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Facebook facing class-action lawsuit over unauthorized message scanning – Sent or received a private message in Facebook over the past two years? Then you may very well be part of the class that is now allowed to proceed with a claim against the social network for scanning private messages, supposedly ... more >
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S&S Expands Library E-book Lending – Simon and Schuster will now be providing both front and backlist books to all libraries. This is a change over their previous policy, which was to allow only those libraries that were part of it’s “Buy it Now” program, where the borrower would have ... more >
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Digital Census: 10 key findings – This “census” was apparently the result of surveying 1000 people. Which people and where? The article does not say. Apparently, though, if you’re a FutureBook delegate, you’ll get a copy of the original 25-page report. Sooooo, take these “findings” with a boulder of salt. ... more >
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How Facebook and Google Now Dominate Media Distribution – A very interesting article from Frédéric Filloux and Jean-Louis Gassée arguing that Facebook and Google are the two major players in terms of channeling online traffic. Twitter, by contrast, is “minuscule,” in the authors’ words. The analysis is too detailed to ... more >
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Ground-breaking Print Venture With Ingram! – So successful self-published author Barbara Freethy has announced a publishing endeavor, in which her books will be distributed in print through Hyde Street Press, which is Freethy’s own “independent publishing company.” Rather than partner with a traditional publisher, Freethy apparently developed a collaborative agreement ... more >
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Failed e-singles startup Byliner acquired by digital publisher Vook – Digital publishing service Vook has purchased Byliner, which was aimed at selling long form journalism in a digital format. There is still a lot of uncertainty around how authors contracted for projects through Byliner will be paid, but those whose ... more >