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arnie Grossblatt

More Kindle Limitations Discovered - 0 views

  • As noted earlier, DRM does nothing to prevent piracy. It’s in place on the Kindle to provide proprietary lock-in for Amazon and a little hand-holding comfort for nervous publishers.  It serves to annoy and alienate potential paying customers. The Kindle has great potential as a device, but as long as Amazon continues to cripple it, readers would be advised to seek alternative e-book solutions.
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    Will DRM kill the Kindle?
Corinna Barrett

Why Does Paper Persist ICv2 Founder-CEO Reveals the Rationale for Magazines By Thorin ... - 0 views

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    A question/answer article on why someone decided to launch a magazine from a successful website.
arnie Grossblatt

You Still Can't Write About Muhammad - WSJ.com - 0 views

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    We'll be talking about this in class 6/24
Elinor Frisa

Books by Martin Luther King Jr. to be republished - Yahoo! News - 0 views

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    I can't believe these books haven't been available for years! Also interesting to me because I used to live on the same street and just two blocks down from Beacon Press.
Paul Riccardi

Print CEO - Printing Industry News Blog - Printing Industry's Long-term Relevancy - 0 views

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    Some thoughts on how print will have to evolve in the near future and target a new wave of decision makers. I think that's us.
Paul Riccardi

Print CEO - Printing Industry News Blog - Ad Ratings for Magazines - 0 views

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    A new analysis for the effectiveness of print advertising, based on previous performance metrics instead of potential views. Looks like publications could be getting less in revenue.
Kori Kamradt

Pearson Answers Schwarzenegger's Call for E-Textbooks - 0 views

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    Last week, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed replacing school textbooks with e-books in order to help plug a state budget gap. Now, textbook giant Pearson has responded with digital content to supplement California's programs in biology, chemistry, algebra 2, and geometry.
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    Let the revolution begin!!
Amanda Litvinov

Google Positions Itself to Profit from Scanned Books | BNET Media Blog | BNET - 0 views

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    Another development in the ongoing saga.
Lindsey Hayes

Troogle - 0 views

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    Will Google and Microsoft take over the world?
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    Ha, just found out this was a fake! How funny.
arnie Grossblatt

Inside Google Book Search: New Features on Google Books - 0 views

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    Google announces a set of new features for readers using Google Book Search.
arnie Grossblatt

Google's censorship struggles continue in China - 0 views

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    When revenue and doing right collide....
arnie Grossblatt

When is peer review not peer view? (hint: when Merck pays Elsevier) - 0 views

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    Ooops! Elsevier regrets that a Journal that looks like it's peer-reviewed is actually an advertisement for a pharmaceutical company.
arnie Grossblatt

Reading Dickens Four Ways - 0 views

  • I'm not gloomy, though. We will still find our way to quality.
  • I love books as much as anybody. But I love reading more. It is the sustained and individual encounter with ideas and stories that is so bewitching. If new formats allow us to have more of those, let us welcome and learn from them.
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    A book lover recounts the experience of reading a single book on paper, on an iPhone, a Kindle and by listening to the audiobook version.
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