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Georgina B

For Japan's cellphone novelists, proof of success is in the print - Los Angeles Times - 2 views

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  • Georgina B on 23 Jun 10
     
    Recently, I went to a lecture about Japanese literature. This might be the newest wave of modern "writing" and publishing. Really interesting, I think.
Kori Kamradt

Do Kindle owners hate books? - Technotica - MSNBC.com - 0 views

www.msnbc.msn.com/...11915829

Kindle e-reader early adopters

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  • Kori Kamradt on 19 Feb 09
     
    "Why does anyone own a Kindle?" luddites often ask. As early adopters drool in anticipation of Kindle 2's launch on Feb. 24, Technotica asks a literature-loving Kindle owner just that.
Davia Grant

NBA Winners Get Audiobooks from Recorded Books - 0 views

www.publishersweekly.com/...books-from-recorded-books.html

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  • Davia Grant on 22 Nov 11
     
    Recorded Books will publish audiobooks of the 2011 National Book Awards winners in three categories: fiction winner Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward (February 28), nonfiction winner The Swerve by Stephen Greenblatt (which released earlier this year), and young people's literature winner Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai (April 15).
Corey Parker

The Future of Self-Publishing - 4 views

reviewcanada.ca/...all-is-not-vanity

self-publishing POD e-book

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  • Corey Parker on 18 Sep 12
     
    An interesting post about the future of self-publishing and "literature."
arnie Grossblatt

Library Inc. - - 2 views

chronicle.com/...124915

libraries education books publishers e-books

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  • Yet libraries, the intellectual heart of universities, have become perhaps the most commercialized academic area within universities, with troubling implications for the future of higher education.
  • Through innocuous incremental stages, academic libraries have reached a point where they are now guided largely by the mores of commerce, not academe.
  • Over the last decade, however, as the number and cost of journals have soared, most libraries have decided to forgo purchasing hard copies. The shift from owning a journal to merely providing access to its digital incarnation has, of course, saved some money. But those savings come in tandem with detrimental changes both to the content of library collections and the ways those collections are used.
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  • According to both the professional literature and information-vending companies' usability studies, a library's chief task is to meet the information needs of its patrons
  • For university libraries, retrieving what is known should be only the beginning. They are laboratories of the mind, unique places where questions that have never before been asked can be formulated and answered; they are centers of teaching where patrons can learn about the organization and the production of knowledge
  • or universities, the libraries' experience is a cautionary tale. Commercial practices, technologies, and innovations often seem to benefit and support the academic mission of universities. But commercial innovations are not value-free, and it has proven very difficult for libraries to embrace some components while rejecting others.
  • arnie Grossblatt on 04 Nov 10
     
    Interesting, if a bit unbalanced, about the corruption of university libraries by commercial publishers and the pressure of "good enough" information in a Googlized world
Amanda Litvinov

For Publisher Of Literature, Printed Word Is His Reward - washingtonpost.com - 0 views

www.washingtonpost.com/...AR2009012502409.html

book publisher long tail small publisher

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  • Amanda Litvinov on 26 Jan 09
     
    Profile of a tiny publishing operation in Alexandria.
Derik Dupont

Digital: Content Producers Adapt as Web Redefines 'Quality' - Advertising Age - Digital - 0 views

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Web Content Journalism Literature TV Film Publishers Advertising Revenue Popularity Authority AOL Media

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  • Derik Dupont on 22 Feb 10
     
    Did the internet kill quality? Or just redefine it?
Ryan Holman

The Answer Sheet - Wiesel's 'Night,' 'Hamlet' in 60 seconds? - 1 views

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books minute 60 seconds

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  • Ryan Holman on 05 Mar 10
     
    This would appeal to me more if I didn't get visions of people watching the 60 second videos and claiming to have "read" the book (my inner bookworm is cringing). If you can have previews for movies, though, I don't see why you couldn't have previews for a book, assuming that's how they are actually used (because I'm sure we all know how Cliff's Notes and even literary Wikipedia entries have turned out so far; some people do legitimately use them to merely clarify the text, but far more use them as a substitute...).
Allison Hughes

Books With Soundtracks: The Future of Reading? - 1 views

www.theatlantic.com/...244344

books ebook reader reading

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  • Allison Hughes on 31 Aug 11
     
    The new website Booktrack is one of many recent attempts to combine music and literature.
Jenn Dukes

"Katy Perry-ization" of Literature - 0 views

www.fastcompany.com/...ell-chapter-two-could-be-a-hit

publishing publishers

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  • Jenn Dukes on 13 Sep 11
     
    Headline from Week 3 Reporter Briefing
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