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Say hey to Paul St John Mackintosh, our newest contributing writer

Paul St John Mackintosh — Sat, 18 May 2013 14:47:06 +0000

My life on the borderland between text and tech started in adolescence as a sci-fi nerd, dreaming of a future that started to come true around the release of the first Star Wars film, and has since been outstripping most fancies from that era year on year, hand over fist. As a writer and editor, [...]

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Follow that Story: TeleRead Slays the Blognix Beast!

Dan Eldridge — Tue, 07 May 2013 20:30:09 +0000

Some of you may remember a post we ran last Wednesday, May 1, about a ridiculous website calling itself Blognix, and which had seemingly cloned TeleRead’s entire site—content, design and all. Well, I suppose I was remiss in mentioning that just two days later, and without too much of a hassle, frankly, the head of NAPCO’s [...]

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Help us catch the thieves who ripped off TeleRead!

Dan Eldridge — Wed, 01 May 2013 16:28:15 +0000

I had a pretty bizarre email waiting for me in my in-box this morning. It was from a fellow I’ll call Bill, since I don’t know if he would actually appreciate being identified here or not. At any rate, Bill was getting in touch, odd as it may sound, to alert me to the fact [...]

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The public library: Historic artifact or adaptive success?

Dan Eldridge — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:46:16 +0000

The public library question is one we ask ourselves frequently here at TeleRead: In general, how well—or how poorly—are libraries adapting to the Internet age? And how, exactly, are library patrons using their local branches? (As low-cost coffee shops or free Internet cafes, perhaps?) And for that matter, do most patrons consider their local library’s [...]

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Two David and Goliath stories with happy endings

Joanna Cabot — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 22:09:12 +0000

TeleRead has earlier covered two stories about some bad publishing experiments: The first was about the scammy contracts Random House was offering authors who signed with their digital-only imprint. The second was about a Canadian newspaper, the National Post, which was trying to extract ‘licensing’ payments from readers who were trying to quote from their [...]

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A Radical Proposal: Let’s Make Books Fun Again!

Joanna Cabot — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 15:00:28 +0000

I read a lot of news stories as part of my work for TeleRead, and lately, I’ve noticed that many are dominated by a decidedly gloomy tone. Apple gets sued. Readers get sued. All five of the big publishers get sued. Then there are the copyright squabbles, the fair use disputes, author’s rights, reader’s rights, corporate [...]

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TeleRead founder David Rothman in The Atlantic

Dan Eldridge — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 21:50:37 +0000

“Over the years I’ve often quoted David H. Rothman of Alexandria, Va., a pioneer in the entire field of electronic reading devices,” writes James Fallows, a national correspondent for The Atlantic, in an article about U.S. infrastructure that was published earlier this morning on The Atlantic‘s website. “[Rothman] was talking about his “Teleread” proposal many, many years [before] [...]

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Introducing TeleRead’s newest contributing writer

Susan Lulgjuraj — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 16:00:35 +0000

I used to be a library junkie with books piled on my nightstand. I’d be constantly renewing books until I finished all of them. There had to be a way to escape the clutter. That’s when I discovered e-book apps for my old Blackberry. I bought plenty of books and read and read and read. [...]

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TeleRead Goes to Vegas

Dan Eldridge — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 04:48:41 +0000

Those of you who read TeleRead regularly probably noticed that our coverage was a little bit thin last week … but not to worry! I’ve got an alibi: I was in Las Vegas since last Sunday, covering the 2013 International CES for NAPCO—my employer, and TeleRead’s parent company. This was my first-ever trip to CES, [...]

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TeleRead’s Twitter account is back from the dead!

Dan Eldridge — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 19:26:28 +0000

The majority of you out there who follow this site on a regular basis have long been aware of the fact that TeleRead’s once mighty Twitter account has sat sadly dormant for quite some time now. Sleeping, as it were. But thanks in no small part to the crackerjack social media team that toils late into the [...]

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Answer the TeleRead user survey – prizes offered

Paul Biba — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 20:31:06 +0000

Help Tell, Win Prizes Tell us who you are! Technology Tell (under whose umbrella TeleRead sits – or stands, or lies, or whatever) needs your help to complete our extremely short reader survey. Answer five questions — completely anonymously — so we can better serve you the best technology content on the web. Take the [...]

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Quick Note: Minimal postings tomorrow – it’s a national holiday

Paul Biba — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 20:47:29 +0000

For those readers outside the US, tomorrow is Independence Day, a national holiday. Posts will be infrequent.

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Closed for the holiday

Paul Biba — Sun, 27 May 2012 18:38:04 +0000

For those of you around the world, if you don’t know, Monday is a national holiday in the US, so TeleRead will have limited posting. See you all on Tuesday.

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Some TeleRead statistics

Paul Biba — Thu, 10 May 2012 00:13:21 +0000

Here are some numbers that I dug out this evening: Total number of posts since TeleRead started using WordPress: 20,367 Total number of comments since TeleRead started using WordPress: 47,973 Number of Tweets since TeleRead started using Twitter: 9,618 Number of followers: 2,493 Number of attempted spam posts since May, 2010: 724,737 Biggest month for [...]

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… and now for a word from our sponsor

Paul Biba — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 14:01:52 +0000

Something new has been added to the site. In the right-hand column you will see one or more boxes labeled “Amazon.com”. They will be showing various ereader-related products. If you click through to Amazon from the boxes and order something, TeleRead will get a small percentage of the price. Your purchase price will not increase. [...]

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