Just a little bit of gratuitous self promotion!
"Build The Ultimate Custom PC " hits the shops December 12th!
 
Here is a link to information about the book and sample chapters on the Wiley site .

Read Excerpt: Chapter (PDF) 
Read Excerpt: Table of Contents (PDF) 
Read Excerpt: Index (PDF) 

Enjoy!
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Steve Rubel's latest post  is about how Google Print is highlighting blogger endorsements .
I think I might have hurt my chances of getting listed.  What do you think?

Google Print - It’s not about the good of the public, it’s about creating a better index
Alternative Books of Revelation
Will Google take this as a message that [...]

A number of people are interested in the day-to-day tools that I use for writing, both books and web, so I've decided to compile a list.

Email - Microsoft Outlook (with the Getting Things Done time management add-in)
Writing - Microsoft Word
Screenshots - SnagIt 7
Images - Adobe Photoshop/ImageReady
Artwork - Wacom Graphire Studio graphics tablet
Compression - WinZip 10.0 [...]

Well, not on a book cover but rather talking about book covers. If you're not interested in book covers scroll down to the cartoon and wait for us there!
Kathie (my significant, better looking and more intelligent, other!) has made an interesting post over on her Hacking GPS  blog about the hassles that [...]

Microsoft is joining forces with Open Content Alliance, and arch rival Yahoo! and entering the world of book-content searches .
The plan seems to be that MSN Book Search will go online early next year.
So what's the difference between this and Google's Print Library Project - it's an "opt-in" scheme!  Google is still holding to the notion [...]

Yes, the galleys are out !

I’ve started reading the blogging book, Naked Conversations , by Robert Scoble and Shel Israel and I’m enjoying it.  It’s a very interesting insight into blogging as a corporate communication method (think sales and PR).  The chapter on “Word of mouth, on steroids” is particularly entertaining and looks at how “spreading the word” [...]