Google may be guilty of antitrust violations for its Book Search initiative, reported several newswire services on Monday. The Department of Justice has opened an investigation of the search giant's settlement with the Author's Guild ...READ»
Contentious though it may be, Google Books is an undeniably powerful tool. Now Google's given the service a shot in the arm and boosted its search functions. Best of all it now lets you embed previews of texts in your own Web ...READ»
One of the questions I get asked the most is “How do you get people to talk so naturally on-camera?”
The simple answer is it starts with my intention.
That’s why I’m so thrilled to share with others Nick Morgan’s ...READ»
The Scribd Store, which opened this morning in beta, is the latest online venture that could change the way the ailing publishing industry staggers into the 21st century. Scribd has been live for two years now, and until today, has ...READ»
Julia Cheiffetz edits books at HarperStudio, a new imprint of HarperCollins that's trying to rethink both the format of books and the business model. HarperStudio will publish just two books a month and offer authors 50-50 profit sharing, rather than a traditional 7% to 15% royalty.READ»
Glue is a free Firefox add-on that lets you take your social network to every major site you visit. At heart, it's a semantic Web tool: it can "read" and contextualize the content on the sites you visit, and serve up your ...READ»
Despite the rapid rise in popularity of electronic books, nobody thinks physical books are dead--not quite yet. And that means there may be a market for this oddly retro device from U.K. bookseller Blackwell: It's an on-demand ...READ»
It's unlikely that the printed word is going anywhere--even with the rise of Kindle-like devices, there's still nothing like reading an actual book made with (gasp) tree-killing paper. So it's still important for the publishing ...READ»
As I was recently rearranging my “ridiculously-way-over-stuffed-I-need-to-straighten-this-thing-out”bookshelf, I noticed over a dozen books scattered about; books on story,personal storytelling and organizational ...READ»
Amazon's [AMZN] new Kindle 2, shipping this week, shames the original Kindle with a host of improvements: better enclosure, faster page-turns, a better Web experience and seven times the memory. But the Kindle 2 is put to shame by ...READ»
Update: The rumor that Amazon's successor to the Kindle e-reader is arriving on February 9th has been confirmed.
In October, BoyGeniusReport.com nabbed the first images of the new device, and now BGR is running with the suggestion ...READ»
This week the media is a-squabble over the death rattles coming from the book publishing industry. Yes, it's in dire condition. But a new business model might bring readers back. Call it the Free Lunch model.
An article in The Wall ...READ»
The Kindle may be good, if aging, and Sony's Reader may be groovy yet expensive, but Foxit's upcoming eSlick has a killer advantage over both: its price. Sneaking in at a launch price of $229 makes eSlick nearly half the price of ...READ»
These books run the gamut of what Fast Company is about--innovation, creativity, design, sustainability, technology, marketing, and global business. Their central theme: finding and sharing new ideas is essential to success.READ»
Let's say you're writing a marketing book. Advice: Under no circumstance regurgitate the story of Vincent Ferrari, the blogger who posted a recording of his call with an AOL rep who tried to prevent him from canceling his service.READ»
"The way they [bankers] talk about girls — a guy will say he’s going to short a girl because, you know, ‘There’s a lot of overvalue here.'" That's just one of the absurdist observations Amit Chatwani riffs on in ...READ»
I read a lot for this blog and I try to pass along the books that I especially recommend. Some are simply must-reads if you're on the cutting edge of marketing and social media.
But it's rare that I quote a book more than a ...READ»
Sounds about normal.Allow me to introduce myself. I own a small publishing company, am a writer, editor and occasional pain in whatever part of the anatomy will help me get the job done. I'm currently grateful we opted not to operate ...READ»
In this installment of the series, I will cover all of the books,
magazine, websites, and podcasts that you need to become an A-List
Blogger. These resources will give you the ammo to be the very best in
your field. (And if you ...READ»
Is the concept of the Big Idea dead in advertising? How much has the
internet and Web 2.0 specifically altered the fundamentals of the
industry?
In his 1983 book, On Advertising, master David Ogilvy held forth on the central ...READ»
For decades CliffsNotes has helped students digest the verbosity and virtuosity of Shakespeare's plays. Now the company is extending that approach to a new market with Manga editions of Hamlet, Julius Caesar, Macbeth and Romeo and ...READ»
A Long Walk On A Short Path
Keeping in the tradition of providing clever and entertaining instruction for people to grow their lives, I have teamed up with a new author, Leslie Ann Smith, to help develop an ...READ»
As this article from AP states, Amazon's Kindle has revitalized eBooks. Sales are up for eBooks, including downloads for Sony's Reader. I reviewed the first version of the Reader, and found it to be a great device with a few small ...READ»
