RIASS stuff:

Enter our latest giveaways! <– We’re giving away a copy of Forgotten by Cat Patrick

See our interview (and giveaway) with popular Australian author Dianne Blacklock

See our list of YA books about time travel

Interested in doing a guest post or interview on RIASS? Drop me a line at readinasinglesitting@gmail.com.

Other stuff:

Very interesting post about YA covers and the glamorisation of dead girls.

Why Developers Are Interested in Kindle Fire and What It Could Mean for Publishers zite.to/rEkI8g

Young Adult Novel Discovery Competitiontwrt.me/68h6ij

Kim Harrington’s Clarity has been optioned for TV

A humble tribute to Isaac Asimov ow.ly/7ucz7

Have you ever had a reading slow down?

What would JK Rowling say to her 16-year-old self?fb.me/1ndLrytLf

Study finds the human brain is poorly equipped to understand high-tech media j.mp/vBvBnU (I don’t get it…)

If you’re an unpublished writer with a YA ms, Hardie Grant Egmont wants you for the Ampersand Collection:bit.ly/Ampers

100 Best First Lines of Novels: bit.ly/8hSu55

ArtsBeat Blog: Rushdie Runs Afoul of Web’s Real-Name Police nyti.ms/rwxeS0

Who Are the Plagiarism Police?

Nearly 50 people have signed up for the Virtual Advent Tour so far. Are you one of them? Details herebit.ly/valx2B

Angry Robot finds deals through Open Door bit.ly/tLLMti

How Vamps Went from Drooling Corpses to Hot Superheroes bit.ly/t8LJ6u

Great discussion going on regarding the price of ebooks – come and have your say: tinyurl.com/88d79qp

Kurt Vonnegut on worrying about women

Reading fiction can strengthen your social ties and even change your personality ow.ly/7uC66