The Digital Reader

Here are a few stories to read this morning.

• Academic Librarians on “Navigating the eBook Maze” (LJ INFOdocket)
• Disney’s Bloody Attack on The Air Pirates (Comic Book Legal Defense Fund)
• The Fight Over DRM In HTML5 Should Represent The Last Stand For DRM (Techdirt)
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Here are a few stories to read this morning.

But first, SID Display Week is coming up in just a couple weeks. It is in Vancouver, BC this year, and I will of course be in attendance.

• Amazon has big challenges to overcome in China before it launches the Kindle there (TNW)
• Amazon vs. Nook (The Passive Voice)
• Are eBooks Too Cheap?: Indie Authors Question 99 Cent Price (HuffPo)
• The Author Exploitation Business (David Gaughran)
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Here are a few stories to read this morning.

• 22 ingeniously defaced textbooks & exam papers (studentbeans.com)
• Dust jacket envelopes make it simple to donate your books by mail (TeleRead)
• Forgetting the “Why” in the Narrative of Horror (LitReactor)
• How Many Spaces After a Period? Ending the Debate (The World’s Greatest Book)

Here are a few stories to read this morning.

• Archos Titanium HD – Dead After Just 34 Days (The eBook Reader Blog)
• Dandelion Publishing is the Worst Idea Ever  (Go To Hellman)
• Never, Never, Never Lose Your Work! (Rachelle Gardner)
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Here are a few stories to read this morning.

• Amazon KDP Select for eBook Promotion, Yea or Nay? (Lindsay Buroker)
• Barnes & Noble’s Filing Clearly Explains Why The Patent System Is Broken And How To Fix It (Techdirt)
• Electronic autograph startup eGraphs runs out of cash, shuts down (GeekWire)
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Here are a few stories to read this morning.

• 9 Ways Big Pub Is Like Big Pharma (Huffington Post)
• Are You Hungry for ‘Snackable Content?’ (Mashable)
• The digital truths traditional publishers don’t want to hear (Guardian.co.uk)
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Here are a few stories to read this morning.

• 7 Bizarre Things That Happened After My Book Was Published (BookRiot)
• Banned books trading card project earns prestigious national award for Lawrence Public Library (LJWorld.com)
• Brewster’s trillions: Internet Archive strives to keep web history alive (The Guardian)
• Judge Appears Poised to Toss Booksellers’ Suit (PW)
• Review: Kobo Aura HD (Dear Author)
• What You Read is an Ethical Choice (Big Think)

Here are a few stories to read this morning.

• 7 F***in’ Great Ways to Build Your Writing Routine (LitReactor)
• Apple iBookstore Leads Brazil’s Ebook Market in 2013 (Publishing Perspectives)
• Arment on Instapaper’s sale and the “big” market for read-it-later apps (paidContent)
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Here are a few stories to read this morning.

• The Battle of the Book Pubbing Platforms! (IndieReader)
• The Future of Books. (McSweeney’s Internet Tendency)
• This Is the Set-Top Box Amazon Should Make (Wired)
• Why Not Give Away Ebooks on World Book Night Too? (Publishing Perspectives)
• Why You Should Back Up Your Writing Right Now (GalleyCat)

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• …because it still makes me laugh. ~ eP (ebookporn)
• BOOKISHNESS: When the Physical Book Conveys Meaning (Future Of Publishing)
• The Copyright Lobotomy: How Intellectual Property Makes Us Pretend To Be Stupid (Techdirt)
• E-Commerce Giant Alibaba Works With Chinese Government to Bring Down Piracy in China (Tech in Asia)
• Is this plagiarism? A new web extension can help answer that question (paidContent)
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