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No E-mail About Your Borders' Shopping History Being Sold? (Or, How Privacy Protection Measures Can Backfire)
10th October, 2011If you told Borders you didn't want to receive emails from them, that means you won't get the email telling you they are selling your shopping history to Barnes & Noble.
Ebooks don't spell the end of literature
10th October, 2011E-readers pose no threat to books – quite the opposite, they may just re-Kindle a generation's love for the written wordThe other day I was on a train, reading a book. The young woman seated next to me was also reading a book. We were both enjoying...
HarperCollins Chief Digital Officer Leaves To Head Pottermore
10th October, 2011Charlie Redmayne, EVP and chief digital officer of HarperCollins, is leaving to become the CEO of interactive Harry Potter site Pottermore.com, starting November 7. It’s a high-profile publishing hire for Pottermore.com, which recen...
What is the creative economy, really?
8th October, 2011Yesterday I wrote how a platform like the Kindle might act as a stimulus to the wider, creative economy.?? The question in my mind is this. Is the creative economy a bit of hocous pocus or is it increasingly possible and beneficial to build our caree...
Can You Get A Publishing Deal From A Website?
8th October, 2011The 'slush pile' is the collection of unasked for, unpublished work that writers send to publishers. Wading through it is often a thankless task given...
Barnes & Noble: Facing An E-Reader Price War
7th October, 2011There?s trouble ahead for the Barnes & Noble Nook e-book reader. Last week, of course, Amazon.com unveiled a variety of new Kindles. The one that got the most attention was the Fire, the company?s $199 entry into the tablet market. But the company al...
Steve Jobs authorised biography tops bestseller list on pre-orders
7th October, 2011Apple chief was 'curled up in pain' for last meeting with biographer Walter Isaacson, for book to be rushed into printThe biography of Steve Jobs, which the notoriously workaholic co-founder of Apple authorised saying "I wanted my kids to know me",...
Can a Kindle Fire Fit into an iPad Life?
7th October, 2011Few have actually held the Kindle Fire, let alone put it through its paces, so Pete Meyers chose a novel analytical approach: Examine his own iPad habits and look for spots where the Fire can find a foothold.
Did Amazon's Kindle Create A Model for the Creative Economy?
7th October, 2011Now that the fuss over Amazon?s Fire has started to die down, it?s time to reappraise what Amazon has created with its first tablet ? the Kindle e-reader. Kindle is a beautiful reading device. But that?s just hardware. What Amazon and Kindle have don...
Leaked Sales Data Puts Kindle Fire Sales At 250,000 Over Five Days
4th October, 2011Here's an interesting tidbit that was unfortunately lost in the iPhone flurry this morning: some internal sales stats have apparently leaked from within Amazon, revealing that the new Fire tablet has some extremely impressive numbers. We saw some num...