Amazon Announces a New Sunday Delivery Option for Prime Members (The Digital Reader)
Starting next week, Amazon Prime members in the Los Angeles and New York metropolitan areas will be able to use their free 2 day shipping option to get the package on Sunday.
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Copyright Extension Goes Into Effect in the UK (Techdirt)
Even as there have been indications around the globe that perhaps we’ve had enough copyright term extension and it’s time to move back in the other direction, over in the UK, they just put in place a big new copyright extension which increases the term from 50 years to 70 years for sound recordings and performers’ rights.
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The Self-publishing Conversation is Changing: Report from the 2013 Self-publishing Summit (FutureBook)
New Generation Publishing’s Self-publishing Summit. The conference was laid out to take you through the process of self-publishing, with panels that took you in order through a general survey, editing, production, and finally marketing.
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Why I Don’t Read Digital Books to my Kids (Huffington Post)
This brings me to the subject of digital books for young children. A 2012 survey by the Pew Research Center demonstrated that 81% of parents of minor children believed that it is “very important” for their children to read printed books. Another 13% believe that it is “somewhat important.”
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Kindle Daily Deals: Queen’s Gambit (and others)
