Random House if bringing back a load of John D. MacDonald books. (WSJ)He had in fact a grand theme, which he nibbled at in book after book: the ruinous postwar overbuilding of the Florida Gulf Coast. (It even runs, much subdued, through the McGee series.) MacDonald knew the landscape well; it was where he lived for most of his adult life, and he was horrified by what he saw happening to it. He...
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
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Wednesday, September 18, 2013
From the AAP website, an update on the CHORUS initiative. The link to the proof of concept is to a 47 page pdf deck describing the status of the project.Latest CHORUS Updates (posted 9/10/13)Read the complete CHORUS Proof of Concept as presented to signatories, agencies and other stakeholders beginning August 30. This conceptual design report, presented by CHORUS Director of Development Howard Ratner,...
Monday, September 16, 2013
Could New Zealand be the first country to go entirely self-publishing? Here's a reflective article about the state of New Zealand's publishing industry after several large publishers pulled out. (Stuff) So, take out Hachette’s 30 titles, cut HarperCollins’ list by half and factor in the likely rationalisation of Random House and Penguin’s publications following their July global merger,...
Friday, September 13, 2013
My Grandfather (GrandPND) was a bit of an entrepreneur and owned a number of businesses over his life. In the early 1970s he had turned to operating bed and breakfast hotels around Manchester and at one time owned four in converted multi-family buildings like the two above. The hotels were located...
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Thursday, September 5, 2013
Ginkgotree is a web app which aims to completely replace costly, bulky textbooks. It’s not another LMS (a Learning Management System, like Blackboard); it’s a content platform that integrates seamlessly with your LMS, with the goal of giving students and faculty a solution superior to textbooks for much less money. Faculty create a complete bundle of learning materials for their course,...
Monday, September 2, 2013
Missed last week. Apologies.Who knew the lowly cassette tape is celebrating 50 years of age. Not much chance of making 60 I shouldn't wonder. From the Guardian 10 Key Moments in Cassette history (Guardian)Tape for audio storage was first showcased at the Berlin Radio Show in 1935, on the reel-to-reel Magnetophon machine, but it would take another three decades for the stereo compact cassette...
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