Jun 17 2013
In the interest of information sharing, I bring to you three things from my inbox: Tomely is a retailer site devoted to indie books. It looks like a Smashwords competitor and is designed to work with ePub, Kindles, and even the iBooks App. You can even send to “Readmill”, an iOS reading app that I’m(…)
Apr 11 2013
Delete This When You’re Done: Snapchat and the Power of Deletion – This New Yorker article by Matt Buchanan on the future of privacy is thought provoking. With things like Google Glasses and Memoto that take videos and photos constantly of all your interactions (without the express permission of those whom you are recording), privacy(…)
Jul 3 2012
UK Hotel Now Swapping Kindles With Bibles – The Digital Reader – “A hotel on the east coast of the UK has come up with a gimmick that has all the gadget blogs buzzing today. Hotel Indigo Newcastle, the most recently launched location in the Indigo chain, is swapping out the Gideon bibles you’re used(…)
Jun 10 2012
My nephew plays for an elite high school basketball club. I know it is elite because it is one of a few high school teams in the state that is sponsored by Nike. Yes, sponsored. Kids in our state from the ages of about 14 and through 18 can play on teams that travel around(…)
Jun 21 2011
RWA is coming up and even though I have been degowned (as opposed to defrocked) I am going to meet up with editors, authors, publicists, and other bloggers and readers. As part of the TBR newsletter, I’ve offered some tips on packing. I’m a big believer in carry on only but this year will be(…)
Apr 11 2011
I confess that I thought about not doing these anymore but apparently the midday links are very popular so onward! In the eyebrow raising department, the pseudo regulatory arm of agenting in the UK is debating whether to remove the prohibit against agents as publishers. Andrew Wylie began publishing his client’s backlists. Agent Sonia Land(…)
Mar 4 2011
Funding has been eliminated for Reading is Fundamental. On March 2, President Obama signed a bill that eliminated funding for Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) the nation's largest organization providing free books and literacy resources to prepare and motivate children to read. RIF's ability to provide 4.4 million children with free books and reading encouragement from(…)
Jul 27 2008
Last week, Sony announced two new features to its ebook reader that makes it one of the more attractive options for ereading. First, it announced a book light overlay that mimics the LightWedge. I’ve always thought that eink devices were physically missing an important feature – a backlight. E-ink technology actually prevents a backlight so(…)
Nov 5 2007
In the UK, there is a a move toward including marketing materials with each book checked out from the library. In libraries in Essex, Somerset, Bromley, Leeds and Southend, up to 500,000 promotional flyers will be handed out to patrons. The solicitations will be placed on the inside cover where the due date can be(…)
Sep 27 2007
Bureaucracy generally moves slowly. In spring of 2004, the Justice Department issued a warning that there was a radical Islamist influence in the prisons. A couple of weeks ago, in response to that warning, the federal Bureau of Prisons began the “Standardized Chapel Library Project”. The BoP worked with “experts” and compiled a list of(…)
Sep 25 2007
Last week, there was an ad by Sony for the new Sony Reader that read “Sony. Sexier than a Librarian.” Today, Angela James sent me a link to a Wyoming library ad campaign that aims to bring the sexy back to reading. Barnhart ad agency helped Wyoming libraries to create a host of sexy and(…)
May 24 2007
According to Shelf Awareness, libraries account for 10% of book sales. Apparently what libraries choose to buy is a mystery. We should Wendy, The Super Librarian, and Devon, come talk about library sales. I know that Wendy buys for many, many libraries. Hmm. I feel an interview series coming on. Send to Kindle
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