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Changing the World: November 15 – In-Your-Face Politics
Today’s suggestion is one that I won’t be getting involved in. Sure, it is an amusing suggestion and I’m sure that some of the results of it would be funny. However, I have better things to do with my...
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Book Review: Currently Reading – Print is Dead, by Jeff Gomez
I have been reading ‘Print is Dead – Books in our Digital Age,’ by Jeff Gomez and have now reached ‘Writers in a Digital Future.’ Here Gomez explores the possibilities for authors, possibilities that...
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Article: Balanced Reading Diet
The link below is to an article which suggests five ways to balance your media reading diet. For more visit: http://www.good.is/post/read-better-five-steps-to-a-more-balanced-media-diet/Filed under:...
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Article: Can the Internet Save Book Reviews?
The following link is to an article about the Internet and book reviews. With the reduction of book reviews in print media, is the Internet now the means and future for sharing book reviews? For more...
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Article: Book Review Reliability
The following link is to an article reporting on the reliability of consumer book reviews when compared to media expert reviews. For more visit:...
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Widbook
Write, Read, Share on Widbook, the ‘YouTube of Books’ The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark . If you would like to have… Share on...
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Book Review: Phantoms on the Bookshelves, by Jacques Bonnet
‘Phantoms on the Bookshelves,’ by Jacques Bonnet was translated from the French original by Sian Reynolds and has an introduction by James Salter. The copy I have is a Kindle edition. It was first...
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Article: The Pricing Debate
The link below is to an article that looks at the current debate over the pricing of various forms of media, including ebooks. For more...
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Article: Amazon’s Author Central
The link below is to an article that reports on changes to Amazon’s Author Central, with the addition of improved social media functionality. For more...
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Flipboard is a giant iceberg lurking in the path of the media
Originally posted on paidContent (old):When Flipboard recently announced it was opening up its platform to enable users to create their own magazines, I was surprised by the low-key reaction by the...
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Article: Amazon Bashing
The link below is to an article that looks at recent Amazon bashing throughout the media, outlining where it is wrong. For more...
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The news about reader attention and the evolution of media isn’t all bad —...
Originally posted on Gigaom:Sometimes it seems as though the future of online media is a fairly bleak one: an ocean of clickbait and shallow pageview-driven articles, all of them chasing the dwindling...
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How I audited my daily media habits and improved the way I read
Originally posted on Gigaom:Creating web content is incredibly easy — but filtering content is really hard. In late 2014, I realized I was reading too much bad content. I felt enraged by some of the...
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Social Media Tips for Authors
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Digital Media: Ownership Versus Renting
The link below is to an article that considers the pros and cons of digital media ownership and/or renting/subscription. For more...
View ArticleScotland just bucked the print-is-dying trend with two new Sunday newspapers
What’s inside? GingerInc Tom Collins, University of Stirling My first job as a trainee reporter was on a Sunday title. Sundays are a breed apart. We had contempt for our daily sister, were drunk until...
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