Feb 6 2013
B&N Adds New Payment Options to Nook Store (MS Accounts) No New App Required – According to Nate, the Digital Reader, B&N is allowing people to use their Microsoft account to pay for ebooks instead of requiring a credit card attached to the B&N account. I’m not sure whether B&N scrapes the credit card information(…)
Feb 5 2013
Tech, telecom giants take sides as FCC proposes large public WiFi networks – I want this to happen. The Washington Post “The federal government wants to create super WiFi networks across the nation, so powerful and broad in reach that consumers could use them to make calls or surf the Internet without paying a cellphone(…)
Feb 4 2013
adblitz Did you miss a SuperBowl commercial? Adblitz compiled them all in this channel. Don’t worry, though, they were as sexist as ever. YouTube Ad Blitz Channel Possibly the best ad, however, was the Oreo twitter response. The power went out in the SuperDome in New Orleans due to a power surge or something (the(…)
Feb 1 2013
Doctoral Dissertation – Um, what the ever loving heck is this? A doctoral student, working on her dissertation for Capella University’s Department of Psychology wants to mine the psyche of RWA members for a “happiness project.” The title of her dissertation? “A grounded theory study of the female members of an enabling institution: Romance Writers(…)
Jan 31 2013
S&S, B&N in Dispute over Terms – Publishers Weekly sent out an alert regarding a dispute between Simon & Schuster and Barnes & Noble which has resulted in B&N “significantly reduc[ing] its orders from S&S. The main reason for the cutback seems to be, according to sources, B&N’s perceived lack of support from S&S.” B&N(…)
Jan 30 2013
Dear Author has an Advanced Search function. You can search by Reviewer, Grade, Category, Keyword, Author, and Title. I hope you love it. Amazon.com Announces Fourth Quarter Sales up 22% to $21.27 Billion – Amazon releases information regarding its fourth quarter. It saw 56% increase in operating income and a net sales increase of 22%.(…)
Jan 29 2013
Why did men stop wearing high heels? – Ned sent me this link about how the first wearers of high heels were men, a fashion accessory which denoted wealth. During the Enlightenment period, rational and useful dress became the style and high heels for men went out. High heels were seen as “foolish and effiminate”(…)
Jan 28 2013
Macklemore the first unsigned artist in modern history to hit #1 on U.S. Charts – Macklemore first came to my attention when he did this great music video in support of the gay marriage effort in Washington. I watched “Thrift Shop” on YouTube and quickly forgot it. The other day it was playing on the(…)
Jan 25 2013
Connecticut Government proposes bill to require publishers to sell to libraries – Connecticut is the first state to propose a bill which would “require publishers of electronic books to offer e-books for sale to public and academic libraries at the same rates as offered to the general public. ” I’m not sure this is constitutional(…)
Jan 24 2013
Samsung’s Next Smartphone Could Make Us Soon Forget The iPhone’s Retina Display – Apple’s iPhone 5 isn’t moving as many units as previous iPhones and Apple stock has dropped because of it. Apple’s competitors are cranking up the tech in their upcoming devices. Samsung’s next release has a screen that will put the Retina displays(…)
Jan 23 2013
Employers’ Social Media Policies Come Under Regulatory Scrutiny – Employees have been fired for saying things online that companies don’t like but the National Labor Relations Board says that this type of constraint of speech is inappropriate. But in a series of recent rulings and advisories, labor regulators have declared many such blanket restrictions illegal.(…)
Jan 22 2013
Charts: Suicide, PTSD and the Psychological Toll on America’s Vets – Mother Jones has complied statistics to create an infographic on the terrible mental toll that the war has taken (and is currently taking and will be taking) on our soldiers. The mental disorders often translate into negative physical outcomes. Veterans make up 7% of(…)
Jan 21 2013
Google’s Media Barons – John R. MacArthur, the publisher of Harper’s Magazine, has published a strange op ed piece arguing that Google is engaged in “for profit theft” by providing “logistical support for pirating and repackaging everything that we writers, editors, and publishers hold dear.” I’m not exactly sure what MacArthur is accusing Google of(…)
Jan 18 2013
2013 Call For Papers – Now Open! – BEA’s deadline for accepting panel submissions for the 2013 Book Blogger Con is today. Full disclosure, I am one of several who will be reviewing these proposals. I’d love to see some technical proposals like how to get the most of out of Blogger and WordPress; or(…)
Jan 17 2013
I am named in a terrible book – A person and his family hosted an author in his home overseas. The author wrote a book. The friend read it and was surprised to find himself and his family and their place of living subject to a negative portrayal. The person wrote to Salon. Cary Tenis(…)
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