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Amazon Embraces HTML5 for New Ebooks

October 27 Comments Off on Amazon Embraces HTML5 for New Ebooks Category: Amplify, Feed

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.

October 26 Comments Off on Life After Debt: an economic report from 2000 anticipates a world where America has paid everything off. Category: Amplify, Feed

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?

October 20 Comments Off on If you crowdsource a story, who owns the movie rights? Category: Amplify, Feed

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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Create Your Own E-Book with Open-Source Sigil

October 11 Comments Off on Create Your Own E-Book with Open-Source Sigil Category: Amplify, Education, Feed

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 […]