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No Longer No Sense of an Ending | Contents Magazine
Nice discussion of hypertext, the web, and imagining greater things.
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2 days ago by tkbr
50 shades of DRM
Brian O'Leary on the IDPF's lightweight DRM plan: Don't Do It.
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3 days ago by tkbr
janemcgonigal.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/engagement_economy_sm-1.pdf
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8 days ago by tkbr
Storm Clouds in Academic Publishing « PWxyz
Nice short piece by Brantley outlining trends in academic publishing.
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8 days ago by tkbr
Ariel Katz » The GSU Copyright Case: Some Canadian Perspectives
Excellent Canadian analysis of GSU case and implications.
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16 days ago by tkbr
Innovating from betwixt and between « PWxyz
Brantley outlines the really big picture of a revolution in scholarly communication.
802  journals 
26 days ago by tkbr
Why Publishers Don't Like Apps - Technology Review
Nice piece on magazine publishers turning their backs on apps.
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26 days ago by tkbr
The web and ebooks have little in common – Baldur Bjarnason
Great analysis of what's wrong with the ebook world.
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26 days ago by tkbr
The principle matters
Brian O'leary on copyright.
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5 weeks ago by tkbr
The Power of Fear in Networked Publics
Danah Boyd's awesome sxsw talk on the mainstreaming of social media and the dynamics of attention
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5 weeks ago by tkbr
Go To Hellman: Publishing's Amazon Powered Future
Best article on Amazon in a very long time. It's all about scale.
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5 weeks ago by tkbr
We Found Love In A Coded Space | booktwo.org
Fabulous James Bridle talk on network realism, bot love, and the world we live in.
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7 weeks ago by tkbr
What’s the greater fear for publishers? Amazon or piracy? – The Shatzkin Files
Pottermore releases Harry Potter eBooks, DRM free, yet available through major e-vendors.
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9 weeks ago by tkbr
Exquisite Informational Immersion: Fusing the Visions of Readers’ Advisory and Technologist Librarians | PLA 2012
Heather McCormack on the Public Library Association Conference and thoughts and worries about digital futures.
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10 weeks ago by tkbr
Create rich-layout publications in EPUB 3 with HTML5, CSS3, and MathML
Liza Daly writes the book (a short book) on ePub3. A great reference!
802  Ebooks  ePub 
10 weeks ago by tkbr
Gnashing of Teeth: Publishers vs Readers « PWxyz
Brantley provides perspective on pricing, control and other shifts.
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11 weeks ago by tkbr
Piracy is not a pricing signal - O'Reilly Radar
Nat Torkington gets into it with the anti-piracy folks.
802  drm  piracy 
12 weeks ago by tkbr
Game Over, Amazon Wins
On the controversies re: IDPF and CSS WG and innovation vs standards
802  Ebooks  design 
march 2012 by tkbr
I tried to watch Game of Thrones and this is what happened - The Oatmeal
Oatmeal utterly nails the piracy/rights situation.
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february 2012 by tkbr
Publication Studio – about
Matthew Stadler: publication = creation of a public around a work
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february 2012 by tkbr
How Publishers Misunderstand Kindle - The Late Age of Print
Striphas on the Internet business model.
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february 2012 by tkbr
Yelling it like it is | Alchemical Musings
Can journalists core with the complexity of digital issues -- like privacy -- or does it require new forms?
802  journalism  privacy 
february 2012 by tkbr
Reviewing XML Options - Digital Publishing
Evaluating XML as an alternative to NLM/TEI/DocBook
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february 2012 by tkbr
The Hulu For Books That Never Was - The Digital Reader
Mike Cane's strategy for publishers to beat Amazon. Not sure it's right, but it's interesting!
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february 2012 by tkbr
The NoSQL movement - O'Reilly Radar
Nice piece on modern evolution of databases
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february 2012 by tkbr
Jim Groom on Ed Parkour (video)
The inspirational Jim Groom on how and why the open web is the most powerful force for education. All we need to do is embrace it.
802  education 
february 2012 by tkbr
The Self EPublishing Bubble
Ewan Morrison on the near end of the hype.
802  Ebooks  self-publishing 
january 2012 by tkbr
Bookseller Backed by Big Publishers Advocates Abandoning DRM | Digital Book World
Good discussion of DRM and market control issues.
802  Ebooks  drm 
january 2012 by tkbr
Meganomics
Fascinating piece on the real economics of piracy by Joe Karaganis of SSRC.
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january 2012 by tkbr
New York Times releases code to help journalists collaborate on WordPress, other platforms | Poynter.
Collaborative, change-tracking tools for Wordpress!
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january 2012 by tkbr
Apple Edu = It’s a revolution, but not ours. | Shuttleworth Foundation
Nice, rich analysis of Apple's move into educational publishing.
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january 2012 by tkbr
The iBooks 2.0 textbook format – Baldur Bjarnason
Insights into the technical details of the iBooks file format... it isn't simple ePub after all.
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january 2012 by tkbr
Do we want textbooks to live in Apple’s walled garden? — Tech News and Analysis
More on Apple's strategy with iBooks 2
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january 2012 by tkbr
iBooks Author for Authors - Matt Gemmell
A little criticism of iBooks Author as a production environment.
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january 2012 by tkbr
A First Take on Apple’s New Education Tools « The Scholarly Kitchen
Joe Esposito on iBooks2 -- some initial impressions and analysis.
802  ebooks  apple  education 
january 2012 by tkbr
The Digital Humanities and the Transcending of Mortality - NYTimes.com
Stanley Fish assesses the digital humanities. Pt 1
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january 2012 by tkbr
2011: The Self-Publishing Year In Review | David Gaughran
Interesting (and nicely linked) chronicle of all the self-publishing events of 2011.
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january 2012 by tkbr
The Electronic Labyrinth Home Page
"A study of the implications of hypertext for creative writers" from the 1990s... still a fabulous resource.
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january 2012 by tkbr
HTTP Status Cats - a set on Flickr
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december 2011 by tkbr
Lean back media: the shock of the old
Interesting slide deck from The Economist on tablet reading and business opportunities
802  magazines  models 
december 2011 by tkbr
Mark Coker: Amazon Aims to Empty Competitor Shelves of Indie Ebooks
Some insights into Amazon's latest round of market consolidation moves.
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december 2011 by tkbr
The profits of free books: an experiment to measure the impact of...
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december 2011 by tkbr
At close of day: the library alternative « PWxyz
Brantley's strongest statement yet about the future of libraries... Almost a manifesto.
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december 2011 by tkbr
Writing History in the Digital Age » How it works: our open-source web-book
Nice details on WP-based piblishing project. Esp, plugins.
802  wordpress  scholarly 
november 2011 by tkbr
The Lean Publishing Manifesto - Leanpub
Books and startups... a model based on the comparison
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november 2011 by tkbr
Contents Magazine
interesting new magazine about content strategy, publishing, editing, design, andvrelated intersections.
802  editing  design 
november 2011 by tkbr
Kobo acquired by Japanese firm Rakuten for $315-million
Huh.
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november 2011 by tkbr
How Freemium Self-published Fiction Is Taking Over China | Publishing Perspectives
Web serials enjoyed by tens of millions.
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november 2011 by tkbr
Books In Browsers 2011: James Bridle, "Books as Data" - YouTube
Such a lovely meditation on books and our relationship with them. James Bridle's métier.
802  social  models 
november 2011 by tkbr
Fast Devices, Walled Gardens « PWxyz
Brantley: "The future is not about social reading. It’s about social content, social experience, and interactive design."
802  devices  ebooks  models 
november 2011 by tkbr
Books in Browsers: Program at Books In Browsers
Slides from BiB11
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november 2011 by tkbr
Books In Browsers 2011 - Youtube
Video from the BiB11 conference
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october 2011 by tkbr
Subtraction.com: Where Are All the Ed-Ex Designers?
Interesting take on the print-design v UxD divergence: "editorial exerience designers"
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october 2011 by tkbr
Dennis Ritchie Day - O'Reilly Radar
Tim O'Reilly calls for Dennis Ritchie Day, Oct 30, to honour his contributions to the digital world.
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october 2011 by tkbr
Paradise Regained « Snarkmarket
Nice bit of colour commentary on the origins of Project Gutenberg's etexts.
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october 2011 by tkbr
One Google Books To Rule Them All? | The Awl
A longer piece on copyright, books, and the Google Book Search program
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october 2011 by tkbr
Publishers Launch | Insights from an eBookseller
Kobo's Michael Tamblyn offers some nice little insights on ebook markets today. A slide deck
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october 2011 by tkbr
Internet links not libel, top court rules - CBC News
Definition of "link" becomes clearer under the law
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october 2011 by tkbr
Internet Trends 2011 — Mary Meeker
Now at Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, Mary Meeker still delivers her Internet Trends slidedeck, from Web2Summit.
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october 2011 by tkbr
Anxious publishers watch Indigo makeover - thestar.com
Chapters/Indigo re-organizing retail space. Less room for books...
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october 2011 by tkbr
Michael Geist - Commenting on James Moore's Copyright Comments
Some insight from the Industry minister on the dynamics on our new copyright bill C-11 which has been tabled this past week.
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october 2011 by tkbr
Non-fiction, Cinema, and Libraries « PWxyz
Brantley on the trans-media intersection of cinema, literature, and the troubles libraries will have accessing it.
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october 2011 by tkbr
POV - Blog . Could Documentaries Form the Core of the Cross-Platform Story Revolution? | PBS
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october 2011 by tkbr
if not digital now they soon will be: so let's sue the libraries. AG amends their filing. - Reading 2.0
The Authors Guild gets ever more extreme about digital copyright and libraries.
802  copyright  ebooks  Libraries 
october 2011 by tkbr
Google launches UK eBooks store, Australia and Canada 'soon' | The Bookseller
On the heels of my pronouncement yesterday that Google's ebooks store hadn't gone anywhere, here they go.
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october 2011 by tkbr
Price-Fixing Case Against Apple, Major Book Publishers Mushrooms | paidContent
Worst headline of the year, but a good summary of legal actions against the Agency Model.
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october 2011 by tkbr
The iPhone 4S: Apple grows its walled garden | Dan Gillmor | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
Dan Gillmor notes how Apple it's playing the modern game og all or nothing.
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october 2011 by tkbr
The Blog : The Future of the Book : Sam Harris
Great lucidity on the promise and threat of free literature.
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october 2011 by tkbr
User unknown: 4chan, anonymity and contingency - FirstMonday
A sane, academic look at 4Chan, regardless how much that sounds like an oxymoron.
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october 2011 by tkbr
eBooks, Privacy, and the Library « INFOdocket
Nice overview and insights into the Kindle-library lending system, with implications for borrower privacy.
802  libraries  ebooks  amazon 
september 2011 by tkbr
Fire
Chris Espinosa's excellent insights into how Amazon's new Silk browser changes how the web works.
802  web  models 
september 2011 by tkbr
Lending E-Books is About B-2-C « PWxyz
Peter Brantley's insights into the new Kindle-library lending scheme.
802  Ebooks  Libraries 
september 2011 by tkbr
Four years into the ebook revolution: things we know and things we don’t know – The Shatzkin Files
A terrific sum-up of the state of ebook publishing in fall 2011. ****
802  ebooks  models 
september 2011 by tkbr
In E-Books, Publishing Houses Have a Rival in News Sites - NYTimes.com
It's easy to publish ebooks, as non-book publishers have discovered.
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september 2011 by tkbr
The Fight Over the Future of Digital Books - Technology - The Atlantic
Dan Cohen's scathing commentary on the Authors Guild's action against Hathitrust.
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september 2011 by tkbr
Tim Bradshaw - Google+ - IN FULL: Julian Assange: Statement on the Unauthorised,…
Assange distances himself from Canongate's forthcoming "unofficial autobiography" of him.
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september 2011 by tkbr
Where are the students? | Bloviate
Why aren't students pissed off about Universities buy-in to corporate LMS like Blackboard?
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september 2011 by tkbr
Publishing Next: India | booktwo.org
A generous dose of James Bridle's insights, in the context if India's Publishing Next conference.
802  models  ebooks 
september 2011 by tkbr
deck.js » Modern HTML Presentations
Beautifully done HTML+CSS slideshow framework.
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september 2011 by tkbr
U. of Michigan suspends HathiTrust Orphan Works Project Claims “proposed uses of orphan works are lawful,” promises a reboot | TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics
Definition of orphan works turns out to be a problem for Hathitrust/UMichigan project.
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september 2011 by tkbr
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