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S&S Tries Geo-Targeting in New Marketing Outreach – Foli is a mobile content delivery service that will allow certain Simon & Schuster books to be viewed and read – for free – in a number of airports, museums, and hotels. Although users have to download the Foli app first, they ... more >
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Facebook May Host News Sites’ Content – I think I reported on this a while ago, but since then the plan seems to have taken a substantial step forward. Facebook, in its quest to take over the world, will be partnering with news providers and hosting their content right on ... more >
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Why Can’t Romance Novels Get Any Love? – A good introductory piece in Smithsonian on the slow infiltration of genre Romance into the academy. Featuring a number of the Teach Me Tonight folks, the article surveys some of the work currently being done to promote the genre as both study-able ... more >
Publishing News50 Shades / children's literature / copyright / diversity / E. L. James / Film / LGBTQ / music / piracy / privacy / readers8 Comments
iiNet versus Dallas Buyers Club case starts with a reference to The Castle – A very interesting Australian privacy case involving Dallas Buyers Club, LLC, which owns the rights to the Dallas Buyers Club film, and their attempt to force iiNet to turn over identifying information on thousands of their ... more >
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Scribe Unlimited Comics – The latest development in the battle between subscription services is Scribd’s offering of more than 10,000 comic books. This one might finally push me over the edge and into signing up. Check out the launch page for more details, and per the press release, features include: ... more >
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Kobo Steps in at the Eleventh Hour, Will be Taking Over Blinkbox Books Customer Lists – Blnkbox, the UK digital download business, has been in the process of trying to offload both the video and book download services since last year. While the video portion was successfully transferred, it looked ... more >