The Writer’s DB Blog

For a couple of years now, ever since version 2.0 of this site launched, it has been possible to discover new markets for your writing by browsing the shared market listings of other users. However, you’ve had to do it manually—by clicking on the “Browse Shared Markets” command in the left sidebar every so often to see what’s new.

Now, there’s an easier way. When new market listings are added to the site by your fellow users, you can get them in your RSS feed reader, your customized homepage (such as iGoogle, Netvibes, My Yahoo!, Pageflakes, etc.), or even your e-mail inbox. Here’s how:

In the title bar of the “Browse New Markets” page, you’ll find a little orange icon representing the newsfeed. Click on it, and you’ll be presented with the opportunity to subscribe to the feed.

As you can see, the newsfeed gives you a wide array of subscription options. Regardless of which one you choose, my hope is that this will help you to find a few publishers who love your writing.

Others may have their own priorities, but for my money, “not ugly anymore” is the best feature of the new & improved Amazon Kindle. I’m actually pretty tempted by this thing now.

Amazon Kindle, 2nd generation

You can store your own documents in it via USB, without the silly 10-cent fee per document. So I can carry my own works-in-progress around with me—and add notes to them as I’m re-reading them!

Considering how much reading I do in the car, while waiting for appointments or waiting for my daughter to wake up from her naps, portability is an especially valuable quality in my reading material.

Besides, in case my work on the Writer’s Database wasn’t enough of a giveaway, I love technology. Not as much as I love reading and writing, but nearly. Shiny new toy!

Are any of my loyal readers getting one? Tell me! Maybe the peer pressure/validation will help me to overcome that last bit of buyer’s resistance.