<http://bookcatcher.blogspot.com/>

Bookcatcher: Book Deals for the Book Publishing Industry

and scuttlebutt about new publishing enterprises &c. Not a complete
listing of every single book deal out there by a long shot, but a nice
wrapup of interesting news. 5-10 posts/mo

"Each 52-page issue takes kids on a journey about how people around the
world live today by exploring their livelihoods, traditions, and pastimes."

Themed issues. See guidelines for calendar. Query with writing sample.
Features, supplemental nonfiction and fiction pay 20-25c/printed word.
Buys all rights.

<http://www.cobblestonepub.com/guides_FAC.html>

<http://www.wordharvest.com/index.php/contests/novelcontest>

Hard copy only. 60K wds. minimum. No fee.

"The Competition is open to any professional or non-professional writer,
regardless of nationality, who has never been the author of a published
mystery (as defined in subparagraph 2(a) below) and is not under
contract with a publisher for publication of a mystery. Only one
manuscript entry is permitted per writer."

"GUIDELINES
a. Murder or another serious crime or crimes is at the heart of the
story, and emphasis is on the solution rather than the details of the cri
me.
b. The story’s primary setting is the Southwestern United States,
including at least one of the following states: Arizona, Colorado,
Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah.
(The decision of the Competition's judges as to whether or not a
manuscript qualifies will be final.)"

Winner gets standard author's agreement from St. Martin's Press/Thomas
Dunne Books with an advance against future royalties of $10K.

<http://arcaedia.livejournal.com/139537.html>

[via Scalzi's Whatever: <http://scalzi.com/whatever/>]

Words of advice from writer John Scalzi:
<http://www.scalzi.com/whatever/004023.html>

And his blog's a good read too: <http://www.scalzi.com/whatever/>

Trying from a different node.

Sorry, folks, for doing this in front of an audience but posting for
reals is the only test we have. If, x'd fingers, giganews is now set ...

Just a test to see if there are stil problems with giganews posts

john

Does this group have an archive?

Thanks,

TC

Law enforcement is now intercepting text messages,
as proven by Operation Sudden Fall in San Diego.

http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/pubs/states/newsrel/sd050608.html
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/education/20080506-1338-bn06sdsu2.html

Don't let your personal SMS/text messages fall into
the wrong hands. Encrypt your messages with one
of these:

http://www.CryptoSMS.org
http://www.CryptoSMS.com
http://www.FortressMail.net/fortress_sms.htm
http://www.Cop2p.com/encrypted_sms.html

Be Safe, Be Encrypted, Fuck the Police!!