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Four Open Questions About iBooks Author

Apple can improve education and empower authors to create ever-better digital books without limiting customers. Continue reading at 'PC World'

[ PC World | 2012-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Using Libraries In the Age of eBooks

Matt Hamblen's recent article on ebook borrowing illustrates the difficulties libraries are facing in the digital age. It's too bad, because libraries are an important resource. Continue reading at 'PC World'

[ PC World | 2012-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digital Books: ‘Enhanced’ — But for Whom?

Today's Wall Street Journal takes a look at a new lineup of "enhanced" digital books that incorporate music, video and high-tech graphics. But as one Wharton expert notes, the market for these elaborate productions remains to be seen. Continue reading at 'Knowledge@Wharton'

[ Knowledge@Wharton | 2012-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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US Online Ad Spending to Top Print by $5.7 Billion in 2012

U.S. online ad spending is set to eclipse that of print this year by 15.5 percent, according to eMarketer, suggesting that the long-awaited print-to-digital inflection point may now be here for both content creators and marketers. Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'

[ Folio Magazine | 2012-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Feds shut down Megaupload, call it an international organized crime ring

As the internet pats itself on the back for protesting SOPA and changing the minds of a handful of U.S. Senators, file-sharing site Megaupload has been brought down in one of the largest copyright infringement cases of all time. Seven individuals and two international corporations have been... Continue reading at 'Betanews'

[ Betanews | 2012-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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National Geographic to Launch Content Archive for Library Use

National Geographic will debut its version of the content archive this spring. Positioned as a resource for libraries and researchers, the National Geographic Magazine Archive will includes every issue of the publication from 1888 to 1994 (such as the June 1985 issue, pictured). Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'

[ Folio Magazine | 2012-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Women writers dominate Waterstones 11 list

Eight female novelists have made the Waterstones 11 2012 selection, with three novels each from... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fiction, Nonfiction Mix it Up: International Bestsellers January 2012

Germany’s top fiction title at the end of December, The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out His Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson climbed up from #5, supplanting previous chart-topper Inheritance (Christopher Paolini’s Inheritance was also #2 in Spain). Jonasson’s novel has sold more... Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Panarea Digital Debuts Nearpod For Schools

Panarea Digital is an ebook, app, and mobile technology developer with a focus on education. The firm has produced interactive ebooks for Barnes & Noble and other companies, but Panarea Digital is now focused on Nearpod, a mobile learning platform that uses the iPad and other mobile devices... Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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31 Percent of Delivered Digital Ads Not Seen By Consumers

In a new study undertaken by comScore to support the release of a new digital ad measurement solution, the company found that 31 percent of ads are delivered, but not seen by consumers. Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'

[ Folio Magazine | 2012-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookseller Awards open for business

The starting gun has been fired in the race to find Britain's best publishers, retailers... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quick Look: iBooks Author

Apple’s iPad has fairly quickly become a great tool for the workplace and in education and the company’s latest bid to revolutionize the market is with ebooks. Ebooks themselves are nothing new, but the existence of touchscreen devices such as the iPad means that the opportunities available to... Continue reading at 'Betanews'

[ Betanews | 2012-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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V&A teams with Vintage for Designer Classics

Vintage Classics is working in association with the Victoria & Albert Museum to re-issue... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S buys three novels from 'global' Desai

Simon & Schuster is to publish two new novels by Kishwar Desai, along with a re-release of... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two more from Britton for HC

HarperCollins has acquired two more novels from television presenter Fern Britton, with... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Washington Post Invites Readers To Subscribe To Staff On Facebook

Today, Mark S. Luckie — the founder of 10,000 Words, and now full-time social media guy at WaPo – invited readers to subscribe to its staff on Facebook. He wrote: Looking to connect with Washington Post reporters and writers on F ... Continue reading at 'Editor & Publisher'

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Atlantic Media Taps Editor-in-Chief for New Global Business Brand

The Atlantic Media Company names Kevin Delaney as editor-in-chief of its still untitled digital global business brand. Delaney brings over a decade of experience at The Wall Street Journal to this developing role. Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'

[ Folio Magazine | 2012-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sykes makes history donation to London schools

Author Adrian Sykes, with his publisher David Campbell, of Everyman's Library, is to donate a... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder acquires new Gordon Ramsay

Hodder & Stoughton has acquired a new cookery book from celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay with the... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ammo Books: Publishing in Small, Medium, and Large

For an indie publisher to launch its first line with a $300 art book takes guts and vision, but that’s what Ammo Books’ founders Paul Norton and Steve Crist did in 2006 when they published 3,000 copies of Gonzo by Hunter S. Thompson and sold out in less than a year. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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