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  Is the Future of Fiction an “Annotated Online Chat”?

  1584 readersBy Edward Nawotka, Editor-in-Chief In today’s feature story Chris Rechtsteiner asserts that the future of fiction is “far more apt to look like an annotated chat conversation than anything else. Why? Because the conversation can be played out by the authors at their convenience and then be made available for feedback, comments, insight, etc. in near

• Why DRM Is Like Airport Security

  1421 readersWhile flying home from Bologna for our TOC event I couldn't help but think about some of the similarities between digital rights management (DRM) and airport security. Here are a few common points that come to mind: False sense of...

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  Editor’s Pick of the Week – Digital Book World Edition

  1344 readersDigital Book World coverage: Publishers and agents differ on ‘fair’ e-book royalty rates, by Chris Meadows Its no pocalypse at Digital Book World, by Eric Hellman DBW panelists suggest children’s book apps need curating, by Chris Meadows Digital Book World: BISG research report on ISBN Digital Book World: consumer attitude and buying behavior studies Digital

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  E-Book Trends Differ Around the World

  1264 readersThis article was produced during the Frankfurt Book Fair in cooperation with GigaOM By Laura Hazard Owen, GigaOM Which e-book trends cut across cultures and countries, and which are country-specific? Execs from Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Google, France’s FNAC and India’s Indiaplaza discussed similarities and differences at the CEO panel on October 10, 2012 at the Frankfurt

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  Are E-books the End of Mass Market Paperbacks?

  2559 readersWhen it comes to convenience, it is tough to beat one-click purchasing and instant digital downloads that the e-book format offers. By Edward Nawotka The mass market paperback once revolutionized book publishing. Today, outside of train and plane stations, and grocery and convenience stories, you would have a hard time finding them on the shelves. Bookstores hardly

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  Is it THE Kindle, or just Kindle?

  1709 readersYou can definitely write articles about the Kindle, but you shouldn’t use the definite article with (the) Kindle. That’s the thrust of a Wall Street Journal article that discusses how careful representatives of many modern companies are to avoid using “a” or “the” with their products. Kindle, Nook, iPhone, BlackBerry, Wii, the list goes on. The

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  At Hong Kong Book Fair, 1 Million Expected, 40% Buy English

  1250 readersBy Dan Stahl The London Olympics isn’t the only international extravaganza where records may be broken this summer. After drawing an unprecedented 950,000 people in 2011, the Hong Kong Book Fair, which runs 18-24 July, could reach a million this year. To put that number in context, the Frankfurt Book Fair attracted about 300,000 visitors last

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  I’ll not be posting for a while

  2324 readers You won’t be seeing too much of me here for the next 4 to 6 weeks.  I will return to regular posting after that time. In the meantime, we’ve arranged for Chris Walters to take over the daily posting duties, along with Chris Meadows, of course.  Chris Walters runs the excellent BookSprung blog and we have

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  Morning Roundup – Stories you may have missed

  1266 readersKobo Touch vs Kobo Glo (Good E-Reader) More Mobile Devices Equals More News Consumption, Says Study (Paid Content) Educational Fair Dealing Shows Why Access Copyright has Little Value (Michael Geist) Why Restrictions on Fair Use Are Sometimes Important (Scholarly Kitchen) Kindle Daily Deal: What Happened to Sophie Wilder by Christopher Beha & Fracture by Megan Miranda

• Humor for Writers – Writer’s Resume

  2162 readersHumor for Writers – Writer’s Resume My first job was working in an orange juice factory, but I got canned … couldn’t concentrate. Then I worked in the woods as a lumberjack, but I just couldn’t hack it … so they gave me the axe. After that I tried to be a tailor, but I just wasn’t suited for it …