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Morning Links: Should Walmart buy B&N?

Joanna Cabot — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 13:30:56 +0000

Walmart Passed on Barnes & Noble Before, Maybe it Should Look Again (Yahoo Finance) Hydra is Appropriately Named (Digital Book World) Disney’s Hyperion Will Reportedly Sell Off Most Titles, Focus on TV-Related Books (Paid Content) How Much Time and Effort Should Publishers be Spending on Startups? (Mike Shatzkin) Kindle Daily Deals: Illuminations by Mart Sharratt [...]

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The Problem with Children’s Books: A Parent’s Perspective

Joanna Cabot — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 19:04:10 +0000

We recently had our Family Day long weekend, and the Beloved and I spent some of it at the home of his sister. She’s the mother of a toddler and a newborn, and while we were visiting, the subject of books came up. I enjoyed having the opportunity to pick the brain of a parent [...]

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Does Apple Own the Digital Page Turn or Doesn’t It?

Aggregated Content — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 00:05:03 +0000

By Brian Howard | for Book Business On Friday afternoon, The New York Times‘ Nick Bilton posted an item on the paper’s Bits blog entitled “Apple Now Owns The Page Turn,” citing U.S. Patent D670,713. Incredulous, Bilton wrote: This design patent, titled, “Display screen or portion thereof with animated graphical user interface,” gives Apple the exclusive rights to the [...]

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Public domain and piracy: Once Upon a Time and my epiphany

Chris Meadows — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:15:00 +0000

When I was visiting relatives over the weekend, I had a fairly potent reminder of the enduring power of the public domain—and I finally succumbed to the inevitable realization, that in some cases, piracy is just too much work. On Saturday night of our stay, it turned out we didn’t have time to watch Marvel’s [...]

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Morning Roundup — Stories you may have missed

Joanna Cabot — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 14:12:51 +0000

Why I’m Not Sold on the iPad Mini (Good E-Reader) Will Disney Block Star Wars Fan-Made Content? (Techdirt) Content Hackathons: The Future of Textbooks (GigaOM) Readability Adds New Grid Reading View (The Digital Reader) Kindle Daily Deal: Sly Fox by Jeanine Pirro {and} The Templeton Twins Have an Idea by Jeremy Holmes & Ellis Weiner * * [...]

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How did Mark Twain really feel about perpetual copyright?

Chris Meadows — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 09:15:13 +0000

I’ve often mentioned that Mark Twain was a supporter of perpetual copyright, but it occurred to me that in a sense I’ve not been living up to the dictates of the state we share. I’d been taking an out of context quote’s word for it, rather than insisting that you have to “show me”. And [...]

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Disney has delivered 1 million iOS book apps

Paul Biba — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 16:21:53 +0000

That’s what TUAW is reporting: Parents must be finding it easier than ever to keep kids in the backseat distracted — Disney Publishing has hit 1 million downloads of its Disney Book Apps for the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. Disney Publishing has 9 book apps on the App Store, all of which have been [...]

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Tron: Legacy to get interactive e-book iPad app in January

Chris Meadows — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 19:56:39 +0000

Mediabistro reports that Disney is launching a Tron: Legacy tie-in e-book ipad app in January. The application is to combine an e-book with interactive features including games and videos. The article mentions other such interactive e-book apps for kids that Disney has done, such as apps for the Toy Story series and The Princess and [...]

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OverDrive adds Disney digital books to library catalog

Paul Biba — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:44:51 +0000

From the press release: OverDrive (www.overdrive.com), … today announced a preliminary agreement with Disney Digital Books (www.disneydigitalbooks.com) that will enable libraries to offer access to Disney’s comprehensive library of books online. Young library patrons and their parents will be able to enjoy—for the first time—unlimited access to over 600 new and classic Disney books for [...]

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Free Disney screensavers for the Kindle

Paul Biba — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:27:10 +0000

Here’s another email I got this morning, this time from John Cog: Hi, Paul! I thought you might want to blog this! DIY Blogger Jessica Park is sharing some gorgeous (free) Disney-themed screensavers for the Kindle. Using rare black-and-white Disney artwork, she created a perfect 600×800 grayscale version of the Disney originals. “In the spring [...]

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Disney to enter digital comics market

Chris Meadows — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:09:49 +0000

Speaking of comics, our sister blog Gamertell reports (with several photos) on a “digicomic” reader iPad app Disney is demonstrating at E3. Pricing is given as 99 cents to $1.99, and less for comics contained in bundles. That’s a bit better than Marvel’s $1.99 per issue, anyway. It’s certainly not surprising Disney would develop for [...]

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BeBook announces new promotional agreements – including Disney; updated firmware coming

Paul Biba — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:25:50 +0000

Some good news from BeBook. According to their newsletter: They’ve collaborated with Disney and a special edition of their BeBook Neo will be released in celebration of the DVD release of Alice in Wonderland. The special edition will be very limited and restricted to specific territories, so keep your eyes open. Also news from Belgium [...]

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