The weekly web ramble (9/23)

Links from the web jungle

WEB OF INTEREST –>

Hellnotes explains why Amazon is nobody’s friend

– From The New York Times: The Children’s Authors who Broke the Rules

– And welcome to Banned Books Week

<– AUTHOR TALK

Seanan McGuire on the digital divide

Kelli Stanley delves into the secrets behind her latest Miranda Corbie novel, City of Secrets 

Lena Coakley on why she reads fantasy

Rae Carson on her debut novelThe Girl of Fire and Thorns

WEB READS –>

– Check out an excerpt from The Apothecary by Maile Meloy

– Read an excerpt from Dark Eden by Patrick Carman

– Check out an excerpt from Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor 

– Read an excerpt from Blood Rights by Kristen Painter

Ilona Andrews shares a snippet from Gunmetal Magic, her upcoming Andrea book (set in the Kate Daniels world)