onlamp.com talks building AWS apps:
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2008/05/13/creating-applications-with-amazon-ec2-and-s3.html

Getting Started with Amazon EC2:
http://paulstamatiou.com/2008/04/05/how-to-getting-started-with-amazon-ec2

Preparation for EC2 persistent storage (I don’t use EC2, so I have nothing to prep
http://docs.google.com/View?docID=dhh4z6n4_96w387mqhn&revision=_latest

I assume that the Amazon WebServices blog will be useful:
http://aws.typepad.com/aws/

CohesiveFT – machine images, even for AMI:
http://www.cohesiveft.com/