http://electricbookworks.bookslive.co.za/blog Just another Book.co.za weblog Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:04:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://electricbookworks.bookslive.co.za/blog/2012/02/20/electricbook-weekly-twitter-updates-for-2012-02-20/ http://electricbookworks.bookslive.co.za/blog/2012/02/20/electricbook-weekly-twitter-updates-for-2012-02-20/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:04:00 +0000 Arthur Attwell http://electricbookworks.bookslive.co.za/blog/2012/02/20//

"The latest digital publishing developments from Brazil, Africa, the Arab World, India and China…" from @digisouth http://t.co/gI1hDYKG #

Two new articles on our Knowledge Base: 'Ebook-technology layers' http://t.co/VUFwntfP and an XML primer for publishers http://t.co/Jxo34KZb #

"with all of the necessary [meta]data and image requirements, average sales…increase of 473%" (in @Personanondata post) http://t.co/3Q3ZthfB #

Great! RT @worldreaders Here's more about how we're working with @biNuMobile to make #ebooks avail on feature phones http://t.co/TW73yrLW #

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Two new articles on our Knowledge Base: 'Ebook-technology layers' http://t.co/VUFwntfP and an XML primer for publishers http://t.co/Jxo34KZb #

"with all of the necessary [meta]data and image requirements, average sales…increase of 473%" (in @Personanondata post) http://t.co/3Q3ZthfB #

Great! RT @worldreaders Here's more about how we're working with @biNuMobile to make #ebooks avail on feature phones http://t.co/TW73yrLW #

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Ah, yes! RT @jafurtado Market opportunities by @brianoleary http://t.co/ASYSVolJ Serving the audience you didn't know you had #

Have an awesome time at #toccon you lucky people—look fwd to the tweets. Remember to change the world—that's the point after all. #

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Hard to miss the Apple-textbook-announcement news today—but if you've been asleep, Mashable's a good place to start: http://t.co/XFFVKIzR #

Visible effects of deep-discount online bookselling in India http://t.co/T4amdd5Z (via @JBhattacharji) And ebooks are only getting started! #

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Hard to miss the Apple-textbook-announcement news today—but if you've been asleep, Mashable's a good place to start: http://t.co/XFFVKIzR #

Visible effects of deep-discount online bookselling in India http://t.co/T4amdd5Z (via @JBhattacharji) And ebooks are only getting started! #

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Congrats! RT @liza Super-happy to announce Threepress has been acquired by Safari Books Online http://t.co/ax3c1OCZ http://t.co/TudAZOAG #

Smart publishers will find ways to grow markets here. RT @arthurattwell: MTN and the $2bn umbrella people http://t.co/pWk2GkTg #

Important moves: "Barnes & Noble may spin off Nook business, confirms overseas drive" http://t.co/qt7m0Yy9 #

My money's on a textbook rollout. RT @lizcastro More speculation about possibly iBook related Apple announcement http://t.co/PAHWYrOu #

Rumour, but important and long awaited: "Apple to launch new Self-Publishing Program later this month" http://t.co/vzK6UD14 #

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Amazon: "December, customers purchased well over 1 million Kindle devices per week." http://t.co/GBB7i7DQ #

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Amazon: "December, customers purchased well over 1 million Kindle devices per week." http://t.co/GBB7i7DQ #

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Scott Adams sums up half the industry's tablet strategies http://t.co/AvF0V2s1 #

New miniguide from @lizcastro on getting from InDesign CS 5.5 to EPUB + Kindle http://t.co/VXYwFPAg (her guides are NB for every typesetter) #

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Amazon puts up $6M to pay indie authors and publishers, who sell through Kindle exclusively, for Lending Library views http://t.co/PifDeQkU #

New BISG policy statement on ISBNs for digital: each format it's own ISBN, AND for different DRM usage levels http://t.co/7gXV4bOd [Sigh] #

Charlie Stross argues insistence on DRM has made publishers dangerously beholden to Amazon http://t.co/Zsg7hC96 (via @toc newsletter) #

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