I am very well versed in the theory and practice of relational database design.
I know what works and what doesn't, what is performant and what is maintainable (almost - there's always place to tweak when you start having real data).
It seems I can't find a substantial body of knowledge regarding distributed scalable databases such as Google's Bigtable (for writing apps for google app engine). What works, what doesn't, what will scale, why won't?
Sure, there are some blog posts and articles, but are there books or academic research papers on designing databases for bigtable and similar database paradigms?