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Google's Gatekeepers - 0 views

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  • arnie Grossblatt on 30 Nov 08
     
    Can Google continue to "Not be evil" and dominate the global market for search and user-generated content (YouTube, Blogger). Discussed how Google balances among free speech and privacy, the censorship demands of governments and its financial interests.
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Outsourcing local journalism - 0 views

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  • arnie Grossblatt on 30 Nov 08
     
    Maureen Dowd NYT Op-Ed piece on the outsourcing of local newspaper journalism to India. As if newspaper employees needed any more bad news.
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A book as Christmas gift? Here's a smarter idea | csmonitor.com - 0 views

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shared by arnie Grossblatt on 23 Nov 08 - Cached
  • arnie Grossblatt on 23 Nov 08
     
    Bookswim aims to be Netflix for books. Comments on this article from book authors are worth reading.
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The Long Tail - Wired Blogs - 0 views

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  • Helen Nam on 20 Nov 08
     
    Revisiting the Long Tail
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Mother sues author daughter over abuse claims - MSN Entertainment News - 0 views

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shared by Helen Nam on 18 Nov 08 - Cached
  • Helen Nam on 18 Nov 08
     
    Author of best-selling 'misery memoir' sued by mother over claims of childhood abuse. Heart-rending "misery memoirs" are a booming genre in publishing, and this is not the first time an autobiography's truth has been questioned.
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Seth Godin discusses free content and the publishing industry - 0 views

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  • arnie Grossblatt on 18 Nov 08
     
    Lessons for book publishers from the music industry sprinkled with some pessimism that major publishers will heed the lessons.
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Book Lover: A Good Editor Is Hard to Find - WSJ.com - 0 views

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  • But without strong editors, writers are like cars with accelerators but no brakes.
  • arnie Grossblatt on 17 Nov 08
     
    Makes the case for a firm hand in the editorial office and bemoans budget cuts that eliminate editorial positions. "But without strong editors, writers are like cars with accelerators but no brakes. "
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Markets Declare Truce in Copyright Wars - WSJ.com - 0 views

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  • But content owners also belatedly realize that simply suing consumers who find new, convenient ways to access content online is not as good as finding new business models to profit from customer interest that technology makes possible.
  • his shift by Google led Peter Osnos, founder of PublicAffairs books, to wonder if the book settlement could have lessons for other owners of content. "Google has now conceded, with a very large payment, that information is not free," Mr. Osnos wrote for the Century Foundation. "This leads to an obvious, critical question: Why aren't newspapers and news magazines demanding payment for use of their stories on Google and other search engines? Why are they not getting a significant slice of the advertising revenues generated by use of their stories via Google?"
  • arnie Grossblatt on 17 Nov 08
     
    More on the Google-AAP settlement. Key take-away ""But content owners also belatedly realize that simply suing consumers who find new, convenient ways to access content online is not as good as finding new business models to profit from customer interest that technology makes possible."
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IngentaConnect The evolution of Web-based peer-review systems - 0 views

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  • Rebecca Benner on 13 Nov 08
     
    Article about the history of electronic peer-review sytems coauthored by Lyndon Holmes, creator of Editorial Manager.
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The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education -- Publications -- ... - 0 views

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  • Rebecca Benner on 13 Nov 08
     
    Code of best practices for interpreting fair use in education.
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Media Life Magazine - Checking in on the endangered list - 0 views

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  • Helen Nam on 10 Nov 08
     
    MediaLife makes deathpool predictions about magazines.
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Digital Textbooks Gaining Favor - BusinessWeek - 0 views

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  • arnie Grossblatt on 07 Nov 08
     
    Established educational publishers are beginning - slowly - to adapt to the future of textbooks and the needs of their readers. Note that open textbook initiatives may overtake the entrenched publishers.
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John Leonard, 69, Cultural Critic, Dies - Obituary (Obit) - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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  • Helen Nam on 07 Nov 08
     
    Former editor of the New York Times Book Review, John Leonard, has passed. "The comma seemed to have been invented expressly for him."
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Publishers ponder the market for Bush memoirs - 0 views

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  • Helen Nam on 06 Nov 08
     
    Presidential memoirs are normally a big seller, but Bush may want to wait for a while before seeking publication of his memoirs.
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US News & World Report to focus on Web - 0 views

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  • Kristen Reynolds on 06 Nov 08
     
    First the Christian Science Monitor, now this...who's next?
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Copies of Washington Post Sell Out Within Hours - washingtonpost.com - 0 views

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shared by Helen Nam on 05 Nov 08 - Cached
  • Helen Nam on 05 Nov 08
     
    In this twittering, pod casting, screen-viewing, digital age, the morning after America's historic presidential election found hundreds of people clamoring for something a bit more old-fashioned and tangible: extra copies of the morning paper.
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Slashdot | Google Sheds Light On 'Dark Web' With PDF Search - 0 views

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  • valerie langston on 31 Oct 08
     
    Quick announcement about Google and it's effort to be able to search scanned PDF documents
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Condé Nast: Men's Vogue to be absorbed into Vogue - MarketWatch - 0 views

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  • Kristen Spina on 30 Oct 08
     
    Our boss sent us this article. It shows the impact of the economic crises on the publishing industry. Pretty depressing for us!
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