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Sometimes I get so wrapped up in publishing news that I forget to mention the army of litbloggers supporting contemporary writers.

Yesterday, I finally joined the grand conversation at MetaxuCafé, the home of countless litbloggers and webby writers.

From Bruno Schulz discussions to lists of writing markets, lots of great book bloggers contribute every day.

If that's not inspiring enough for you, read Ed Champion's impassioned defense of litbloggers. The post includes even more resources, and is a point-for-point rebuttal of some recent book blog bashing.

"See the Litblog Co-Op. See Maud, Mark and Jessa’s remarks on Scarlett Thomas’s The End of Mr. Y. See Sarah and Dan Wickett’s love for Daniel Woodrell’s Winter’s Bone. David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas: you heard about it first on these pages. Sam Lipsyte’s Home Land: TMFTML. I could go on and on."