My mom is currently cavorting around New York City, trying to get acclimatized to a US time zone on her way here to visit for a month, with the result that Dad’s been bumming around the Internet a lot more than usual (I think). In the process, he’s turned up some rather nifty toys:
Aaron Shepard’s Sales Rank Express lets you look up the Amazon sales ranks for multiple books all with one click of your mouse button (and it’s pretty nifty for checking sales ranks on all the foreign Amazon sites too!)
WorldCat lets you search the catalogs of all member libraries from the comfort and convenience of your computer.
Not discovered by Dad but also very cool is the Books in London Map, pointing out the settings of over 400 books. Regrettably, the area where I live when I’m over that way (Kennington) seems to be a bit light on literature.
One more week until the release of End Credits, and the first of the fall releases is about to go to the printer’s. Exciting stuff!