Tamim Ansary, Joe Quirk, and Kemble Scott talk about why they've decided to offer the first editions of their latest, brand new novels as e-books on Scribd.com.

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The San Francisco Writers Workshop has been meeting weekly since 1946, making it the old continuously running workshop of its kind in the United States. Once a year writers hold a public reading and fundraiser to benefit the Meridian Gallery, which is home to the workshop. The workshop is free. For more information, go to www.sfww.org.

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This beloved San Francisco independent bookstore is closing after 85 years. The store's final author appearance, featuring mystery writer Cara Black, on March 4, 2009 was packed with a standing room only crowd. Many Bay Area authors were there to show their appreciation for all that Stacey's has done to support the writing community.

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Author Kemble Scott discusses his book "SoMa" as part of the Authors@Google series. SoMa tells the interwoven stories of young people of the tech-driven "millennials" generation on a journey of thrills and self-discovery in San Francisco's notorious South of Market (SoMa) neighborhood. The novel is based on the true tales of the city. Publishers Weekly describes SoMa as "a fun, frisky novel of shock horror."

Kemble Scott is a longtime journalist before turning to fiction, Kemble has three Emmy awards for his work in television news. He also helps run San Francisco's literary festival Litquake, and he's the editor of the monthly e-zine SoMa Literary Review and the weekly email blast SF Bay Area Literary Arts Newsletter.

This event took place January 14, 2008 at Google Headquarters in Mountain View, CA.

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