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Scholarly Publication at the Digital Tipping Point
via The Journal of Electronic Publishing by Pochoda, Phil on June 06, 2008
The Journal of Electronic Publishing Vol. 11 Issue 2, 2008-05-30. Two years ago, the University of Michigan Press and the Scholarly Publishing Office of Michigan’s University Library embarked on a joint publishing project, digitalculturebooks, whose aim was to publish books about new media in both a printed for-sale version and an open access (OA) online version. The intention was not only to...
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via Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? by ichctcf on June 05, 2008
Record your own or Listen to other Audio Clips!EGAD! We’z been spelling cheezburger rong!u noe hao 2 spell bath tho.picture: dunno source, via our lolcat builder. lol caption: Lunacte » Recaption This
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Sony Style store’s $45 ‘promotional discount’ brings Reader price down to
via TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home by (author unknown) on June 03, 2008
Shared by Karie Tempting!Already discounted by other stores, the Sony Reader PRS-505 is now going for $255 at the Style Store—complete with the ability to engrave it. You may not see the new price until you use the checkout basket. Response to the Kindle price drop? (Found via MobileRead forum.)
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Publisher Offers Tips for Embedding Web Links in Ebooks
via Tools of Change for Publishing by Mac Slocum on June 03, 2008
Morris Rosenthal, owner of Foner Books and author of the Laptop Repair Workbook, is blurring the line between books and Web content by embedding clickable hyperlinks within the margins of his PDF-based ebooks. Rosenthal discusses his linking process in the following Q&A.Q: What inspired you to insert links into your ebooks?I was forced into large margins for the Laptop Repair Workbook due to the...
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Libraries consider role in digitization
via Open Access News by noreply@blogger.com (Gavin Baker) on June 03, 2008
Andy Guess, Post-Microsoft, Libraries Mull Digitization, Inside Higher Ed, May 30, 2008.Microsoft’s announcement last Friday that it would discontinue its book- and journal-scanning initiatives left its partners at university research libraries pondering the future of efforts to digitize materials in their archives. Analysts said the software giant was refocusing on its strengths, in effect...
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Pandora Releases Air-Based Desktop Application
via Mashable! by Paul Glazowski on June 03, 2008
Pandora, described as a custom Web radio service, has been quite well-received over the years. Though it started off solely as a Web page catering music streams based on users’ personal musical preferences, it’s grown to provide a voluminous catalog to everyone from PC owners to mobile broadband subscribers to those keen on bringing Web-based audio to their home theatre systems in streamlined...
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Looking for sustainable business models for online academic resources
via Open Access News by noreply@blogger.com (Peter Suber) on June 03, 2008
... gaining access to, the economic resources necessary to keep the intellectual property or the service available on an ongoing basis. This does not...presuppose any particular method for revenue generation: an Open Access resource, for example, will have a different set of revenue options available to it than a project that is willing to charge a subscription fee, but both should be expected to d...
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Last.fm in a Box: Listen to Last.fm on Live Nation, iGoogle, and More…
via Mashable! - The Social Networking Blog by Paul Glazowski on June 03, 2008
... third-party websites for the convenience of their users.The initial set of partners for Last.fm in a Box is quite an extensive one. The CBS-owned company includes Billboard, Break Media, eMusic, Live Nation, MP3.com, Meebo, Frengo, Gigya, MP3.com, iGoogle, Netvibes, Pageflakes, Bebo, Ning, Photobucket, Piczo, Stardoll, WAYN.com, Six Apart, and Wordpress.com. CBS’s own television states and a...
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Helping MIT neighbors cross the 'digital divide'
via MIT Campus News by (author unknown) on June 03, 2008
A group of MIT volunteers hopes to close the digital divide gap through CommuniTech, a program that started in 2000 by focusing on refurbishing older donated computers and giving them to economically disadvantaged people in the area.
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Your document could not finish printing.
via Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? by ichctcf on June 01, 2008
Record your own or Listen to other Audio Clips!Your document could not finish printing. There is a cat in the way.ur printer iz awlso awt of toner.picture: dunno source, via our lolcat builder. lol caption: milosh » Recaption This
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