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A Correction!
Ian McGrath, of BN.com, writes in to correct a statement I made in The Big Picture about B&N's new social networking functionality:There is as of yet no messaging functionality in my B&N. It's lists, customer reviews, favorite profiles.
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Published 6 days ago

The Google Registry
Those of us who are identifier/metadata wonks are fascinated by the new registry being set up by Google Book Search. We're not hearing much yet as to how it will work, but at a recent BISAC General meeting, we were speculating that Google might have to make use of things like the ISTC and ISNI in...
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Published 2 weeks ago

Kassia Nails It
Great post by Kassia Krozser on social networking in publishing - and an awesome statement that could be applied to EVERY shift in the market right now:Yes, social networking is hard work. Yes, it requires a lot of time. Yes, it means changing your way of thinking.I love this woman.
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Published 2 weeks ago

John Ingram to PubWest: It's Either/And
PubWest held its annual conference last week in Portland, OR - according to PW, the theme of the conference extended last year's "Digital World" set of presentations:Touting the company’s print-on-demand and digital services, John Ingram emphasized that we live in an...
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Published 2 weeks ago

John Hodgman on books and technology
The New Yorker has a brief interview with John Hodgman, where he notes about the rise of ebooks:My book is modelled on and belongs to that great tradition of “Books Left Behind in Summer Houses for the Next People to Read.” And that tradition will die, for these are the titles that...
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Published 2 weeks ago

Endeca gets in on the DAM game
Have a DAM, but can't find anything in it? Apparently Endeca, which is one of my favorite companies that knows what to do with taxonomies, has devised a tool that can help. The Digital Asset Navigator solution ...integrates related data from DAM and content management systems, as well as...
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Published 2 weeks ago

Ingram is iPod-ready
Apparently this weekend at the California Library Association show, Ingram demo'd its new iPod-compatible downloadable audio products - starting with 6,000 Penguin titles. This would be the logical result of Ingram's acquisition of Iofy earlier this year, and puts them in a VERY interesting place...
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Published 2 weeks ago

LJND Blog for download on Kindle
Weird. I was playing around with downloads last night on my Kindle and went to the Blogs section. Under "Industry Focus" there was an actual category for "Publishing"! With six blogs in it! Thrilled, I clicked on it...to find my own blog there. Yes, this very one. Available...
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Published 3 weeks ago

Borders teetering
Galleycat reported yesterday that a "major distributor" for independent publishers has sent a note out to client pubs that Borders "now tell us that they will not be paying us for two months due to anticipated excessive returns." Of course, there is only one appropriate...
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Published 3 weeks ago

StartwithXML Forum - Early Bird ends soon!!
Go now, quickly, and register to attend the StartwithXML forum on January 13th at the McGraw-Hill auditorium in Manhattan. I will be there. Ted Hill will be there. Brian O'Leary will be there. Mike Shatzkin will be there. Ken Brooks will be there. David Young will be there. Gurus and experts and...
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Published 3 weeks ago

Google Opens Wide
Google announced today a settlement with the AAP and Authors Guild which will change the way books are accessed and read. Excerpted from the Google Book Search site:Accessing booksThis agreement will create new options for reading entire books (which is, after all, what books are there for)....
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Published a month ago

Oprah to endorse Kindle?
From Teleread, via Peter Brantley's Read 2.0 listeserv:"A Financial Times (FT) journalist believes that Oprah is likely to endorse the Kindle on her show on Friday. The front page of the Amazon store displays a teaser video featuring the talk show star; however, it is modified so that the...
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Published a month ago