Sunday, July 18th, 2010
This weekend, I came across a story about a new popular Web site called I Write Like, which claims that, via some copied-and-pasted text, it can determine which famous author you write like. I’m skeptical about these things, especially when reading passages like: The site's traffic has soared in recent days ...Tuesday, June 29th, 2010
I recently interviewed an enterprising author who is making her way to fame by self-publishing electronically after failing to catch the attention of traditional publishers. Karen McQuestion has sold more than 36,000 copies of her ebook, A Scattered Life; Amazon's Encore imprint will publish it in paperback on August 10th; ...Monday, April 26th, 2010
Moderator: Welcome to Obsolete Anonymous! I've gathered you all here to welcome our latest member, the Print Industry. Print Industry: Hello, everyone. But there's been a mistake. I don't belong here. (chuckles all around) Print Industry: I'm serious. I'm not obsolete. I'm relevant. Print books have been around for hundreds of years. They're ...Saturday, January 16th, 2010
Yesterday, Xerox announced a joint sales and marketing agreement with On Demand Books wherein the Xerox 4112 Copier/Printer will be integrated with the Espresso Book Machine - a fully integrated solution that prints, binds and trims books with full color covers on demand in retail locations and libraries. The Espresso Book ...Friday, December 11th, 2009
On December 8th, Simon & Schuster announced a new strategy that would place ebooks between hardcover and paperback in their sequencing of book releases, delaying ebook availability by 4 months. Yesterday, in an email exchange with eBookNewser, Simon & Schuster vice president of corporate communications Adam Rothberg indicated ...Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
In partnership with Amazon.com, Princeton has been conducting a pilot program to put Kindle's in the classroom as part of a sustainability initiative to conserve paper. Yesterday the Daily Princetonian reported, Kindles yet to woo University users: But though they acknowledged some benefits of the new technology, many students and faculty ...
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