Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. In defense, justification, and apologia of the thesaurus. The book "Robinson Crusoe" was published 300 years ago this spring. ...
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Morning Coffee – 19 April 2019
Here are a few stories to read this Friday morning. FYI: The current "new" Twitter will change most image attachments into landscape thumbnails. Russian ebook pirates exploit a loophole...
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Here are a few stories to read this Wednesday morning. The Stage reports that researchers may have identified Shakespeare's London home. (beware the registration wall) The BBC notes that Amazon...
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Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. This Vox article on product placement in books missed the two biggest examples: Transformers and GI Joe. Their comic...
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Here are a few stories to read this Friday morning. I'm pretty sure we already knew this, but Bloomberg reports that Amazon shares what you say to Alexa with...
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Here are a few stories to read this Wednesday morning. A book hoarder wonders whether there is any point to collecting books. Salvador Dalí had a little known side...
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Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. Amazon's munging of reviews is confusing customers into buying the wrong product. A new study shows teens aren't harmed...
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This Friday morning finds me at an SF con in Williamsburg, VA called RavenCon. Here are a few stories to read while I am away from my computer. I...
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Here are a few stories to read this Wednesday morning. Amanda Egan lays into Travis McCrea, the founder of eBook Bike. The Atlantic joins the call for less homework....
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Here are a few stories to read this Friday morning. The Guardian explores the many problems in the ebook market. James Daunt owns 3 homes, but says that he...
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This Wednesday morning finds me at the Computers in Libraries conference, and thus not able to post stories. Here are a few stories to read while I am away....
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Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. The Emilia Report crunched the data and found that book coverage really is as sexist as we all had...
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Here are a few stories to read this Friday morning. Judith Briles has the latest word on Amazon's book review policies. Katy Waldman looks at the so-called YA Twitter...
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Here are a few stories to read this Wednesday morning. If you thought language nazis were bad today, check out the man brought to trial in 1730 for murdering...
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Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. Here's a new Epub making tool that is based on the static site generator, 11ty. Netflix is planning more interactive...
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