Poof!Do you remember that odd day in 2009 when Kindle users awoke to discover that Amazon had deleted certain titles from their machines? Almost deliciously, they were works by the prescient George Orwell. Joe thought back to that lesson recently when contemplating HipType, a tracking service for ereaders that lets publishers know which chapters folks skipped, where they might have lingered, and other personal user details. He wonders whether retailers might be able to pull HipType's tracking codes when they see fit. Say the content is critical of the retailer. Say that it doesn't fit the retailer's code of ethics. Should retailers, he asks, be able to alter content? We'd love to learn your thoughts. Please climb over to our shiny new community site, read the entirety of Joe's piece, and let us know what your take is.
Kat Meyer and Joe Wikert Chairs, Tools of Change Last Chance: Join Us at TOC 2012TOC 2013 Speaking Proposals Due Thursday, Sept. 6(That's today.) We're looking for a few great proposals for TOC 2013.
Find successful proposal tips, complete resources, and a link to submit a proposal here. Hot TypeKat & Joe's Must-ReadsBlack and White iOS SOS? Urgent Acronyms 'L' Is for 'Lazy'? Something Completely Different Sign Up Sing Out Adapt or Die Show Me the Money Free Kindles? Access vs. Ownership Best-Selling DNA Watch and Learn: Free TOC VideoSeptember's theme is formats. In that vein, this month we offer " Watch as Digital Bindery's Amanda Gomm and Tom McCluskey take apart an EPUB and reconstruct it using the newest standards, techniques, and features to see what is possible with EPUB3. This workshop from TOC 2012 should have something for everyone, no matter what your level of tech savvy. The Final BitOur Weekly Nod to Romantic Nostalgia
Sailing on his vessel Copious, fisherman Andrew Leaper recently hauled in a 98-year-old message in a bottle from the waters off the northern coast of Scotland. The bottle was one of 1,890 that Scottish Captain C.H. Brown of the Glasgow School of Navigation had dispatched in 1914 in order to map undercurrents. But there's more than antiquities and nostalgia to this tale. Not only did the Guinness World Records confirm it to be the oldest message in a bottle ever found, it was the second such bottle plucked by a fisherman from the very same vessel, Copious. According to the message inside, the reward for finding the bottle is sixpence, which no longer exists. But reward money aside, if you're itching to set a Guinness World Record, it might be time to start fishing around Scotland. It's estimated that 1,540 of Captain Brown's bottles are still floating around out there. Maybe you can even charter Copious. Looking for more? Visit toc/oreilly.com. |
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