Into all blogs some miscellany must fall…  So a few links to articles I suspect will be of help and interest to those working in the publishing industry — and especially authors.

First, a publishing horror story — and just one more reason more and more authors are self-publishing: O’Reilly Media Has Lost Its Soul

Some useful tools for Book Promotion: Ten Tips For Self-Published Authors

Five Tips for Improving Your Writing

Four Big Lessons for Authors

Gutenberg and How Typography Is Like Music

Book Cover Typefaces and Cover Design Horror Stories

And finally, some thoughts about the pitfalls of designing your own book cover: Sewing Your Own Parachute.