Sundry links from around the Web:

• Proof the world is going to hell: rapper 50 Cent writes “motivational philosophy” in a new book sporting an eerily Biblical cover
• Atwood, Munro, and Coupland, oh my!  The National Post predicts the fall 2009 book season will be a blockbuster
• Long live the undead: Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan on why vampire mania will never die 
• This just in: swords and “glowy magic” dominate fantasy covers; or: how to keep your summer intern busy with meaningless work
• Haagen-Dazs with your Hemingway? Author Betsy Lerner asks publishers what they eat when they read