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Is e-book piracy ethical?

Posted on Jun 7, 2010Feb 1, 2022

If you already own the hardcopy edition of a book, is it ethical to steal the e-book? Jeffrey Seglin and Jason Scott provide contrasting examples.

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  • Electronic Publishing

New York Times to charge for online content

Posted on Jan 20, 2010Feb 1, 2022

The New York Times has announced that it will begin charging for online content in 2011. Is this the motivation readers need to get a Kindle?

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  • Electronic Publishing

Announcing the Plastic Logic Que e-reader

Posted on Jan 8, 2010Feb 1, 2022

At CES, Plastic Logic announced the Que, an oversized e-reader aimed at business professionals and readers of periodicals (magazines and newspapers).

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  • Electronic Publishing

Clumsy e-readers and elegant newspapers

Posted on Dec 15, 2009Feb 1, 2022

Magazine companies are collaborating on a shared format for digital editions, but physical newspapers still beat this joint effort in usability.

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  • Electronic Publishing

Why would the Atlantic publish on the Kindle?

Posted on Dec 7, 2009Feb 1, 2022

The Atlantic magazine has announced exclusive content for the Amazon Kindle e-book reader. Here are some reasons they might've made that decision.

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  • Electronic Publishing

Wikipedia's growing pains

Posted on Nov 30, 2009Feb 1, 2022

Wikipedia is losing editors faster than it recruits them, partly because of the hostile and exhausting environment in which the site's content is crafted.

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  • Electronic Publishing

The present and future of e-readers

Posted on Nov 25, 2009Feb 1, 2022

Despite demand for the Nook and firmware updates for the Kindle, we're still left to wonder if there's a future for e-books.

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  • Electronic Publishing

Choose your own digital adventure

Posted on Nov 23, 2009Feb 1, 2022

Remember the Choose Your Own Adventure books? Now you can choose your own hyperlink as this series comes to the Amazon Kindle e-book reader.

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