserve another look.

And as a personal note, I was mentioned in Shelf Awareness a couple of weeks ago and received dozens of phone calls and emails from friends and customers. It is the place to get noticed in the book publishing business. Reading on Walden Bookstore.