Moon Unit Zappa's memoir is a self-portrait of an insecure and often confused child, worshipful of her absent father, Frank Zappa, and thirsty for maternal affection. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2024-08-13 10:00:51 UTC ]
Amazon’s oldest Kindles are being cut off from the internet. But don’t blame Amazon—these e-readers are collateral damage in the phaseout of 2G and 3G cellular service.The first two generations of Kindle e-readers used a cellular antenna to connect to the internet for downloading content.... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2021-08-18 16:45:00 UTC ]
Independent publishers have expressed their frustration at a lack of communication from Bertrams over unpaid bills, with some owed as much as £15,000. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-18 18:47:45 UTC ]
The export-reliant UK industry's publishers association raises the alarm, having invoiced close to US$160 million in printed books last year. The post UK Publishers Association Slams Trump Tariffs: Book Exports as ‘Collateral Damage’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-10-04 12:53:41 UTC ]
Facebook's latest news-feed change could affect the cottage industry that has sprung up to help feed viral publishers. The post Collateral damage from Facebook’s news-feed changes begins to pile up appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2018-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon is using “authors as collateral damage and using customers as pawns”, author... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
In November, when Penguin abruptly announced it was pulling its frontlist ebooks from library lending programs, the move was widely perceived as a response to Amazonand a warning that, whatever the outcome of this latest struggle over ebooks, libraries are poised to become collateral damage. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
When Penguin announced last week that it was disabling library ebook lending on the Kindle and pulling its latest ebook titles from all library lending platforms, libraries and readers took the hit, but to some observers they were collateral damage in a fight between publishers and Amazon about... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]