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Amazon to Allow ePub eBooks on the Kindle e-Reader | Good E-Reader Blog - ebook Reader and Tablet PC News
We have some rather breaking news with online giant Amazon and their highly successful line of Kindle e-readers. It seems many publishers have been told by the company that in the near-future, they should be submitting their books to Amazon in EPUB format and not exclusively MOBI. They also went on to let us know that Amazon was indeed planning something BIG and that soon the Kindle ereader will have the full capability to read ePub books. This news has been confirmed by at least 4 publishing companies we have spoken with during the last few days. The Amazon Kindle, for the last six years and more, has exclusively sold books on its Amazon Bookstore in the Mobi format. Four publishers in the last week have confirmed that Amazon has indeed told them they now have an option to submit eBooks to be listed in the Amazon store in ePub format. Michael Kozlowski (3709 Posts) Michael Kozlowski is the Editor in Chief of Good e-Reader.
Mean Old Library Teacher
The Digital Public Library of America: First Things First
Today and tomorrow I’m at the Digital Public Library of America meeting in Washington, DC. I’m a “convener” (I’m hoping that means “judge, jury, and executioner”) of the “Audience and Participation Workstream,” which is trying to assess who will use the DPLA and why. Others are working on technical, legal, financial, and content questions. Questions at today’s small meeting of conveners loomed large in all of those areas: the DPLA may or may not have in-copyright materials, it may or may not be an meta-platform or a centralized resource, it may focus on popular content or the long tail. But at today’s meeting I kept coming back to a more basic question, a question faced by any new website or digital project: Why would anyone use it? Because of these critical root questions, I believe the DPLAs faces a huge uphill battle upon launch. So what are the characteristics of public libraries that we can leverage for the DPLA? 1) Trust. 2) Local and relevant. 4) Easier.
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To the Chair of a professional library interest group, I’m angry, depressed, sad and disappointed that I need to write this open letter to you. You sent a member of your group onto two courses that I ran, and the total cost was £198. I try and keep my costs as cheap as I can because I think making sure we have well trained and informed professionals is important. My fee has been tightly worked out, and as an independent trainer it’s important that I get it right. I have to pay for my own National Insurance, I get no holiday pay, no sick pay and I have to pay for my own pension. My invoices state that I wish to be paid within 30 days, and this is something that almost all of my clients are able to do without issue – sometimes within hours of receiving their invoice I’m paid. If I don’t get paid inside my 30 days I’ve then got to decide what to do next. Let me explain something at this point. So, what should I do now? Of course, there’s also the question of ‘do I tell anyone’?
Mastering Google Analytics Custom Variables
I’ve got a stack of posts that I want to write, and realized that the all deal with Custom Variables. So, to make sure that we’re all on the same page when it comes to custom vars, here’s my guide to Mastering Google Analytics Custom Variables. For those of you that have not used custom variables, CVs are a way for you to insert custom data into Google Analytics. What kid of custom data? Almost any kind of data. There are 4 parts to a custom variable: 1. Name & Value Custom variables are name-value pairs of data. Google Analytics will show you a list of all the custom variable names in a list and then let you drill down into the list and see all of the values. Here’s an example. Then I can click on “Year” to a get a list of all the values: Custom variables can also be used in custom reports and advanced segments. Index or Slot The index is a way to organize your custom variables. Scope The key to mastering custom variables is understanding the scope. Let’s look at a couple of examples: 1. 2.
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