In this Monday’s Link Roundup there’s much to feast on. Don’t miss Colour footage of London, 1920s. It’s from a site called “How to be a Retronaught: time-travel without a time-machine.” You’ll want to spend time there. It’s brilliant!
- 10 Tips for Effective Book Covers. “As more authors opt for independent publishing routes, I’m getting more questions about secrets to good book design, production, and layout … Here are the 10 biggest things I learned about book cover design during those conversations (and also from seeing the sales outcomes).”
- 50 Most Popular Genealogy Websites for 2011. “These rankings were determined in January 2011. They are based on the popularity of websites as measured by four major ranking companies, and is explained in an article published in the July/August 2008 issue of the Digital Genealogist.”
- Learn the Basics of Photoshop: The Complete Guide. “Want to learn how everything works in Photoshop? We’ll help you make your photos better, draw vector graphics, and design a web site.”
- Virtual Museum of Canada. “As an endless source of discoveries, virtualmuseum.ca is a unique interactive space that brings together Canadian museum collections and riches in a variety of thought-provoking and instructive contents. It’s your window on current museum news and your reference guide to plan your next outing. Enter your Canadian museum space.”
- Colour footage of London, 1920s. “This film was made in 1927 by Claude Friese-Greene. It shows scenes of London Bridge, the Thames, the Tower of London, Greenwich Observatory, the London docks, Whitehall, the Cenotaph, Trafalgar Square, Hyde Park, Marble Arch, Petticoat Lane, the Oval, the Changing of the Guard, Rotten Row, and the Houses of Parliament.”
- Four Fundamentals to Understanding eBooks. “As you make the decision whether or not to convert your manuscript or book into an eBook, there are some important things to keep in mind. eBooks aren’t like regular print books, a fact that offers both advantages and disadvantages. The following outline is an overview of the basics of eBook conversions, from the publisher’s point of view, highlighting key information to help shed light on this complicated process.” [Thanks to Lettice Stuart of Portraits in Words for alerting me to this item.]
- 3 Important Privacy Issues in Memoir. “When we write memoir, we pull back the curtain on our private lives and invite readers in. We willingly give up our privacy, or a chunk of it. But because we’re human, our stories also include other people: parents and siblings, teachers and neighbors, lovers and friends—and they haven’t exactly signed on to the deal. What about their privacy?”
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