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Morning Roundup: Happy Birthday, Richard Scarry!

Joanna Cabot — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 13:00:27 +0000

To See the Value of Social Media, Watch What Happened in Turkey When Local Media Failed (Paid Content) Social media and tools like Twitter have come under fire during real-time news events because critics say they spread misinformation — but in places like Istanbul they can be a lifeline when the traditional media is ineffective. [...]

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UPDATED: Facebook Gets Into the Witch Hunt Game

Paul St John Mackintosh — Wed, 29 May 2013 19:34:33 +0000

Self-publishers and independent publishing houses who use Facebook and other social media to showcase and promote their publications may be more wary in future after a surprising instance of apparent censorship, or at least overzealousness. It seems the Facebook page for the Bram Stoker Award-nominated graphic novel Witch Hunts: A Graphic History of the Burning [...]

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BookLikes, a New Social Reading Platform: Do we really need another?

Juli Monroe — Fri, 17 May 2013 19:37:36 +0000

DBW featured a press release for BookLikes, a new social reading platform that is supposed to combine the features of Tumblr and Goodreads. I consider one of my roles here is to involve trying things out, and potentially wasting my time so you don’t have to waste your. And my reaction to this site? Don’t [...]

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Social Site BookLikes is Now Open for Business

Susan Lulgjuraj — Thu, 16 May 2013 00:35:55 +0000

BookLikes has been in beta version for quite some time, but the website has now launched its full release. The site seems to combine different aspects of social media sites such as Tumblr and Goodreads to become a place for readers to share thoughts and reviews. BookLikes is not just limited to reviews. Users can [...]

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The Perils of Newer, Easier Sharing

Joanna Cabot — Wed, 15 May 2013 16:43:13 +0000

I’ve had an object lesson this week in the perils of newer, easier information-sharing, via two news articles which came my way through different means. The first was a write-up in the local paper featuring a colleague of mine who had decorated her house in celebration of the Maple Leaf’s glorious but ultimately short-lived playoff [...]

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Lessons Learned from the Google Reader Switchover

Joanna Cabot — Fri, 03 May 2013 14:00:07 +0000

After several weeks of teasing me for burying my head in the sand and stubbornly refusing to transfer my Google Reader RSS feeds elsewhere, the Beloved quietly confessed last night that he has given up on Feedly and moved himself back to Reader, too, for the time being. Once I was done milking the required [...]

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Reddit apologizes for ‘online witch hunts’

Susan Lulgjuraj — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:19:22 +0000

Initially, Reddit didn’t seem to want to take responsibility for the user-generated content on its website—even as users acted as Internet sleuths, trying to find clues in the Boston Marathon bombing. When Reddit’s Erik Martin (pictured at left) was asked at the paidContent Live event last week if the point of the site was to [...]

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Trying to decide between Goodreads and Library Thing? Here’s what you need to know

Joanna Cabot — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:15:47 +0000

Bookriot has a great series up detailing the differences between Goodreads and Library Thing. In Part 1, Amanda Nelson covers how to add books, the user interface and how each site handles recommendations, stats, user groups and discussions. In Part 2, Nelson covers reviews, author interactions and miscellaneous details. Her conclusion? Library Thing is, on the [...]

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Feedly Updates its Service to Function Like Google Reader

Jeremy Hill — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:15:54 +0000

One of my chief complaints about Feedly has been alleviated in the service’s latest update. The Feedly app has a new vertically-focused layout that is more in line with what Google Reader users are used to. You can now view headlines and a few lines of text without getting distracted by a plethora of images. [...]

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Six alternatives to Goodreads

Susan Lulgjuraj — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 14:15:55 +0000

When Amazon announced the purchase of Goodreads, many readers were skeptical about the future of the social reading site. Goodreads allowed users to add reviews and keep track of the books they read and interact with others on the site. Some readers are concerned with how the site might change and are looking for an [...]

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Goodreads acquired by Amazon

Susan Lulgjuraj — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 22:22:09 +0000

Amazon has purchased the social networking site Goodreads, it was announced today. “We are joining the Amazon family,” Goodreads CEO and co-founder Otis Chandler wrote on his blog. “We truly could not think of a more perfect partner for Goodreads as we both share a love of books and an appreciation for the authors who [...]

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For unique content curation, try Swayy (free to 300 readers)

Juli Monroe — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:17:03 +0000

Last week I discovered a new content curation service, Swayy. It’s in beta right now, but at the end of this post, I’m going to give you a code to allow you to try it. So … what exactly is Swayy, and why should you care? As you can see from the screenshot, you give [...]

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Ownshelf Helps Readers Share Their Digital Libraries With Friends

Aggregated Content — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 04:45:42 +0000

Rick Marazzani believes readers should be able to share and discover e-books through their friends’ personal libraries just like they do with print books. That’s why he built Ownshelf. Ownshelf, a free web service that launched in beta Friday, provides readers with a cloud storage platform to share e-books with friends and family. Think of [...]

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Tell Dec. 6 DPLA hackfest what a good blog editor/creation tool should be like—to help libraries and patrons easily create their own stuff

David Rothman — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 12:33:57 +0000

If only WordPress, Drupal and the like were as easy to use as Windows Live Writer (screenshot) or at least the less cluttered versions of Microsoft Word! Inserting images and sizing and positioning them just right, for example, can be so much simpler with LW and Word. That’s why, here and here, I urged theDigital Public Library of America to come up with a good free blog editor, [...]

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Online or on Paper, Publications Are a Core Part of Our Identity

Aggregated Content — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 17:00:06 +0000

By Mik Strøyberg | Head of Consumer Engagement for Issuu You can tell a lot about a person by taking a look at what he or she reads. Suppose you walk into a stranger’s home and see copies of Forbes magazine on the table. You would likely imagine the householder is interested in business. [...]

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