July 2011
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Sorry about the iceberg, guys
The Borders bookstore chain has officially died, and Forbes did an “interpretation” of former VP/CMO/CEO Mike Edward’s letter to the chain’s loyalty program.
“I feel privileged to have had the opportunity to lead Borders…” Observation: One can only imagine Mr. Edwards was paraphrasing the Captain of the Titanic or reading from a 60% off copy of the Charge of the Light...
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The Worst Book Ever is 'How to Avoid Huge... →
But it does have the best Amazon customer reviews ever.
Including:
Reads like a whodunnit! By Citizenfitz (The salt grainery) I bought How to Avoid Huge Ships as a companion to Captain Trimmer’s other excellent books: How to Avoid a Train, and How to Avoid the Empire State Building. These books are fast paced, well written and the hard won knowledge found in them is as inspirational as it is...
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March 2011
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B&N Meets BEA--Sort of: In Abu Dhabi, book fairs... →
[A write-up of the Abu Dhabi International Book fair by me and three fellow NYU pub students for Publishers Weekly.]
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FYI: Starbucks is celebrating its 40th anniversary... →
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Warner Bros. to rent movies digitally on Facebook,... →
Soon you may never have a reason to log out again. Next on Facebook’s to-do list, virtual porta potties.
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Book Will Write the History of Egypt’s Revolution... →
and then Aaron Sorkin will pen the screenplay, and Mumford & Sons will win an Oscar for the film’s score.
(Okay, fine, the last bits of that are more speculative than factual. But come 2013, just remember you read it here first.)
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The NY Times just found out you don't have to buy... →
Apparently, other types of stores sell books, too!
In other breaking news, the sky is above us.
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Paris, New York & Books: When Men in Black stop at... →
kebebetsehaye:
The French magazine Livres Hebdo announced last Monday that The European commission has conducted inspections into major French Publishing houses (among which Hachette Livres, Gallimard, Flammarion, Albin Michel…) suspected of colluding on the price of digital books.
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Hippos don't stand a chance against Buzz and Woody →
Tim Allen and Tom Hanks have signed up to star together (as real people, not animated child’s play things) in Jungle Cruise, based on the Disney ride. Here’s hoping they get more than those dopey pop guns to defend themselves against the river creatures.
February 2011
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Barnes & Noble opens doors for self-published... →
B&N is giving authors who use its PubIt! self-publishing program some Nookstore shelf space. The bookseller will host in-store events, create a bestseller list for PubIt! books, and include the authors in its “Read In Store” program.
What do you think? High time or apocalyptic sign?
Do we still look down our noses at the self-published, or are we equal-opportunity readers these...
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HarperCollins caps ebook lending at libraries, and...
HarperCollins has announced that new titles licensed from library ebook vendors will be able to circulate only 26 times before the license expires.
And it’s going over about as well as can be expected. Twitter protests (#hcod) are up and running, with fans and writers alike voicing their disapproval.
And seriously, HC, what’s one of the first things we all learned in school?
You do...
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Sports fans could soon tune in to games live on... →
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Touchscreen production poisoned Chinese workers
Chinese workers injured while making touchscreens for mobile devices, including iPhones, have written to Apple asking it to do more to help them.
Exposure to the chemical n-hexane, used in the production of touch screens, can lead to faintness and tiredness, sweaty hands and feet, numbness in hands and swelling and pain in feet. And daily exposure can lead to long-term damage.
The factory is...
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LinkedIn admits that no one goes to LinkedIn →
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Journalists recording Bahrain violence via Twitter...
As part of a violent crackdown on the protests rocking the nation, the Bahrain government is limiting its citizens’ access to the internet (and their access to medical care, and their assembly at memorial services, and their attempts to mourn those killed during previous “limits” on access, and just some basic human rights…).
Foreign journalists are being refused entry at...
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Text a nearby group of friends with GroupMe's new... →
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“The publisher is the merchant of record.”
– Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt, while discussing Google’s OnePass payment system for digital content.
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Red Cross now teaches PR disaster recovery →
The American Red Cross should consider adding “Averting a Social Media Crisis” to their training program.
A rogue tweet showed up on the org’s official Twitter feed on Tuesday night. It was… kind of an awkward tweet for an humanitarian care organization, stating as it did that: “when we drink we do it right #gettngslizzerd”
BUT they had it down in an hour and...
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True love
Some exciting romance for V day:
A Malaysian woman saved her husband from certain death by beating away the tiger that was attacking him.
Her weapon of choice? A soup ladle.
AWESOME.
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Can you hear me now? There's an app for that... →
OpenSignalMaps shows you where the cell towers are and what the signal strength is. They’re releasing an app version of their signal maps (still in beta).
BUT… OpenSignalMaps only uses Android phones to crowdsource their data, and its an Android app. Come on, people, share the wealth.
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Facebook Pages get a make-over
Facebook just launched their Pages redesign.
Summary?
1) Pages have new layout, without the tabbing menu or Information box on the left-hand side.
2) Pages’ right-hand menu has been adjusted so it looks and functions a little more like the profiles.
3) Pages now allows it administrators to interact with the rest of Facebook like more of a regular user.
4) There’s a new...
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Chrome Extension Surfaces Most Relevant Tweets... →
My6sense’s app uses “Digital Intuition” to anticipate which tweets you’ll want to see and put them at the top of your stream.
Does “Digital Intuition” sound like part of a pick-up line to anyone else? So many jokes…
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Do you like me? Check yes or no →
Tello.com was just released in the Apple App Store, Android app coming later—pretty simple rating device for customer service (thumbs up or down).
You can leave a more detailed comment if you want to rave or rant, but Tello is all about reviewing customer service specifically. e.g. Pizza was great, atmosphere was charming, Drew the server had the memory of a goldfish? Thumbs down.
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“Getting found means writing extensively about your solution to someone else’s...”
– Inbound vs. outbound marketing, from SocialMediaExaminer
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Spider-man saves the Knicks →
Marvel and the NBA are co-launching a line of clothing that pairs NBA teams with superheroes.
Like the Celtics and the Incredible Hulk, Spider-man and the Knicks…
(Who gets Captain America? Will that make it our patriotic duty to support, say, the Oklahoma City Thunder?)
The arrangement allows the NBA to change the characters’ costume colors to match the teams’ colors. ...
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beccastardust
New Albany, by beccastardust
I’m having difficulty believing this blog really belongs to a 15-year-old girl whose parents dragged her along with them to live in a commune.
It isn’t the premise that makes me suspicious, it’s her writing. She sounds more like a YA-author’s version of a YA than an actual YA.
And perhaps the fact that she looks like a poster child for...
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If you think of your best customer as your best... →
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A SyFy 'Treasure Island' →
Is this a pirate alternative for everyone who thinks cowboys are the weak link in this mash-up?
Or… maybe the SyFy channel is just a totally logical host for the new adaptation.
PS: I will be watching this, aliens or no. Obviously. Look at the cast.
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“If I could go back in time and have a conversation
with my 18-year-old self,...”
– Sue Sylvester, I mean, Jane Lynch, talking about her upcoming memoir, Happy Accidents
(Hyperion, September 2011)
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