http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gawker.com.png http://gawker.com/tag/valleywag/scotwingo http://gawker.com/tag/valleywag/scotwingo Book tours? So old media — or rather, not profitable enough for book publishers to conduct except for celebrity writers. Sarah Lacy, the author of Web 2.0 nonfiction chronicle Once You're Lucky, Twice You're Good, plans to defy that wisdom and go on a 10-city tour herself. She's already included her hometown of Memphis and the provincial burgs of Des Moines and Portland, and is asking for suggestions on the other cities — anywhere but New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Our ideas:

• Boston — A literate city, where Technology Review editor Jason Pontin would make an excellent host.
• Chicago — Local entrepreneur Dick Costolo has a lot of time on his hands after Google acquired FeedBurner.
• Montreal — Oh, Canada? Why not! Austin Hill of Akoha is the go-to guy for startups north of the border.
• Raleigh, N.C. — Likewise a college town. ChannelAdvisor CEO Scot Wingo is plugged into the local tech scene.
• San Antonio — After South By Southwest, Lacy's had enough of Austin, and I'm sure the feeling is mutual. But why not San Antonio, headquarters of AT&T, where they're just starting to hear about this "Web 2.0" thing? Brad Mays, AT&T's blogger-wooing PR guy, can organize it.
• Seattle — No sense in skipping this town if Lacy's going to Portland.
• Washington, D.C. — Or more properly, northern Virginia, the cluster of technology companies sprawling between the Beltway and Dulles Airport. Brian Loew, CEO of health startup Inspire, is a good local contact.

]]> http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5015079&view=rss&microfeed=true The brain drain at eBay continues, ChannelAdvisor's Scot Wingo speculates. The plugged-in CEO of the Raleigh-area e-commerce company, a close partner to eBay, has heard that eBay executive Lorrie Norrington is jumping ship. Her rumored destination? Yahoo. Norrington, who currently runs eBay's international marketplaces, is a brilliant careerist: Having leapt from GE to Intuit to eBay, Yahoo would be her fourth employer in less than six years. If Norrington is really going to Yahoo, then perhaps that speaks well, for a change, for that company's prospects. But her departure would leave yet another hole in eBay's management team, since Bill Cobb, her U.S. counterpart, is out on sabbatical. Update: An eBay contact tells Wingo its "categorically not true." But sources at Yahoo strongly believe talks are underway with Norrington. Anyone know more?]]> http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=277786&view=rss&microfeed=true