whats happening in the industry?

I believe most agents and editors, and some writers, have subscriptions to Publishers Marketplace.

www.publishersmarketplace.com

They send out a daily newsletter called Publishers Lunch that highlights book deals and news in the industry. There is a cost to subscribe. They do send out a free daily version of the newsletter, but it doesn't contain as much information as the paid version (of course ).

One of these days I'm going to go the paid route... For now I get the free one, and I find out some things, sometimes.

Yes, I agree with the above. I have the free version and it's a nice little perspective on what's happening.

Tri

I do the same and surf around several industry blogs.

Come back, Miss Snark!

I also read Publishers Marketplace. If you go to the main site, check out their blogs, too. There are a number of good ones, and most are updated frequently.

I read http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat (Galleycat) as well. Industry trends, links to other industry blogs and articles, news about new releases, photos, and gossip. They do about 10 posts a day, so there's always plenty to read.