We’ve talked a few times about the appeal of capable digital styluses and e-ink note-taking. Surely, it’s the perfect study tool? This time, Amazon tries it out. The Kindle Scribe, at $340, is costlier than a basic e-ink reader, but it has stylus input, high latency and a few more tricks.This is... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2022-12-01 12:15:57 UTC ]
News Corp says it was the target of a cyberattack that impacted The Wall Street Journal, New York Post, Dow Jones, its UK news operations and other publications and business units. The company says hackers accessed the emails and documents of some employees, including journalists. A... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2022-02-04 15:41:39 UTC ]
Ai Weiwei’s memoir “1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows” pushes back against the Chinese government’s efforts to silence him and his poet father. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2021-12-20 22:31:48 UTC ]
I know that fingers can’t “plod,” but that is what they are doing now, delivering upsetting news that encapsulates this shitty year. As Hong Kong teeters on the edge of a serious coronavirus outbreak and democratic institutions continue losing a war of attrition with the Chinese government, the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-07-29 18:53:00 UTC ]
The New York Times publisher was reportedly eager to appease the Chinese government because its operation in China was at stake. In her new book Merchants of Truth, former New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson claims that the news outlet’s publisher drafted a letter “all but apologizing”... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2019-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Allen & Unwin had cancelled plans to print Clive Hamilton’s Silent Invasion over fear of legal action by the Chinese governmentProminent Charles Sturt University author and ethicist Professor Clive Hamilton says his book exposing the Chinese Communist party’s activities in Australia will... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2017-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Textbooks for primary through junior high schools (the compulsory school years) fall under the Chinese government’s procurement program and are usually purchased in bulk and supplied to schools and libraries. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
All societies limit free speech in varying detail, writes Roger van Zwanenberg, founder of the radical publisher Zed. The censorship is by the customer – the Chinese government – not CUP, says Jessica LaganI refer to Paul Mason’s important, but mistaken argument about Cambridge University... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2017-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
International Publishers Association praises CUP’s decision, counter to China’s censorship request, but will ‘wait to see what the consequences’ areThe president of the International Publishers Association has urged the Chinese government not to take punitive action against Cambridge University... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2017-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Chinese government has broken its silence on the disappearance of five Hong Kong booksellers widely suspected of being detained by the authorities over the publication of controversial books critical of China's elite. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Chinese government has placed a media ban on mentions of the 70,000-square-foot bookstore Taiwanese bookstore chain Eslite plans to open in China's tallest building in 2015. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon's Kindle e-reader is now available in China. But the Chinese Government may not be a fan and, as many Chinese use their phones to read books, the Kindle may face an uphill battle. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
A novel banned by the Chinese government has made the longlist for the Independent Foreign... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]