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Digital Bookmaking Tools Roundup #3

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The Information Diet: How to Control What You Consume

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Crowdsourced news and professional journalists: pulling together to replace the tug-of-war

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Date: Tuesday, Mar 27 at

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News & Commentary

Publishing News: B&N boycott becomes booksellers' cold war against Amazon

Publishing News: B&N boycott becomes booksellers' cold war against Amazon

By Jenn Webb
February 10, 2012

Booksellers continue to pile on in response to Amazon Publishing's deal with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Also, publishers have a card to play against Amazon and cognitive friction makes for a better reading experience.

Now available: Best of TOC 2012 anthology

Now available: Best of TOC 2012 anthology

By Mac Slocum
February 9, 2012

"Best of TOC 2012" explores the ideas that are shaping the content world, including: the adaptation of publishing, digital's legal issues, new tech and tools, and thoughts from the edge of publishing.

Tip for B&N: Don't just follow Amazon

Tip for B&N: Don't just follow Amazon

By Joe Wikert
February 8, 2012

Amazon is the clear market leader, but that doesn't mean everyone else should throw in the towel. In this podcast, Joseph Esposito, president of Portable CEO consulting, discusses the current publishing market and how B&N can best compete.

Publishing News: B&N closes doors on Amazon Publishing

Publishing News:  B&N closes doors on Amazon Publishing

By Jenn Webb
February 3, 2012

Barnes & Noble ramped up its battle with Amazon this week by shutting it out of its stores. Elsewhere, Goodreads broke up with Amazon's data API and Jonathan Franzen declared ebooks will be the downfall of civilization.

Tools of Change for Publishing Newsletter: February 1, 2012

Tools of Change for Publishing Newsletter: February 1, 2012

By Joe Wikert
February 2, 2012

Highlights from the 2/1/12 edition of the TOC newsletter include: TOC chairs Kat Meyer and Joe Wikert on what to watch for at the upcoming Tools of Change for Publishing Conference.

Publishing News: Ereader ownership doubles, again

Publishing News: Ereader ownership doubles, again

By Jenn Webb
January 27, 2012

One survey said ereader and tablet ownership doubled during the holidays; a second showed that Amazon may not be losing money on its Kindle Fire sales. Also, Amazon got a new print edition distributor and the library discussion elevated beyond ebooks.

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