Area Artists and Musician Websites:
Rob Mattson- Area Folk Singer/writer
www.myspace.com/robertmattsonmusic

Sam Bayer- Boston Area Folksinger/writer
www.sambayer.com

Indie Bound Website- A website of Independent Booksellers provided by the American Booksellers Association.  It contains the Indie Next List...a list of the next hot titles as recommended by independent booksellers nationwide.  I have found several treasures, that I may not have considered, through using this list.
www.indiebound.org

Link to The American Booksellers Association's comprehensive list of literary awards:
http://www.bookweb.org/btw/awards

The New York Times Best Seller List...most of these titles are available at Kaleidoscope.
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/books/bestseller/