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Rachel Manwill

Can Harper Perennial reinvent publishing? - Salon.com - 1 views

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Salon.com publishing HarperPerennial

shared by Rachel Manwill on 18 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Rachel Manwill on 18 Oct 11
     
    Great article about one of my favorite imprints. Particularly their eMarketing strategies.
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
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  • 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?
Rachel Manwill

How the National Book Awards made themselves irrelevant - 2 views

entertainment.salon.com/...rds_made_themselves_irrelevant

NBA

shared by Rachel Manwill on 13 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Rachel Manwill on 13 Oct 11
     
    Interesting commentary on the announcement of the NBA '11 awards. I was personally surprised at some of the books that weren't on the list as well.
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