A Little Log of Some Nice eBook Nerd Nuggets:

 

eBook Standards & Best Practices:

• http://idpf.org/
   The global trade and standards association for digital publishing
• http://www.bisg.org/
   The Book Industry Study Group developments industry-wide standards & best practices
• http://www.bisg.org/publications/product.php?p=14
   The Book Industry Study Group also has all your handy dandy BISAC 

News Nuggets:

• http://www.the-digital-reader.com/   
   News and Info on Ebooks and eReaders
• http://booksprung.com/
   Ebook news, commentary and tips
• http://www.mediabistro.com/ebooknewser
   Mediabistro's digital news
 

Industry Studies & Research:

• http://www.versoadvertising.com/DBWsurvey2012/
   An advertising company that preformed a 2011 Survey of Book-Buying Behavior
• http://www.hmheducation.com/fuse/pilot-1.php
   A publishing company that ran a pilot study on tablet learning (with HMH Fuse) vs traditional textbook learning
• http://www.book.pressbooks.com/
   A handbook of kinds, giving a front-line view of where we are and where we are going in publishing

Device Reviews & Reports:

• http://reviews.cnet.com/2001-3508_7-0.html?tag=hdr;brandnav
   Best and most exhaustive overall tech & gadget reviews out there
• http://www.wired.com/reviews/category/tablets-and-ebook-readers/
   Magazine that primarily reports on how new & developing technology affects culture, the economy, and politics
• http://liliputing.com/category/reviews
   News & information site covering mobile technology with an emphasis on low cost devices
• http://www.gsma.com/
   The GSMA represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide
  

Fonts:

• http://www.webfontawards.com/gallery
   A showcase of impressive designs by exceptional talent from around the globe
• http://www.fontsquirrel.com/
  100% free fonts for commercial use
 

Geek Out!:

• https://www.github.com/idmillington/undum
  A client-side game framework for narrative hypertext interactive fiction

Folks to follow:

• http://www.inkling.com/
  Creators of an iPad based app intent on improving the educational reading experience
• http://ready-media.com/templates/web
  Web ready templates for print to digital transition.
 

Forums:

• http://www.mobileread.com/forums/
• http://www.kindleboards.com/

Blogs & Podcasts:

• http://www.pigsgourdsandwikis.com/
   Liz Castro’s blog, which is a great resource for ePub-related info, updates, and tips
• http://blog.threepress.org/     
   Also has an easy to use ePub validation tool (~document/epub-validate/)
• http://www.googlemobile.blogspot.com/
• http://www.epubsecrets.com/
• http://silvadeau.wordpress.com/category/epub/  
   ePub, InDesign, charcoal, pastels, and other things
• http://www.designgeek.com/
   Tips and techniques for the digital designer by Anne-Marie "HerGeekness" Concepcion
• http://ebookninjas.com/ 
   Joshua Tallent, Toby Stevenson, and Chris Casey are the eBook ninjas  
• http://daringfireball.net  
   Apple-watcher John Gruber
• http://www.futurebook.net/
   A digital blog from Europe
• http://www.readwriteweb.com/
   Popular technology blogs in the world, known for offering analysis about each day's Internet industry news
• http://www.ebookanoid.com/  
  Tony Cole's reviews of all things related to eBooks and eReaders

Helpful Resources:

• http://indesignsecrets.com/
   The world’s #1 resource for all things InDesign
• http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/E-book_stores
   Dealers and Publishers without DRM• http://ebookarchitects.com/resources/
  eBook resources compiled by .mobi expert, Joshua Talent
 

Code Helpers:

• http://www.mistywindow.com/reference/html-characters.php
• http://www.copypastecharacter.com/all-characters
• http://www.css.maxdesign.com.au/index.htm
• http://www.w3schools.com/default.asp
• http://www.unicodetools.com/unicode/utf8-to-latin-converter.php
• http://www.labs.oreilly.com/2011/05/creating-a-successful-ebook-pepcon-2011.html

Who doesn't love GREP?!:

• http://epubsecrets.com/grep-cleanup-of-indesign-to-epub-files-from-ron-bilodeau.php
   Some of Ron Bilodeau's GREP for cleaning up ePUBs that were created using InDesign

Scripts:

• http://www.teusdejong.nl/
   Teus de Jong’s web site where you can find some great InDesign Scripts, including the CS5 xRef fix
• http://code.google.com/p/epub-applescripts/downloads/detail?name=ePub_Zip_1.0.3.zip&can=2&q=
   An excellent (and free) script for re-packaging ePubs (written by Dan Rodney)
• http://www.indiscripts.com/
  InDesign scripting playground that increases productivity ten fold. 
 

Other fun nerd nuggets:

• http://www.techdirt.com/
• http://www.zdnet.com/
  Technology news and analysis
 

Conversion Services:

• http://www.circularsoftware.com/
  Export fixed-layout epubs from InDesign documents.
• http://red-staple.com/