January Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliograply published
January 31, 2012
Adler, Prudence S., Patricia Aufderheide, Brandon Butler, and Peter Jaszi, co-facilitators. Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries. Washington, DC: Association of Research Libraries,...
Writing on an Amtrak: Mobile devices in our lives
I'm ensconced in the lounge car of an Amtrak train en route to Chicago---one of those places that's supposed to be paradise for writers wanting to get things done. So I...
Ten years after publication, The Time Traveler’s Wife to come to e-books
The Guardian reports that author Audrey Niffenegger, author of The Time Traveler’s Wife, is finally giving the go-ahead for an e-book version of her popular 2003 novel to be published through...
New FLOSS Manuals available
Got the following email from FLOSS Manuals:
This is the fourth FM Newsletter. It has again been an extremely busyfew weeks. It must be something to do with the Northern Spring time....
FiledBy extends to Spanish language authors
The online directory of authors and book contributors, announced today that their free website service now extends to all Spanish language authors and collaborators of published books in North America as...
I Think Publishers Have Lost The Battle & The War
The thing about the end of Agency is that it’s not over. That is to say that the rearguard action by the legacy publishing establishment isn’t finished. And make no mistake,...
An iOS developoer’s response to Joanna’s “Why I will never by a book App...
Editor's Note: the comment below, by iOS developer Rachel Blackman, was posted in response to Joanna's article in which she expressed her frustration about purchasing an iPhone app and then...
Give “Project” a break, it’s no worse than any iPad magazine
Oh my dear goat lord, WHAT IS WRONG with people? This week the fairy of stupidity came down and sprayed IdiotGlitter all over a bunch of people who tried out Virgin’s...
Interview with Zite CEO Mark Johnson
Zite is my favorite personalized magazine on the iPad. I much prefer it to Flipboard, as it has a much better aggregation of materials and a superior user experience. StrategyEye has...
Pottermore breaks sales record as J.K. Rowling revives Harry Potter popularity
I thought I was done with the Pottermore story after my most recent post about it, but it looks like there might just be yet another piece of information to consider....