Readerly Resolutions for 2010
It's almost a new year, and in addition to my usual resolutions (i.e. eat healthier! exercise more!), I'm making some resolutions to become a better reader. Here they are:
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Hey Publishers, Screwing Your Best Customers Is A Mistake
By denying the value of e-books, S&S, Hatchette and HarperCollins will make it harder for their power-readers to buy from them, to champion their books, to spread literary joy quickly and easily.
Why Magazines Won't Die
The more I use technology (and I am on this damn computer a lot...too much), the more I want to read a magazine.
Short Stories for $3.99: the Atlantic/Kindle Deal is Not So New
As of December 7, short stories by Christopher Buckley, Edna O'Brien (and by January Curtis Sittenfeld, and presumably many others) are available on Kindle, courtesy of a deal with the Atlantic Monthly.
Google Books And Kindles: A Concentration Camp Of Ideas
The hi-tech campaign to relocate books to Google and replace books with Kindles is, in its essence, a deportation of the literary culture to a kind of easily monitored concentration camp of ideas.
Consumers Help Cyber Monday Sales Jump 11%: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer December 1, 2009
Web surfers went wild yesterday for Cyber Monday, spending more than 11% year over year. Last year, consumers spent more than $800 million on Cyber ...
GeekGirl Reviews: E-Book Readers - Sony Reader Pocket Edition
If you are looking for a no-frills e-book reader that supports all the common formats and does not need wireless access, the Sony Reader Pocket Edition could be the reader for you.
Eco Etiquette: 6 Tips For (More) Eco-Friendly Flying
I generally try to be eco-conscious, but it always seems like all bets are off when I have to fly somewhere. Obviously, air travel itself is bad for t...
EU Winning The War On Piracy: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer November 30, 2009
BitTorrent giant Mininova has been forced to go legal. In doing so, the bit torrent tracker has removed all links to copyrigh...
Toys "R" Us Previewing Black Friday Deals on Facebook: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer November 25, 2009
Toys "R" Us is giving customers the opportunity to preview its Holiday sales online Rather than publish its Black Friday deals in newspapers, the po...
A $78 Blu-Ray Player @ Wal*Mart: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer November 23, 2009
Walmart continues to roll out holiday specials including a $78 Blu-ray player sale on Black Friday. In addition to the low price Blu-ray consoles,...
What's Irreplaceable About Books?
As Marshall McLuhan said, new media generally do not replace old media. For example, radio remained important even after television came to dominance...So, after we have networked digital books, will books be as ubiquitous and culturally important as radio?
Video: Adobe Aims to Dominate Software Format for eReaders
Adobe sees a big growth opportunity in the emerging eReader market, says Bill Rusitzky, who heads media alliances for the software company. The com...
Road Wars: Arming for the Subway Commute
Road warriors trying to eek out that last email on the train will prefer the Droid's physical keyboard, which is far more reliable than shakily stabbing at the iPhone's on-screen keyboard.
Bulletin from the Rechargable Electronic Reading Council
With an e-book, you can deface the reading area to your heart's content and then simply wipe the viewing screen clean with a damp cloth.
All Hail, or Hurl -- The Hybrid Book is Here!
"Level 26: Dark Origins" is the first of it's kind, but it's just the beginning of a whole new species of hybrid books that may change the publishing landscape.
Highly Anticipated New Call of Duty Game Hits Stores Tomorrow: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer November 9, 2009
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will hit stores tomorrow. The new game in the popular Activision series has been lauded by gaming critics and is one ...
The Great Conversation Interrupted. Kindle, Annotated.
When we buy a copy of a book, we own that copy. When we purchase, for almost as many dollars, a Kindle or other electronic version of a book, we have not really bought a copy of the book.
Going Digital
As we head at a fast clip into an unimaginable future, we need to keep a clear vision and a firm grip on what had meaning in the past. The desire to shape and share our stories is embedded in our DNA.
Math Is Not Hard: A Simple Method That Is Changing The World
"Math is the easiest subject for kids to learn." Say what? Yup, that's what John Mighton believes. And he's got everything he needs to back up this counter-intuitive assertion.
Amazon Reveals Kindle for PC: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer October 23, 2009
Not to be outdone by Barnes & Noble, Amazon is set to release "Kindle for PC." The new program will let anyone with a Windows-based computer buy, do...
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