And she posts naked pix, too

Courtesy the Rachel Kramer Bussell blog, I found this interview Rachel did with author and blogger Stephanie Lessing, as well as Lessing's very funny blog, She's Got Issues. And Rachel -- it's she who keeps publishing half-naked pix of herself, not Lessing -- also has a regular gig interviewing publishing types for Mediabistro.

Mediabistro is a great website with loads of content. Originally oriented primarily toward freelance writers, it has expanded with content about the publishing industry and literary writers. It has a regular column, Galleycat, about books and publishing; that points to regular features like interviews with editors at publishing houses and magazines, and transcriptions of panels with agents, editors and others of interest. If you mouse over the "content" menu item on the Mediabistro main page, you'll see lots of other good stuff.

The other site is Publishers Marketplace, which publishes a free daily email newsblatt on the publishing industry, and offers a database of book deals and agents (allowing you to look for agents who have published authors and books you like) as well as webpages, blogs and email accounts for members.

I've found it's well worth it (and, for writers, tax-deductible) to pay the monthly membership fee for both sites.