Research project sees students hand over social media details

Employers who ask to see your Facebook page during an interview aren't breaking the law, but they could be crossing a line. Continue reading at 'Stuff'

[ Stuff | 2019-06-08 17:00:00 UTC ]

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Amazon Kindle 3.5 for iOS adds X-ray for extra-detailed searches

Amazon has made a big selling point of X-ray for Kindle books -- but, not surprisingly, for its own platforms first. iOS readers can reclaim some equal footing today now that a Kindle 3.5 update is bringing X-ray to their devices. The addition lets iPad and iPhone bookworms see a map of where... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2012-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ellen Forney's 'Marbles' details struggles with depression

The author's revealing graphic memoir is much more than a survivor's tale. It's a story of coming to terms with oneself. Marbles Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ether for Authors: Can We See You?

This week's edition looks at the troubles counting ebooks, why books need ISBNs, the five year history of the Kindle, James Daunt's UK gamble, and more. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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American City Business Journals Acquires Streetwise Media

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Nov. 16, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- American City Business Journals, the nation's largest print and online publisher of local business news, has acquired Streetwise Media, a Boston-based digital media company that uses a community ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Federated Media Shutters Its Direct Sales Business

In what could presage a foundational shift in the online advertising landscape, Federated Media Publishing will shut down its direct sales business, i.e. the division charged with selling standard display ads. On Thursday afternoon (Nov. 8) the company began informing employees that it would... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2012-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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TechRadar Sees Heavy Traffic While PTOM Closes Down

It was a mixed week for Future plc who announced record growth for TechRadar's U.S. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2012-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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VHS and Vinyl: Why People Love Retro Media

The PBS Off Book series interviews creators and collectors about their favorite analog formats. Continue reading at The Atlantic

[ The Atlantic | 2012-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pearson sees operating profit decline

Pearson has announced a decline in operating profit for the first five months of the year, with a... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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European Commission : 10 Facts About Media and Content Industries

10 facts about media and content industries 1. Digitization has increased book sales. Expenditure on electronic books almost doubled each year in 2006-2010 but still amounts to only 3% of global book sales. Forecasts however predict that reve ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google Threatens French Media With Search Engine Ban

Yesterday will not be remembered as a great day in Google's history. As well as the vertiginous stock slide, which sliced 9% off its share value before trading was halted for a couple of hours, the search engine firm threatened war with the French media. L'horage dans le teacup is over a... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2012-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mondadori Sees Synergy in Kobo Partnership

Mondadori's GM, Riccardo Cavallero, talks with PP at the Frankfurt Book Fair about the Italian bookstore's new partnership with Kobo. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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AIM Partners With Restore Media

Active Interest Media (AIM) and Restore Media have agreed to partner in production of their historic home and building brands, the companies announced today. AIM Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2012-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rowling looks to next projects, as Casual Vacancy proves high street hit

J K Rowling's next published work is likely to be for children younger than the readers of... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pratchett sets up own multi-media company

Bestselling author Sir Terry Pratchett has set up his own multimedia production company,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Michael Joseph snaps up The Rosie Project

Penguin imprint Michael Joseph has snapped up an Australian debut novel which they describe as a... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New Report Sees Gradual Decline in Book Spending

Given the state of flux in the book world, it can be dangerous to predict industry sales trends, but the private investment banking firm Veronis Suhler Stevenson has done just that in its latest annual report, the “VSS Communications Industry Forecast (2012–16).” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New York mag tries Manhattan hand-delivery

New York magazine is trying to remedy rising postal costs and slower postal deliveries by distributing many subscriber copies by hand—at least for Manhattan subscribers with doormen. After a test than began in May, sparked by concerns that post-office cutbacks would only continue to worsen, New... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2012-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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What books to assign to a group of inmate-students?

Dickens or Denisovich? Mailer or Malamud? This professor agonized over the reading list for a class of prison inmates. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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