Archive for the 'On the Web' Category (Chronologically Listed)
Free eBooks from Birmingham-Area Libraries August 25th, 2010
It is 11pm and I just checked out a book from my local library.
This week the JCLC system turned on its Overdrive-powered eBook network. So far it’s very very cool. The only complaints I have are tied to the CRAZY complicated hoops Adobe Digital Editions (which you will have to download) has in place. But [...]
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Tilting Bookshelves August 21st, 2010
I am in need of some bookshelves at home and can’t quit lurking at places like bookshelfporn.com, but check these built-ins I just ran across:
I don’t know why it plays with my sense of balance so bad. Every time I look at it I feel as if I’m just catching myself before I tip over [...]
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IPSA Presentation slides July 20th, 2010
Here is the slide deck from my presentation at the June IPSA meeting. I only wish there was a way for me to display the Q&A that followed, the questions were great and just what one would expect from a room full of technologists, when the subject is ebooks and book publishing.
Book Publishing 2.010 :: [...]
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Four Publishing Conversations Worth Following June 10th, 2010
There is a TON of information online about books and the ever-shifting landscape of publishing. It just takes so long to sift through everything to find something of worth, that you could actually use. But there are four conversations I always check in on, via Twitter. Sometimes I look back through the conversations, days after [...]
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- Tagged Book Design, Book Talk, Digital Publishing, E-Books, Groups, On the Web
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Free Comic Books April 27th, 2010
May 1st is Free Comic Book Day this year. It’s been a looooooong time since I’ve kept up with comics, but some of the coolest publishing experiments are coming out of that area of publishing apps, e-readers, digital art and… free comic books! So this Saturday, comic book stores all over the country will host [...]
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The Shelf-Help Section April 26th, 2010
Books truly are the foundation for. . . Props to the shop. . . Look at how resourceful. . .
A photo is worth a thousand puns. I have been in many shops that this very same structural support could have been in. They always are the fun ones.
This came via email from the thereifixedit.com site. [...]
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Amazon Kindle App for Mac Now Available March 18th, 2010
It’s finally here! Click here to go download it (download will start automatically).
There’s nothing super special about it. With all the delays, since last year, I thought they were cramming in all of the annotations and such, but it looks like those are coming later. This app, which lets you buy and read kindle books [...]
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Free Books – Read It Forward March 11th, 2010
I love promotional programs like the new Read It Forward here in Birmingham/Jefferson County. They seem to merge all of the fun parts of technology, connects a community and has FREE books! This year Tom Sawyer has been selected as the book for Alabama Reads and the JCLC system is stepping up to make reading [...]
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Amazon Yanks Macmillan Books January 30th, 2010
Amazon fired the opening salvo in the latest skirmish over eBooks with mega-publisher Macmillan. Macmillan, one of the largest publishers in the world is at odds with Amazon over the pricing of Kindle books, so Amazon deleted all of the “Buy Now” buttons from all Macmillan published titles! I’m sure Amazon can predict the impact [...]
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The Largest Book in the World January 28th, 2010
Wow. Just wow! The Guardian has a feature on the world’s largest book, which is part of a map & atlas exhibit at The British Museum. It takes 6 people to move the 350-year-old Klencke Atlas which contains maps and such dating from the time of Charles II. Pretty cool. I can’t find any measurements [...]
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