Random Links Wednesday!

Feeling nostalgic for old skool bloggy linkage and so here's some interesting stuff from our great blogroll:

The top selling 33 1/3 books so far.

Publishing isn't just economically dangerous.

Against all odds, Buenaventura Press is trying to keep comic books alive.

Kitty Wigs!

Tweet of the Morning.

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