The weekly web ramble (4/6)

Links from the web jungle

WEB OF INTEREST –>

The Seattle Times on how Amazon.com plays hardball with publishers over pricing

Smashwords explains why agency pricing does NOT lead to higher book prices

<– AUTHOR TALK

Robin LaFevers on how a writer’s life is full of second chances

Catherynne M. Valente calls out sexism in geek culture

Seanan McGuire discusses the girl book/boy book divide

Barry Lyga on his YA novel, I Hunt Killers

WEB READS –>

– Read an excerpt from Above by Leah Bobet

– Check out the first three chapters of The Mapmaker and the Ghost by Sarvenaz Tash

– Read an excerpt from Master of Deceit by Marc Aronson

– Check out the first three chapters of Unspoken by Sarah Rees Brennan