Innovations: The Digital Revolution
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Companies book profits from self-publishing
In the spring of 2010, Amanda Hocking, a social worker from Rochester, Minn., uploaded several books she had been working on to Amazon.com. In the first weeks, she sold a few dozen copies — success for someone who just wanted to have her work read. In the next few months, she published several more manuscripts, and soon, the sales started piling up. By the end of the summer, Hocking had made enough money to quit her job, and in January 2011, she sold "an insane amount of books," she said, estimating the total at 100,000. Her sales numbers soon drew the attention of Macmillan, one of the largest publishers in the world, which signed her to a four-book deal for more than $2 million, followed by a deal to republish three of her most popular titles for $750,000 more. Hocking, now 29, went from social worker to best-selling author and millionaire in a year. That doesn't mean she's the only one making money from the new boom in American self-expression. • Think about your goals.
How e-books can enhance the learning experience
By Adriana Velez, Digital First Media Posted: 10/11/2013 02:58:52 AM MDT | Updated: 7 months ago (iStock/Thinkstock) Reading books electronically may be novel for us adults, but for our digital-native kids, e-books are a foregone conclusion. Nearly half of all kids between the age of 6 and 17 have read at least one, according to a report from Scholastic. The advantages of e-books for kids are fairly obvious: They're extremely portable, easy to keep track of and easy to travel with. A growing array of e-books enhance the text of children's books with simple, interactive games built into the illustrations. If your child has a favorite picture book, it's very likely that there's an e-book version of it with some extra digital bells and whistles. Bridging Books are sets comprised of a printed book and digital device with content synchronized via magnets embedded in the printed book. Reading books electronically could be just the bridge to lure resistant readers.
Define what digital revolution is
Ideas | My Brain Hurts: The Digital Revolution Is Leaving the Consumer Behind
by Wunderman Download Full Idea ‘The new net boom’ announces Fortune. But as the world again gets excited by all things tech, perhaps we should pause. How could it happen? Strain on the brain. Twenty years ago a television had one dial and a volume knob. Meanwhile, technology keeps moving on at high speed. Not funny.
History and Future of the Digital Revolution
Everett Mendelsohn explained the history of the “digital revolution” in his lecture “How Scientific Resolutions… read more Everett Mendelsohn explained the history of the “digital revolution” in his lecture “How Scientific Resolutions Revolutionize.” He traced its roots to three prior revolutions: scientific, industrial, and biological. Then Robin Raskin talked about what might be next in the digital realm in her lecture,"The Revolution That Keeps on Giving." Policy issues discussed included Internet privacy, regulation, and the revelations of former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden. This was part of the lecture series “Digital Revolution: Promise and Threat” of the Institute for Lifelong Education at Dartmouth. close
