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May 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Digital Media News for the Week Beginning 05/12/2013

APPS, HTML5 AND M-COMMERCE AMONG KEY MOBILE CHALLENGES FACING BUSINESSES: REPORTS
The consumer shift to using mobile devices has been one of the most important trends for businesses to get to grips with in recent years and it proved to be a popular topic at Econsultancy’s Digital Cream London event. The key themes and findings from… [read more]
Source: Econsultancy (blog)

HTML5 STEPS CLOSER TO BAKED-IN DRM SUPPORT
The draft specification would apply to video, audio or interactive content marked with HTML5 media element tags. The specification defines an API that would provide access to content decryption modules (CDMs), part of DRM systems, when that media was… [read more]
Source: ZDNet

BREAKING NEWS! AMAZON LAUNCHES KINDLE LOVE STORIES PODCAST
I’m in love. LOVE, I tell you. Amazon Publishing today launches a weekly romance-novel-focused podcast. Kindle Love Stories includes author interviews, book recs, commentary from book reviewers and excerpts of new books. Listeners get to participate… [read more]
Source: USA TODAY

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May 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Quotable Authors: Kurt Vonnegut

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Digital Media News for the Week Beginning 05/05/2013

SMASHWORDS RELEASES DATA FROM E-BOOK SALES STUDY
The ebook distribution site Smashwords, spearheaded by founder Mark Coker, is often at the forefront of what is shaping digital publishing. Whether it’s making a free platform available to self-published authors or helping writers find industry… [read more]
Source: Good E-Reader (blog)

MICROSOFT MULLING NOOK MEDIA LLC PURCHASE FOR $1 BILLION
Microsoft is offering to pay $1 billion to buy the digital assets of Nook Media LLC, the digital book and college book joint venture with Barnes & Noble and other investors, according to internal documents… [read more]
Source: TechCrunch

THE COVER THAT LAUNCHED A THOUSAND IBOOKSTORE SALES
It analyzes an 11-month chunk of Smashwords sales data covering over 120,000 books, and aggregated across multiple Smashwords retailers (Apple iBookstore, Sony, Kobo, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Diesel, Smashwords.com), to identify data-driven… [read more]
Source: mediabistro.com

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May 9, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Book Review: Parallel Visions by Cheryl Rainfield

Book Details:

File Size: 342 KB
Print Length: 146 Pages
Publisher: Rain and Sun Press
Publication Date: November 15, 2012
Text-to-Speech: Enabled

Book Summary:

A new YA fantasy from award-winning author of SCARS and HUNTED Cheryl Rainfield.

Visions can kill you. Would you risk your life to save someone else’s?

Kate sees psychic visions of the future and the past—but only when she’s having an asthma attack. When she “sees” her sister being beaten, she needs more visions to try to save her, along with a suicidal classmate—but triggering her asthma could kill her. Parallel Visions is the story of one brave, caring girl whose unusual gifts put her own life in danger.

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Digital Media News for the Week Beginning 04/28/2013

DIY WEB BUILDER WEEBLY LAUNCHES AN ANDROID APP, ALONG WITH A MOBILE AND HTML5 SITE CREATOR
Weebly, the do-it-yourself site builders, announced the launch of several new features, including the release of its Android app and a creator tool to produce HTML5 and mobile sites. In conjunction with the news, the company also revealed that more… [read more]
Source: The Next Web

BARNES & NOBLE DEBUTS ‘TWO-FOR-ONE’ E-BOOK WEEKENDS
And its Nook e-reader device can’t seem to deliver a fatal blow to either Amazon’s popular Kindle or Apple’s dominant iPad. … All this has me scratching my head and wondering: what is Barnes & Noble’s true goal with such a promotion? Does the… [read more]
Source: ZDNet (blog)

HOW MANY COPIES MAKE A SELF-PUBLISHED BESTSELLER?
GalleyCat readers constantly ask us: how many copies does it take to get on the Self Published Bestsellers List? This is not an easy question to answer since all the major marketplaces for indie books carefully guard their sales figures… [read more]
Source: mediabistro.com

INGRAM CEO: BARNES & NOBLE SHOULD SPLIT, MICROSOFT SHOULD BUY NOOK
Ailing bookseller Barnes & Noble should split into two businesses — the Nook digital business and the retail store locations — and Microsoft should buy the Nook business, said Ingram Content Group chairman and CEO John Ingram, speaking candidly at… [read more]
Source: Digital Book World

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May 2, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Quotable Authors: Robert Frost

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May 1, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Book Review: The Chameleon by E.J. Silverman and G.R. Smith

Book Details:

File Size: 320 KB
Print Length: 122 Pages
Publisher: Silversmith Book Club
Publication Date: September 10, 2012
Text-to-Speech: Enabled

Book Summary:

Suppose the casual conversation you’re having with this stranger is actually a job interview; and suppose you’re unknowingly interviewing for a job to fly half-way round the world to stop a madman. Would you have what it takes to be a Random?

The Organization has done the research, but Cam has the final say on who will be his five Randoms. Billy is the honest simpleton; every job needs the new guy. Manford is the Navy vet; life always deals him bad cards. Sarah is more than just eye candy; her street smart survival skills could mean the survival of the team. The Professor’s job is easy; analyze the data and get inside a madman’s head. Tom is the unwitting inside man; he’s the eyes and ears of the team, as long as he stays alive.

But which one is the Chameleon?

They all have to learn fast and think quick, because their rewards in life—and their lives—depend on it.

Join the Randoms in this new action adventure that takes them from Nowhere, USA, to a small tropical island where they find ancient secrets, defiant locals, and rogue military officers. Sometimes, the adventure is in the journey and the destination.

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