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The E-Reading Software That's Better Than Kindle or iBooks

A new deal with Penguin UK means a greater variety of books for the insurgent platform.     Continue reading at 'The Atlantic'

[ The Atlantic | 2013-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Russell Brand v the Sun: war of words hots up

Red-top brands comedian a hypocrite, Jack Dee criticises Crewe and Jimmy Carr tells Ross Noble not to knock Mock the WeekThis week's comedy newsThe gloves are off in Brand versus the Sun. On Saturday, the never-knowingly-underexposed comedian wrote a piece for this paper accusing the Sun on... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2013-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Leo Cooper obituary

Publisher of military history books and husband of Jilly CooperLeo Cooper, who has died aged 79 after suffering from Parkinson's disease, was a publisher with a zeal for military history, who also enjoyed some notoriety as the husband of the novelist Jilly Cooper.Leo's hospitality was out of all... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2013-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Overlooked Books of 2013

Monday: Slate staffers pick their favorite books of 2013. Tuesday: The overlooked books of 2013. Wednesday: The best lines of 2013, and the best poetry of 2013. Thursday: Dan Kois’ 15 favorite books. Friday: The Slate Book Review Top 10. Continue reading at 'Slate'

[ Slate | 2013-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'E-book of the Year' vote at Sainsbury's

E-books by Sainsbury’s is asking customers to vote for their ‘E-book of the Year... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Here Are All of This Year's Hot List Digital Winners

Jonah Peretti, BuzzFeed Photo: Jeremy Goldberg  A few years back, Peretti produced something that went viral. He challenged himself to do it again. And he did. Then, nobody thought you could engineer viral, but Peretti saw the power of social publishing clearer than anybody else. “I’ve... Continue reading at 'AdWeek'

[ AdWeek | 2013-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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NUJ apologises to BBC human resources director over false accusation

Union pays Lucy Adams' legal costs after falsely accusing her department of being involved in a 'dirty tricks' campaignThe National Union of Journalists has apologised to the BBC's outgoing human resources director Lucy Adams and paid her legal costs after falsely accusing her department of... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2013-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sir Alex scores again, tops charts

Alex Ferguson has increased his lead at the summit of the Official UK Top 50. Sales of the... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Huffington takes on Sandberg in new book

W H Allen has bought a new book by Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington. The title is said... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Lazarus' novel awarded book prize

Stoner by late US author John Williams, first published 48 years ago, wins the Waterstones Book of the Year prize. Continue reading at 'BBC News'

[ BBC News | 2013-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Small Papers Pursue Big Digital Strategies

To any small newspaper publisher still holding out against a digital platform, consider a visit to Linton, N.D. There, few publishers serve as small or rural a community as Allan Burke, whose family-owned Emmons County Record, a 3,100-circulation ... Continue reading at 'Editor & Publisher'

[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Elan Gale internet hoax sums up all that is rotten about our online lives | Hadley Freeman

When I was a teenager, I thought it would be great to be an adult and be surrounded by people who weren't mean to each other all day. Enter stage left: the world wide webBack in the early 90s, when I was still at school and words such as "friend" and "message" were nouns as opposed to verbs, a... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2013-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lincolnshire library cuts passed by council

Plans to hand control of the bulk of Lincolnshire's libraries over to volunteers have been... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Facebook Tweak Gives Publishers a Traffic Boost

Facebook has altered its newsfeed algorithm, which is turning out to be great news for online publishers. Major sites say the social network has driven more referrals in the past month than ever before.The post A Facebook Tweak Gives Publishers a Traffic Boost appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at 'Digiday'

[ Digiday | 2013-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kent apologises for children’s writing slur

The University of Kent has apologised for a statement on its website that seemingly belittled... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Banning bad reviews undermines the very purpose of reviews

In an interview with Poynter back at the beginning of November, BuzzFeed book editor Isaac Fitzgerald said that the site will not include negative reviews. "Why waste breath talking smack about something? You see it in so many old media-type places, the scathing takedown rip. If you can’t say... Continue reading at 'Betanews'

[ Betanews | 2013-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Stoner is Waterstones Book of the Year

Forty-eight years after it was first published, Stoner (Vintage Classics) by the late US author... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New York magazine goes biweekly

New York magazine will reduce its frequency from 42 issues to 29—effectively going from a weekly to biweekly—in a move that reflects shifting reader habits as much as it does the economic realities of putting out a print magazine, the company said Monday.The magazine will save $3.5 million in... Continue reading at 'Crains New York'

[ Crains New York | 2013-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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ALA 2014 Preview: Check it out with Michael Kelley: A Deeper Dive

Can metered reading work for library ebooks? Maybe, maybe not. But the world of digital reading demands experimentation, and who better for publishers to experiment with than libraries? Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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IAB Sorts Out Native Ahead of FTC Workshop

Timed to coincide with the Federal Trade Commission's workshop this week on native advertising, the Interactive Advertising Bureau plans to release a prospectus on the industry's hottest ad format. The report is the digital community's first pass at defining best practices for a $3 billion... Continue reading at 'AdWeek'

[ AdWeek | 2013-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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