New Canadian MG/YA Agent

Alison McDonald has joined Canadian Agency, The Rights Factory, and will be representing middle-grade and young adult authors.
http://www.therightsfactory.com/index.html

TweetChat

TweetChat allows you to easily participate in a single chat without seeing unrelated tweets.
http://tweetchat.com/

Great Kids Books

School librarian and mom, Mary Ann Scheuer, reviews books for kids ages 4-14.
http://greatkidbooks.blogspot.com/

Should You Self Publish

Agent Nathan Bransford gives a list of questions you should ask yourself.
http://blog.nathanbransford.com/2010/03/should-you-self-publish-ten-questions.html

Glossary of Publishing Terms

150 definitions from Harold Underdown.
http://www.underdown.org/cigglossary.htm

Online Platform

Do's and Don'ts from agent Mary Kole abuot your online presence.
http://kidlit.com/2010/02/26/online-platform-dos-donts/

Book Trailers Site

A site for teachers (and others) to find children's book trailers.
https://www.4shared.com/u/vgpvszst/15eb7f4e/Book_Trailers_for_All.html

Creating iPhone Apps

Author Tom Evans explains how to publish your book in multiple formats.
http://www.thecreativepenn.com/2010/03/13/podcast-creating-iphone-apps-for-your-books-with-tom-evans-the-bookwright/

Book Release Timeline

What to do and when in the months before your book's release.
http://lisa-schroeder.livejournal.com/320061.html

Rookie Query Mistakes

Agent Jenny Bent shares mistakes she's seen.
http://jennybent.blogspot.com/2010/02/rookie-mistakes.html

Critique Groups

How do you decide when it's time to leave your group?
http://thebookshelfmuse.blogspot.com/search/label/critiquing%2Fcritiques

How to Format E-Queries

Agent Nathan Bransford explains the proper formatting
http://blog.nathanbransford.com/2010/03/how-to-format-query-letter.html

New YA Imprint

Carolrhoda Lab will publish distinctive, provocative, boundary-pushing fiction for teens.
http://ow.ly/1kn6O

After an Offer of Representation

Agent Elana Roth discusses who you should contact.
http://www.johnsonliterary.com/blog/2010/3/16/query-kerfuffles.html?currentPage=2#comments

Standard Submission Process

What happens after submission if an editor likes your manuscript?
http://editorialass.blogspot.com/2010/03/whats-standard-submission-process-like.html

NJ SCBWI Early Bird Pricing

Reduced prices for the NJ SCBWI Annual Conference on June 4/5 2010 expires March 31st.
http://www.newjerseyscbwi.com/events/100604%20early%20bird%20flyer.jpg

Video Promotion

Seven reasons to include video when marketing your book.
http://www.thecreativepenn.com/2010/03/08/7-reasons-why-writers-need-to-start-using-video-for-book-promotion/

New Agent

Natalie M. Fischer of the Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency is actively seeking new clients for pb through ya books.
http://www.dijkstraagency.com/meet-the-agents.html#natalie-fischer

Autographed Books

Author JA Konrath suggests drive-by booksignings to get more copies of your autographed books into bookstores.
http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24549

Biographies of Women

From Booklist Online, "Telling Her Stories."
http://www.booklistonline.com/default.aspx?page=show_product&pid=4033490

Pitches

Get feedback on your pitch or synopsis.
http://pitchparlour.blogspot.com/

Publisher Email Addresses

Email address standards for many publishers.
http://www.publishingtrends.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/PT-Contact-Sheet-2010.pdf

Best Tweets for Writers

Every Sunday, Jane Friedman of Writer's Digest posts a list.
http://blog.writersdigest.com/norules/

Copy Editors

Questions to ask a prospective copy editors.
http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1225116&postcount=16

Book Distributors and Wholesalers

What's the difference and why should you care?
http://accrispin.blogspot.com/2010/01/guest-blog-post-distributor-vs.html

Cost of Publishing Ebooks

How much is saved over the cost of printing a book?
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/01/business/media/01ebooks.html

Book Bites for Kids

Host Suzanne Lieurance talks with authors about their books.
www.blogtalkradio.com/bookbitesforkids

Page Proofs

Editorial Anonymous explains the different types of proofs and what's involved in making changes to them.
http://editorialanonymous.blogspot.com/2009/02/definitions-for-perplexed-proofs.html

New MG/YA Agent

Susan Hawk has joined the Bent Agency.
http://jennybent.blogspot.com/2010/02/and-nowa-word-from-susan-hawk.html