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Thursday News: Unlimited subscription access offered to kids from Amazon; Verizon wants to spy on your living room; HQE and Cosmo team up to bring forth a new digital imprint

Dec 6 2012

Thursday News: Unlimited subscription access offered to kids from Amazon; Verizon wants to spy on your living room; HQE and Cosmo team up to bring forth a new digital imprint

Twitter / HistoricPapers: @Amateur_Casual @JayneShrimpton … – This fantastic photo turned up in my twitter stream. It is a Victorian photograph. Historic Papers @amateur_casual @jayneshrimpton Not sure what decade this is from but possibly a close contender!? twitter.com/HistoricPapers… — Historic Newspapers (@HistoricPapers) December 5, 2012   Kindle FreeTime Unlimited – Have a kid who wants(…)

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Wednesday News: Low cost battery search is on; Amazon Breakthrough Contest with more categories, richer purses

Dec 5 2012

Wednesday News: Low cost battery search is on; Amazon Breakthrough Contest with more categories, richer purses

Introducing an ultra low cost, long lasting battery made of water and blue dye –  A company is testing a battery made out of water and Prussian blue dye.  Seriously this means if you pee in your jeans, you could power your battery, right?  Cleantech News and Analysis New Scientist TV: Invisible Wi-Fi signals caught(…)

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Wednesday News: S&S offers AuthorSolutions Self Publishing Packages; Amazon sales in UK near $3 billion; Duolingo

Nov 28 2012

Wednesday News: S&S offers AuthorSolutions Self Publishing Packages; Amazon sales in UK near $3 billion; Duolingo

Simon & Schuster Creates Self-Publishing Unit, Archway Publishing – Simon & Schuster is offering self publishing services under a company name of Archway. Archway is using a white label form of Authors Solution that powers the Harlequin Dell Arte self publishing program. Author Solutions was bought by Penguin earlier this year. Devu Gandhi of S&S(…)

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Tuesday News: Fake Facebook Update Status; Android usage down; One company seeks to teach the world to code

Nov 27 2012

Tuesday News: Fake Facebook Update Status; Android usage down; One company seeks to teach the world to code

Beware the False Privacy Notice Posted All Over Facebook – A fake copyright notice spread around Facebook yesterday claiming that under the “Berner Convention” if you declared your copyright over uploaded photos and facebook statuses, you would be able to prevent Facebook from reusing them without your permission. There is no Berner Convention, it’s the(…)

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Monday News: Amazon losing billions on video streaming; Your genes determine whether you are a night owl

Nov 19 2012

Monday News: Amazon losing billions on video streaming; Your genes determine whether you are a night owl

Amazon Stops Testing $7.99 Monthly Option for Prime – About two weeks ago, Amazon announced you could join Amazon Prime on a monthly basis for $7.99.  As of November 16, 2012, Amazon has discontinued this service saying that it was just a test and the test is now done. There is something more afoot there(…)

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Nov 8 2012

Thursday News: Bionic leg and more vampires; increased ebook market share; bundles of books

Man climbs Chicago skyscraper using bionic leg – Wow, so cool.  NewsTimes “The leg is designed to respond to electrical impulses from muscles in his hamstring. When Vawter thought about climbing the stairs, the motors, belts and chains in his leg synchronized the movements of its ankle and knee. The computerized prosthetic limb, like something(…)

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Monday News: A Bookish Wedding; Wall Street’s love affair with Amazon; Disaster supply kit list

Nov 5 2012

Monday News: A Bookish Wedding; Wall Street’s love affair with Amazon; Disaster supply kit list

It was a wedding full of books, paper flowers, and Legos. Take a gander at the gallery of the wedding of Cindy & Sam by RubinWeddings.com Amazon profits: They don’t exist, but the company keeps on keeping on. – Matthew Yglesias argues that the unrealistically optimistic view of Amazon’s business plan by the investor class(…)

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Wednesday News: How to help the Sandy victims; Amazing Sandy pics; Indies cry foul over Amazon review deletion

Oct 31 2012

Wednesday News: How to help the Sandy victims; Amazing Sandy pics; Indies cry foul over Amazon review deletion

Disaster Relief, CPR Certification, Donate Blood – Hurricane Sandy has devastated communities from Haiti (that had not yet recovered from the earthquake) to Canada, but much of its devastation was on the eastern seaboard. The RedCross is asking for monetary donations and has indicated that its blood bank is low. You can text the word(…)

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Friday News: The anti woman beat goes on; Penguin + Random House merger contemplated;

Oct 26 2012

Friday News: The anti woman beat goes on; Penguin + Random House merger contemplated;

Apple’s 2012 Q4 earnings report – Apple’s stock decreased slightly with the news of decreased iPad sales against expectations which seemed pretty robust to me, but I’m not a Wall Street trader. Reuters – International sales accounted for 60 percent of quarter’s revenue – Forecasts Q1 2013 revenue about $52 billion; share about $11.75 Amazon(…)

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Tuesday News: Amazon removes access of books to a consumer; Amazon forcing Publishers to pay increased VAT; Amazon cracks down on positive reviews

Oct 23 2012

Tuesday News: Amazon removes access of books to a consumer; Amazon forcing Publishers to pay increased VAT; Amazon cracks down on positive reviews

FTC Publishes Facial Recognition Guidelines – While the FTC can’t impose criminal remedies, it can seek an injunction and a corresponding fine if a company is found to violate a regulation. Because facial recognition software has become so commonplace that even your iPhoto or Facebook can run it, the FTC has sought to reign in(…)

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Friday News: Eighth Circuit limits free speech for students; Amazon video buyer beware, 99 LifeHacks

Oct 19 2012

Friday News: Eighth Circuit limits free speech for students; Amazon video buyer beware, 99 LifeHacks

Publishing Dealmaking: Romance On The Rise – RT had a nice summarization (and chart) that breaks down the deals reported at Publishers Marketplace. Details of interest to our crowd: Children’s sales, including Young Adult and middle grade books, have slowed considerably. While mystery stories are not selling as well as in previous years, science fiction/fantasy(…)

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Thursday News: Dumb senate questions; Claire Felicie’s pictoral study; Amazon’s WhisperCast

Oct 18 2012

Thursday News: Dumb senate questions; Claire Felicie’s pictoral study; Amazon’s WhisperCast

Actual U.S. Senate Debate Question: “Have You Read Fifty Shades Of Grey?” – “This was a real question posed to Kirsten Gillibrand and Wendy Long, two women running for U.S. senate in New York, during their only debate.” Oh America. What is wrong with you? Buzzfeed Amazon Launches New Tool to Help Schools Manage Their(…)

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Friday News: Huge win for fair use; ComiXology to accept self published comics; New ebook app has security concerns

Oct 12 2012

Friday News: Huge win for fair use; ComiXology to accept self published comics; New ebook app has security concerns

Author’s Guild v Hathi Trust: A Win for Copyright’s Public Interest Purpose – Nancy Sims has a really fantastic write up of the Hathi Trust Fair Use win from yesterday. Hathi Trust is a consortium of five majority universities who built a digital library of over 10 million books, over 76% that are still in(…)

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Thursday News: Bent Objects; Apple destroys secrecy; Questionable free speech issue

Oct 11 2012

Thursday News: Bent Objects; Apple destroys secrecy; Questionable free speech issue

Yesterday around 3-4 pm CST, Amazon engaged in some weird pricing shenanigans with several books (who knows how many) getting a 31% off treatment. Initially some on the Amazon boards thought it signaled the end of agency for Simon & Schuster but after investigating, I noticed that several Macmillan books were also 31% off. I’m(…)

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Oct 10 2012

Wednesday News: Amazon targeted; Pay what you will; Build guns in your basement; Data driven romances.

Wal-Mart aims to one-up Amazon with same-day delivery – Rumors have been swirling that with Amazon’s increased warehouse presence, same day delivery will start to erode businesses other than bookstores. Wal-Mart has stepped up to provide competition to Amazon with same day delivery service: “The service, called Wal-Mart To Go, is a trial run for(…)

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