Links of Infamy

Well, I did some links earlier this week, but today there is enough of interest going on that I need to share some more.

• First, blogger Adam of The Wertzone (posts as Werthead on many message boards) and some others have uncovered what appears to be the infamous Robert Stanek on a campaign to defame some popular SFF authors – most notably Patrick Rothfuss, but also David Louis Edelman and Jim C. Hines. This despicable beyond words and Amazon’s refusal to act on this over the years amounts to complicity in my mind – another point against them. You can find discussion on the matter blossoming across the web.

• Tor has a ‘publisher-agnostic’ bookstore. Basically, they want to a specialty on-line bookseller of SFF books, and they will happily sell books published by other publishers. Press release and blog announcement.

• And Tor was kind enough to pass on the following interview with Brandon Sanderson where he discusses Warbreaker (US, UK, Canada, Indiebound) – which I hope to read soon – and his forthcoming series, The Way of the King (which has some very humorous fake reviews on Amazon).