Channel 4’s Born Famous isn’t insightful – it’s cheap poverty porn | Darren McGarvey

We need a serious look at the scandal of poverty in the UK. Instead we get the children of the rich playing make-believe• Darren McGarvey won this year’s Orwell book prize for Poverty Safari“Where did you learn to speak so eloquently, Darren?” is a question I am asked with alarming frequency. It’s supposed to be a compliment. The question is posed so earnestly that I – rather than taking offence – have learned to contort myself to accommodate the expectations of the middle-class people who ask it.When they pose the query, they clearly have no idea of the subtext sizzling between the lines, which is: “I don’t expect a scruff like you to be capable of stringing a sentence together.” Then again, for many middle-class people in the UK, especially those working in the media, it appears that life is just one big TED talk. Related: Third of UK’s universal credit claimants hit by deductions from payments Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

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Asus' Transformer Book Chi line offers a cheap alternative to the Surface Pro

Early in 2014 we snuck an unauthorized hands-on with Asus's Transformer Book T300 Chi, the company's newest Windows-enabled tablet/laptop hybrid, and came away impressed. It's slim! It's lightweight! It runs Windows 8.1! It's a blatant, uh, homage to the Microsoft Surface! Nine months later, at... Continue reading at PC World

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DRM-Free Site Humble Bundle Generated Over $4 Million in 2014

Over the last year, Humble Bundle, the promotional site that lets readers pay what they wish for bundles of DRM-free content, released 18 bundles that generated $4.75 million in revenue. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Telling people how to remove DRM isn't illegal

We all know that it's against the law to sell copyrighted material, but is it also illegal to tell people about software that can strip DRM off ebooks without the intention to distribute? New York Judge Denise Cote has recently ruled that it's not. .. Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2014-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors on the Air December 4, 2014: Pat Hackett

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"I'm Addicted To Decay": What It's Like To Be A Ruin-Porn Photographer

Urban explorer Andre Govia talks to Co.Design about the risks and rewards behind the scenes of his latest book, Abandoned Planet.Andre Govia describes himself as "addicted to decay." The U.K.-based urban explorer's book of photography, Abandoned Planet, is an extensive tribute to that addiction,... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2014-11-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Consumer insight is not just a buzzword but has become an integral part of modern publishing, speakers at a FutureBook panel on the topic said today. Sara Lloyd, digital and communications director at Pan Macmillan, said consumer insight has an impact across the whole business. ”It is basically... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Top literary agent Andrew Wylie calls Amazon Isis-like distribution channel

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[ The Guardian | 2014-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Wired | 2014-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Digiday | 2014-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Digiday | 2014-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Advertising Age | 2014-09-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Engadget | 2014-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Engadget | 2014-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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