The great thing about our technological age right now is the information flow. Want to know breaking news as it unfolds? You got it. Want to watch a movie, but don’t own it? Thanks to a few digital movie rental places, you got it. Want to know when an author’s newest book is released? You got that too–thanks to Amazon.

It’s really easy to find too, just type in the author’s name in the search box and click on their author page (it’s usually the first or second entry in their list of books). That will take you to the author’s page (Amazon sets up one already, but an author can go it and add more things if they like — I’ll cover that next Tuesday). But see that link right above the author’s picture on the right side? The Stay Up To Date? Just click there and you’ll receive an email when Amazon loads a new book of theirs.

Some e-press publisher sites even offer this service, so make sure to surf around to some of your favorites to look into it.