'We don't understand the impacts': Former Facebook exec calls for more government scrutiny

The tech giant's former NZ and Aus boss calls for more examination following the surprise election win in Australia. Continue reading at 'Stuff'

[ Stuff | 2019-05-19 21:15:47 UTC ]
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Can Government Intervention Save Bookstores? Maybe in France

In France, the government will add €5 million in funding to help indie bookstores in the form of tax breaks, interest-free loans and stronger enforcement of fixed price laws. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Books on Call on the road

Bookstores may be closing right and left under the ebook onslaught, but a sort of traveling bookstore came back to life earlier this month with the launch of Books on Call NYC.The company, which sells books at author readings and other events, is the successor to Mobile Libris, which shut down... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2013-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Agents call for licensing model shift

Basic book contracts should grant a fixed-term licence in a book rather than rights for the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New UK Ebook Platform to Allow Readers to Share Titles via Facebook

In the UK a new ebook platform Boosh will allow readers to share an ebook with a fellow Facebook user to read for free after its read and deleted from their own account. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bestselling author riles many, calling libraries 'no longer relevant'

British writer Terry Deary, author of the 'Horrible Histories' children's series, says that libraries have 'had their day' and that there is no 'entitlement to read books for free.' Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook Eying Movies, Books, TV as Next Dominant Social Content

Outside of photos and status updates, Facebook's original shareable content was game activity. So-and-so just planted a new crop, etc. Next Facebook rolled out the Like button, and news articles became popular. Then Facebook debuted its Open Graph in fall 2011 so that someone could listen to a... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2013-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Government says library service 'not in crisis'

The Government's official response to the Culture, Media and Sport's Select Committee... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pageturner Prize 2013 calls for submissions

The Tibor Jones Pageturner Prize 2013 is calling for entries. The winner of the biennial prize... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rodale hires Condé Nast exec as first CTO

Yet another sign that the media world marches toward digital is at Rodale. In a move to expand the healthy lifestyle publisher's mobile commerce, big data and social technologies, it has hired Condé Nast executive Bobby Chowdhury as its first ever chief technology officer.Mr. Chowdhury, 51, has... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2013-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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CLA warns on government copyright proposals

The Copyright Licensing Agency has warned that the government's proposed exceptions to... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Predecessor To Google Books, Facebook Graph Search, And Rewind.me--In The Early 1900s

You want an idea to survive hundreds or thousands of years? Step one: Don’t write it on paper. Alexander Konta believed this deeply. Paper yellows and withers and crumbles; it is the printed form of Alzheimer’s. “Why not make [text] imperishable by photographing the written word after it has... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2013-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Impact of Evan Connell

Evan S. Connell, novelist, poet, short story writer, and bestselling author of Son of the Morning Star, Mrs. Bridge, Mr. Bridge, Deus lo Volt! and The White Lantern, among other books, died on January 9 at his home in Santa Fe, N.M., following several years of declining health. He was 88. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Government plans new copyright exceptions

The government is to introduce exceptions to copyright law that would allow individual users to... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Government renews Booktrust book-giving grant

Booktrust will retain its existing government grant for bookgifting schemes for the next two... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Johnston Press appoints BBC exec to head up marketing

Johnston Press, the regional newspaper publisher of The Scotsman and the Yorkshire Post, has appointed BBC digital marketer Lucy Sinclair to the new role of group audience development and marketing director. Continue reading at Media Week

[ Media Week | 2012-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Top retail m.d. urges government to tackle 'Amazon problem'

A leading retail m.d. has said the government must "address the Amazon problem" in... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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French government demands £160m taxes from Amazon

France has demanded the repayment of £160 million in unpaid tax from Amazon it has been... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Vaizey: ‘inquiries can’t be called willy-nilly’

Culture secretary Ed Vaizey has said that inquiries into library closures cannot be called... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How French Publishers Are Fighting Back Against Facebook and Google's Display Ad Dominance

The battle to keep online advertising yields and returns high in a market of infinite volume and little scarcity rages on. But some publishers are deciding that it's not their fellow broadcasters, magazines and newspaper who are the problem but t ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-09-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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