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The Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted

September 28, 2010

Author Malcolm Gladwell on Twitter, Facebook, and social activism in the New Yorker: [Social media] is simply a form of organizing which favors the weak-tie connections that give us access to information over the strong-tie connections that help us persevere in the face of danger. It shifts our energies from organizations that promote strategic and [...]

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Something for the Weekend

September 10, 2010

A series of book cover design concepts for The Infamous Press by Norwegian graphic designer Morten Iveland (via IS050). Paid by the Joke — The enduring appeal of Keith Waterhouse’s Billy Liar in The Guardian: Billy Liar’s longevity is not an example of a tale that is told and told again with a dulling faithfulness; [...]

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LibraryThing for Publishers

August 11, 2010

Book cataloging website LibraryThing has launched a new service that allows publishers to add their titles to the site and connect with the LibraryThing community. Five publishers have already signed up. Fun stuff.

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The Slow Media Manifesto

June 30, 2010

Slow Media is a blog about literature, music, film, arts and entertainment. Here, re-posted with permission, is their Slow Media Manifesto: The first decade of the 21st century, the so-called ‘naughties’, has brought profound changes to the technological foundations of the media landscape. The key buzzwords are networks, the Internet and social media. In the [...]

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Something for the Weekend

March 27, 2010

Sorry (again) for the late (and lack of) posting recently. This week, the BookNet Tech Forum in Toronto kept me out of the office and away from the blog. If you’re interested in the conference, the ACP‘s Sarah Labrie has a great round up of the main day here. But on to the links… Alexander [...]

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