Just received in the mail this weekend: The Literary Press and Magazine Directory 2006/2007 from the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses. Soft Skull put this little beauty out, and I think it's a great gift for any writer (for any winter type holiday) who is hoping to submit to a smaller press or get published in an anthology or academic journal. Plus, it's more wieldy (if that's a word) than Writers Marketplace. This version includes advice from leading editors, profiles of top publishers and Canadian publishers and journals as well. (Or, you can wait for the 2008 version to come out, but that's not until March.)

PS If you're still on the fence about buying the book light I was writing about last week, you can find further input on that here.