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• Blog Roundup As Christmas approaches, I'm feeling the need to get cozy and relieve some stress. Thus, I'm focusing on reading here. For those of us who haven't finished our shopping yet, these posts can also lead you to some gift ideas.100 Notable Books of 2008The New York Times has compiled their......
• Writing Roundup, July 17 How is this collection working for you? Do you have any categories of posts you'd like me to include? Any blogs you think I should be following for potential inclusion? The Business of Writing Distance Insulates Journalists Have you ever gotten your hands on some ill-gotten research? Do you think......
• Blog Roundup There have been some great discussions this week on the blogs I follow. Here are a few to get you thinking. Please feel free to share any posts you have come across in the comments section.Blogger's BlockIt amazes me how I seem to stumble across exactly the words I need......
• A Library Request Chain After attending Caroline Miller's talk on book marketing earlier this month, I've been thinking about how to get my book into libraries. Miller suggested asking your friends to request it, using either the paper or online forms or just a face-to-face conversation with the person in charge of acquisitions. The......
• Writing Roundup It has been a week filled with lots of bad news about layoffs and downsizing at many media outlets and publishing houses.In the spirit of "This, too, shall pass," though, I'm not linking to the bad news and sensationalism. Instead, I'm looking to the future. The growth of electronic books......

• Recover Hard Drive Data Hard drive data recovery is the method of recovering data from hard drives when it cannot be accessed in the normal manner. The failure to...
• Rock and Roll Concert Memorabilia Collecting One of the types of collections that is gaining in popularity right now is collecting concert memorabilia. This is because every band seems to be...
• Review: If I'm So Smart, Why Can't I Lose Weight? - Tools to Get it Done According to Brooke Castillo, author of this book, intelligent and accomplished men and women often have intense difficulty losing weight and getting healthy. One of...