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Catherine Abbott

FACTS, ERRORS AND THE KINDLE | More Intelligent Life - 2 views

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kindle editing

shared by Catherine Abbott on 01 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Ryan Holman on 02 Oct 09
     
    This brings up the double-edged sword: you can correct actual factual errors in real time, which is wonderful, but this also could make life rather difficult for people who cite those (erroneous) facts unintentionally and use them to further research, policymaking, etc. as they wouldn't be able to go back and say "I got my information here" because the information wouldn't be there anymore. (Or, as someone in the comments section brought up, facts can be more easily changed subject to political necessity.)
Mark Schreiber

The Ad/Edit Wall Worn Down to a Warning Track - 0 views

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publishing publishers editorial v. ad

shared by Mark Schreiber on 24 Aug 10 - No Cached
  • Mark Schreiber on 24 Aug 10
     
    What wall? The question for print has become less about whether to cross the boundary between editorial and sales and more about how best to do it.
arnie Grossblatt

Ebooks Don't Cannibalize Print, People Do - 2 views

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ebooks cannibalize publishing ebook reader books

shared by arnie Grossblatt on 03 Oct 10 - No Cached
Brian Suszek liked it
  • The most important lesson I can convey to book publishing professionals is that they must understand that those of us who have made the transition to ebooks, buy ebooks, not print books. Ebook reading device users don’t shop in bookstores and then decide what edition they want; ebook device readers buy what is available in ebookstores. Search an ebookstore for a title and if it doesn’t come up, it doesn’t exist – no matter how many versions are available in print
  • arnie Grossblatt on 03 Oct 10
     
    Publishers need to recognize that readers are shifting to ereading, and for this group if it's not in e-book format it doesn't exist.
Liz Rich

Publishers' crazy e-book prices - Dan Gillmor - Salon.com - 0 views

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shared by Liz Rich on 07 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • drawbacks to e-books, at least the way Amazon and Apple sell them. They don't really sell e-books; they merely let me read them, and in the process remove my rights
  • But there are major
  • to do what I want with what I've purchased
  • ...1 more annotation...
  • The ability to give away or sell a used book is called the “First Sale Doctrine” in copyright law. But by sending me a digital file and tethering that file to a specific device, Amazon and the publishers have removed my right to transfer it, and thereby destroyed a portion of the book's value. By all rights they should offer me a better price, considerably better, than the hardcover (or, for that matter, softcover) edition. Is a few hours' worth of portability worth everything else I lose?
arnie Grossblatt

Amazon unveils Kindle Web app - 2 views

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google editions e-books publishing e-readers kindle

shared by arnie Grossblatt on 08 Dec 10 - No Cached
  • arnie Grossblatt on 08 Dec 10
     
    Amazon plays catch up to the Google eBookstore
Helen Nam

Seattle P-I ends print edition - Everett- msnbc.com - 0 views

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newspaper

shared by Helen Nam on 18 Mar 09 - Cached
  • Helen Nam on 18 Mar 09
     
    The Seattle Post-Intelligencer closes shop; goes online only
Derik Dupont

Survey Finds Slack Standards at Magazine Web Sites - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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Editing Magazines Publishers Journalism Website Online Standards

shared by Derik Dupont on 04 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Derik Dupont on 04 Mar 10
     
    A survey conducted by the Columbia Journalism Review found that magazines' Web sites reflect a trade-off of standards for online speed.
Mike Kalyan

Authors and Publishers Argue Over Digital Rights to Older Books - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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nytimes.com nytimes ebooks

shared by Mike Kalyan on 14 Dec 09 - Cached
  • Mike Kalyan on 14 Dec 09
     
    I wonder if publishers can make the argument that the work done on the book as a whole (primarily editing, but the .pdf format of the eBooks are still a very popular format, so design & typesetting come into play) would preclude them from giving the author the final files to create the eBook with another publisher.
Derik Dupont

Don't Let Your Website Ruin Your Magazine's Tablet Edition - Advertising Age - MediaWorks - 0 views

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Websites Magazines Publishers Tablet Computers iPad Apple Digital Advertising E-Readers Web

shared by Derik Dupont on 19 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Derik Dupont on 19 Mar 10
     
    Magazines and technology pros shared new advice just weeks before the iPad arrives but months into publishers' period of great expectations for the device.
Derik Dupont

Google to Launch Digital Books by Early Summer - WSJ.com - 2 views

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Google E-Books Digital Amazon Kindle Barnes & Noble Google Editions Apple Publishers

shared by Derik Dupont on 05 May 10 - Cached
  • Derik Dupont on 05 May 10
     
    Google plans to begin selling digital books in late June or July, aiming to let users access books from a broad range of sites using multiple devices." />
Derik Dupont

Gmail: Email from Google - 0 views

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Google E-Books Amazon Kindle Digital Apple Barnes & Noble Google Editions Publishers

shared by Derik Dupont on 05 May 10 - No Cached
  • Derik Dupont on 05 May 10
     
    7+ GB of storage, less spam, and mobile access. Gmail is email that's intuitive, efficient, and useful. And maybe even fun.
arnie Grossblatt

Getting Google to notice your ebook - 0 views

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publishers ebooks Google metadata ONIX SEO

shared by arnie Grossblatt on 20 Dec 10 - No Cached
  • but Google eBookstore suddenly gives booksellers a reason to at least wade into SEO.
  • But what about new books and ebooks? How does Google determine which new titles, and the more than 15 million books that have been scanned, float to the top of its search results pages: in the web search box and in the ebookstore. The challenge, for Gray and other Google engineers on the Books project, is that the best known component of Google's algorithm for determining the the value of a web resource -- the number of links to it by others -- does not apply to books and ebooks. Although it is possible to link to a selection in certain books on Google Books (here's a hyperlink into the aforementioned Galbraith title) people don't generally create links to the contents of a book or ebook. So linking is not a reliable indicator of quality.
  • One strategy that Google employs is to tap into the book industry's "rich tradition of metadata.
  • ...5 more annotations...
  • Google also looks at what Gray referred to as "market signals:" how often a book has been reprinted, web searches, recent book sales, the number of libraries that hold the book, etc.
  • 2. Create quality content outside the book
  • 1. Use descriptive titles and chapter headings
  • 3 best practices for getting Google to notice your book
  • 3. Book covers matter
  • arnie Grossblatt on 20 Dec 10
     
    With the opening of the Google Bookstore, it's time for publishers to start thinking about search engine optimization (SEO)
Derik Dupont

Dow Jones to Launch 'Professional Edition' of Wall Street Journal - WSJ.com - 0 views

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Dow Jones News Corp. Wall Street Journal Factiva wsj.com Disney ESPN.com

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  • Derik Dupont on 21 Oct 09
     
    Dow Jones announced an online venture that combines The Wall Street Journal's Web site with Dow Jones's business-to-business news service and databases." />
Derik Dupont

SPECIAL REPORT: The Digital Future -- Goin' Mobile! - 0 views

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Newspapers Circulation Pricing Digital E-Readers Smart Phones Publishing Mobile Advertising Amazon Kindle Sony Reader E-Editions

shared by Derik Dupont on 11 Nov 09 - Cached
  • Derik Dupont on 11 Nov 09
     
    Top Newspaper Publishing Stories - Editor & Publisher provides newspaper industry headlines covering emerging and important news.
Allison Begezda

E-Book Revolution Upends a Publishing Course - 2 views

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shared by Allison Begezda on 18 Jul 11 - No Cached
  • Allison Begezda on 18 Jul 11
     
    FOR decades, even after it was renamed and relocated from its original home at Radcliffe, the Columbia Publishing Course seemed unchanging, a genteel summer tradition in the book business, a white-glove six-week course in which ambitious college graduates were educated in the time-honored basics of book editing, sales, cover design and publicity. Not this summer.
Allison Begezda

Harlequin Raises E-Book Royalties (Retroactively!) - 2 views

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shared by Allison Begezda on 24 Jun 11 - No Cached
  • Allison Begezda on 24 Jun 11
     
    1 Letter to Series Authors Actively Writing For Harlequin The landscape of digital publishing continues to evolve at a fast pace and Harlequin is at the forefront of this evolution. In 2007 Harlequin was the first publisher to simultaneously publish print and digital editions of our entire frontlist.
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