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  John Lagerling on Google’s Nexus strategy

  3088 readersLast Friday, the New York  Times‘ Bits blog ran an interesting Q&A-style interview with John Lagerling, Google’s Android director of business development, “about the company’s strategy with the Nexus brand, one that revolves around lower prices,” as the interview’s intro explains. Lagerling, as it happens, was involved with negotiating the new Nexus line’s decidedly low price

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  Digital book publishing: Penguin publishes deluxe eBook teacher’s edition of Steinbeck’s ‘Of Mice and Men’ ; NOOK and Kobo both commit to the ePUB3 standard; 360 Sound enhanced eBook comes in two flavors, and with problems

  5034 readersPenguin Group released an enhanced eBook edition of John Steinbeck's classic Of Mice and Men, designed to be "the ultimate teacher’s guide for student discussions." Of Mice and Men: Teacher’s Deluxe Edition includes video clips of student's offering their own perspectives on the themes of the book, as well as instruction on how to project the

• Magazines Get Serious About Ecommerce

  621 readers These initiatives are enabling lifestyle magazines to explore new revenue streams as their mainstay moneymaker, print advertising, continues to decline. It’s about time. Online retailers, as we’ve explored, have been encroaching on magazines’ territory for years now. They’ve hired top magazine talent — for instance, former Gourmet editor-in-chief Ruth Reichl

• Book Release: “Welcome Aboard: How to Land a Job with Only One Interview”

  2946 readers Book Release: “Welcome Aboard: How to Land a Job with Only One Interview” (via SBWire) “Welcome Abroad: How to Land a Job with Only One Interview” is a must have for individuals who are currently unemployed and searching for a job or are currently employed and wish to change jobs but are afraid of the interview

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  Editorial director Josh Quittner talks about Flipboard

  1714 readersCNet has an interesting, fairly long interview with Josh Quittner, who was formerly the director of Time Inc.’s digital magazine strategy as well as Time.com’s editorial chief before quitting to take a job as editorial director for Flipboard. Quittner is a veteran tech journalist and editor, which makes it all the more fascinating he would

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  PP Appreciation: Ex-Marvel Man, Pariah, Blogger Jim Shooter

  1102 readersOur series “Publishing People We Admire” considers ex-Marvel editor-in-chief Jim Shooter, a man our writer calls “the best publishing blogger in the world.” Editorial by Daniel Kalder Is the best blog in publishing written by a 60 year- old former editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics? I think so. Jim Shooter (Photo by Seth Kushner) Though he may not be a

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  The New York Times recent web traffic numbers neither confirm nor contradict the paper’s paywall strategy

  2564 readersAt a recent conference in Austria, Jim Roberts, assistant managing editor for digital, revealed that the New York Times continues to see growth in its online readership numbers despite the launching of its paywall. "I argued against it," Roberts told a UK journalism site. "It was a position that wasn't extremely popular throughout our newsroom

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  DBW Insights: Bradley Graham and Lissa Muscatine

  1476 readers In this exclusive interview, Bradley Graham and Lissa Muscatine, the new owners of Politics & Prose in Washington, DC, discuss their decision to purchase the world renowned bookstore and their views on the future of independent bookselling. From the interview: I approached the prospect of buying Politics & Prose, much as a journalist would, writing a story

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  I’m interviewed by Daquarium – or “The Attack of the Giant Toronto Librarians”

  2551 readers Just posted is an interview with me on the Bibliotech section of the tech blog Dquarium.  It’s out of Toronto and is run by librarian Kayhan Boncoglu.  Librarians Erin Anderson and Doug Mirams are also part of the regular interview team and joined in as well. We had great fun and my only caution is that the

• Wiley Names New Chief Financial Officer

  253 readers[Press Release]Wiley Names John Kritzmacher as Chief Financial Officer John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE: JWa and JWb), a global provider of knowledge and knowledge-based services in the areas of research, professional development, and education, today named John Kritzmacher, former CFO of Lucent Technologies and Global Crossing, as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer,