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August 2011

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delisanich: get through half a paragraph decide to go on tumblr and facebook even though nothing is going on simply because it is “there”. to hell with tree saving teachers just don’t go through so many new editions of textbooks and bam. you save yo’ trees

The Stage, a liloQui blog: Innovation: You're... →

liloqui: RYAN - Necessity is the mother of invention, they say, and the last few years of publishing turmoil have certainly worked to inspire all kinds of crazy innovation. The digital space has effectively swallowed the real world whole in all places but the hearts and hands of many dedicated…

Here are some great thoughts on ereaders for kids... →

One of the most noticeable effects that the advent of ereaders has had is the increase in reading among those people who have purchased themselves an ereader – there seems to be something about ereaders that encourages people to go out and find – and read – loads more books than they did before. Seems to me the same would apply to kids as well.

USC Daily Trojan: Digital libraries wasted →

Most students are, however, oblivious to the newest online resource additions. They also grossly underutilize the libraries resources — especially the very substantial number of e-resources and database subscriptions USC provides. Students should take more advantage of the number of digital libraries that the university provides in order to have more success in their academics. Often,...

“[Steve Jobs] had the vision for the many ways we could interact with visuals,...”

– Roger Ebert on Steve Jobs. Ebert has a new iTunes app and his review annuals are also available as ebooks.

It's not ebooks; it's you.: 2 more awesome things... →

itsnotebooksitsyou: 1. 10 books for $60. Couple of weeks ago, I found myself with a surplus $60 and decided to buy some books. Generally, my extra cash goes towards continuing to build my digital comic collection, but I have a digital stack of stuff I haven’t caught up on yet, so I decided it was a good time to buy…

Romance Writer Magazine: Books in this Age of... →

romancewritermag: The greenhouse effect has taken hold over this planet. The world is feeling its effects, so much so, we are having to find other mediums to publish books. So many e-readers are taking the initiative and rightly so. Digital publishing is the way of the future. This is evident with the demise of…

Geek Girl Smash!: REBLOG IF YOU'RE A ROLEPLAYER →

Used to work for TSR and then Wizards of the Coast. I would have to say my games would be second edition Maztica, Dark Sun, and a game from Contested Ground called a/state which is an interesting mix of Charles Dickens and Clive Barker. jesthenoir: eclecticzoo: bigdaddyjdubb: ihititwithmyaxe: nudityandnerdery: Old school gamer, none of these consoles, talking dice and books and Mountain...

Where do books come from. (You mean it's not... →

Click on link for full infographic show how primitive Clay Sumerian Tablets (3500 BC) and Egyptian Papyrus scrolls (2400 BC) evolved into wax tablet codex (200 BC), Gutenberg’s printing press (1440), and more modern dalliances like the Japanese cell-phone text novel.

Are Librarians an Endangered Species? →

Numbers show a steep decline but is it because of digitization or definition?

The Kindle Monologues: Will E-Books evolve into... →

thekindlemonologues: I’ve been thinking about this for a while, but a post over on Reddit [Link] about a New York start-up called Booktrack got me thinking about it some more. From a New York Times article [Link] Booktrack, a start-up in New York, is planning to release e-books with soundtracks that play…

Major Libraries Join Controversial Project to... →

infoneer-pulse: Several libraries today pledged to follow the University of Michigan’s lead in making available on their campuses digital copies of books whose copyright holders cannot be found to ask for permission. The libraries jumping in today are the University of California Libraries, and libraries at Cornell, Duke, Emory, and the Johns Hopkins Universities. The Universities of Florida...

There is a reason I don't let you touch the radio... →

A New York-based start up called Booktrack is introducing soundtracks in eBooks. The company is releasing its first “booktrack” in the enhanced eBook edition of a new young-adult novel from Harper Collins. Booktrack also has eBook with soundtracks coming for versions of public domain titles including: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Jane Eyre,Romeo and Juliet and The Three Musketeers....

So, I'm Reading This Book ...: A Kindle Mod for... →

readingthisbook: “My sister has Cerebral Palsy. I have a degree in Electrical Engineering. This blog chronicles various projects intended to make life a little easier for my sister and others with physical disabilities.” Shown in this video he mods a kindle to have larger buttons. Kind of cool. The buttons…

Erotica publisher Ellora’s Cave plans to launch... →

You mentioned a “vibrating key” functionality. What!?