Amazon Embraces HTML5 for New Ebooks
Clipped from mashable.comAmazon is gearing up to introduce a new, HTML5-based ebook format called Kindle Format 8, the company announced Friday.KF8 is an improvement over the current Mobi 7 standard, with new features that allow publishers to create richer formats and add more advanced design elements. The emphasis on visuals will play well on tablets […]
Life After Debt: an economic report from 2000 anticipates a world where America has paid everything off.
In late 2000 the Clinton administration was preparing for their final economic report. At the time, we were in surplus and economists were projecting that *the entirety of the US Debt would be paid off by 2012.*
In reality, US Debt is by far the highest it has ever been. But back then a federal […]
If you crowdsource a story, who owns the movie rights?
Really fascinating legal question in this story. If you build your content with help from others online, who owns the rights? I suspect we’ll be seeing this issue come up more and more in the future.Clipped from gigaom.com
If you crowdsource a story, who owns the movie rights?
By Mathew Ingram
Oct. 20, 2011, 3:03pm PT
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James Erwin had […]
Create Your Own E-Book with Open-Source Sigil
Clipped from chronicle.comCreate Your Own E-Book with Open-Source SigilMore and more of us are reading e-books on our Kindles, Nooks, iPads, and various other e-reader devices. Usually these are books we purchase from the big players in the e-book market or download from public domain collections such as Project Gutenberg.But have you ever wanted to […]