Seth Godin is a successful non-fiction writer (if you like that kind of utopian Internet bizwiz thing). Here's his tips for selling non-fiction to publishers, and a similar article from another writer, secrets of book publishing I wish I'd known beforehand. There's also, for those not terrified of the word 'math', a predictable but still terrible story of how the editor of a maths encyclopedia got roughed up by his publisher. (These three articles are listed in order of readability - as noted, Seth Godin knows what he's doing...)

"As online labels and music blogs become the default means of discovering new music, is there still room for vinyl-and-CD purveyors in this web-obsessed world?" - an interview in XLR8R with Sub Pop's cofounder and Peter Rojas of RCRD LBL.

This is what blogs should be - an interesting topic (sleeve art for albums and 12"s) with commentary from people who really know what their stuff: sleevage.com.

Pitchfork on Pedro Winter, head of Ed Banger Records.

Coolfer's commentary on Live Nation may be forced to lean on music labels.

Proving yet again that there are only two ways to run a successful dance label. First is you over-over-overspend on marketing, run up enormous debts and cross fingers you eventually have a big hit. Second is you create a new label in the ashes of a one that failed already (overspending on marketing); this lets you take advantage of the money you spent on marketing the first time round.

OK, and third is you do a joint-venture with EMI or Universal. Which gives you the cash to overspend.

Financially confusing story from Australia's Daily Telegraph.

Aril Brikha: Shlomi Aber stole my presets!.

The same article has been recycled by the Independent, so we must be on, what, year four of the cycle?: All indie bands sound the same (except the ones when I were a lad).

And finally, Theo Parrish v the American music industry. Unlike the others, this one has a bit of passion and thought behind it, if also a lot of recycled ideas from the US. Points to the interviewer for asking such an extraordinarily leading first (and only) question.

An entirely irrelevant post: after all the nonsense about M_nus's rock-star-style promotion of its Contakt tour, Beatportal publishes what appears to be pictures of "the cube". And it's not even square!

Hawtin on being resident at Amnesia, the "not cube" hanging menacingly in the background.