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arnie Grossblatt

thedigitalist.net » DRM Is Not Evil - 3 views

  • The whole DRM debate is hardly a new one but it’s time someone in publishing said something positive for DRM. Yes, it often sucks, but it’s not evil.
  • My argument here is simple: if we want Harry Potter- the books, films, computer games, the whole phenomenon - then DRM has a role.
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    From the Pan Macmillan blog earlier this year. Please see the reader comments and the follow up post.
arnie Grossblatt

Reading, E-Books and the Brain : The Frontal Cortex - 1 views

  • For my greatest concern is that the young brain will never have the time (in milliseconds or in hours or in years) to learn to go deeper into the text after the first decoding, but rather will be pulled by the medium to ever more distracting information, sidebars, and now,perhaps, videos (in the new vooks).
Ryan Holman

What Will Prepare Us for Web 3.0? - 0 views

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    Found this interesting, if for no other reason than as proof that the world at large is thinking about the implications of moving even past Web 2.0 and on to Web 3.0 (My apologies -- while I have referenced the article as translated by Babelfish, the original article is in French so the English may be a bit choppy; the ideas seem to remain intact, however, and the author's speculations about the future of the Web are interesting). Original link, for those who read French: http://pro.01net.com/editorial/506930/que-nous-prepare-le-web-3-0/
Derik Dupont

Amazon Plans Kindle Reader for Mac | News | The Mac Observer - 0 views

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    Amazon is planning to bring a Kindle reader to the Mac platform, according to a report from Fast Company. The question came  up after Microsoft announced during the Windows 7 launch this week that Amazon would release a Kindle reader for that OS, and an Amazon spokesperson confirmed for the magazine that Kindle was coming to the Mac, too.
Derik Dupont

Newspaper circulation falling fast, down 10.6 pct - washingtonpost.com - 0 views

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    US newspaper circulation down 10.6 percent as rate of decline accelerates
Derik Dupont

MediaPost Publications Ranking Redundancy: Digg Launches Trending Stories 11/05/2009 - 1 views

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    Ranking Redundancy: Digg Launches Trending Stories - 11/05/2009
Derik Dupont

Newspaper Hopes Could Be Old News - WSJ.com - 0 views

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    Newspaper publishers are running out of costs to cut, and unless they can show some real ad revenue gains soon, the rally that has ignited their stocks in recent months could fizzle. " />
Derik Dupont

Media News: Business Magazines Face Harsh Reality - Advertising Age - MediaWorks - 0 views

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    Two of the big three business magazines that have survived and thrived for decades spent the month either cutting staff or issues.
Allison Begezda

Electronic books redefine light reading | Delawareonline.com | The News Journal - 0 views

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    A look at how e-book readers will fare this holiday season.
Allison Begezda

School chooses Kindle; are libraries for the history 'books'? - USATODAY.com - 0 views

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    A private school in Ashburnham, Mass. began to get rid of most of the school's library books and replaced them with a digital collection.
Derik Dupont

USA Today tests online edition at colleges | AP | 11/16/2009 - 0 views

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    Penn State, Indiana and Missouri are the first schools to participate in a USA Today initiative meant to test how students respond to electronic versions of printed newspapers.
Allison Begezda

5 questions for Bruce McCall - USATODAY.com - 1 views

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    What to do with old-fashioned books, now that you can download them to your Kindle? Write/illustrator Bruce McCall has some humorous answers.
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