B Reviews / B+ Reviews / Recommended Reads1920s / Comedy / England / Historical / Small-Town / social networks6 Comments
E. F. Benson’s beloved Mapp and Lucia novels are sparkling, classic comedies of manners set against the petty snobberies and competitive maneuverings of English village society in the 1920s and 1930s. Benson’s series revolves around two unforgettable characters, both forceful and irrepressible women who dominate their respective villages in southern ... more >
Publishing NewsDC-Comics / motorcycle clubs / music / Nielsen / social networks / Spotify / Superman / television / videoComments Off on Tuesday News: Spotify’s musical networks, Nielsen takes on video, romancing the motorcycle club, and Superman’s new look
Other People’s Playlists: Spotify’s secret social network – Although I have the Spotify app on my phone, I never use it. But after reading this piece on the way Spotify “relates” songs and artists based on how people listen to them, I’m curious to get to know the service better. ... more >
EbooksBlio / Copia / digital publishing / ereader device / social networks19 Comments
I didn’t attend CES but I did read as much as I could about the digital book technology that was displayed there. Not everything that is shown at CES will ever come to market. Some of what is displayed are prototypes, working and sometimes non functioning. Some of the items ... more >
Pollsocial networks128 Comments
There are broad based social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace and maybe even Twitter and then there are speciality social networking sites like LibraryThing, Goodreads, Shelfari and even Readerville, which I signed up for an then promptly forgot about. What about you? Do you participate in these sites and if ... more >
Publishing Newsblogging / social networks18 Comments
According to Gawker, LiveJournal has fired 20 12* of 28 employees. The company’s product managers and engineers were laid off, leaving only a handful of finance and operations workers � which speaks to a website to be left on life support. If you haven’t backed up your LiveJournal articles, it might ... more >
Publishing Newsbloggers / sales / social networks1 Comments
A new study indicates that bloggers and social networks could have a direct impact on album sales. The research indicated that there was a direct correlation between the amount of “chatter” prior to the release of an album and its eventual sales. The more chatter, the better the album sold. ... more >