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We all should probably wait until tomorrow rather than speculate about the Apple tablet. However, it is difficult to resist. Check this post from AppleInsider that embeds a MSNBC video with CEO from McGraw-Hill. Hope our publisher is watching. 

You may remember a “science fiction” video from 1987 proposing a Knowledge Navigator. For many of us, this does not seem that long ago. Now, we can actually do many of the things only proposed at the time. Perhaps, later … Continue reading →

I have wondered about this issue for some time. Typically, when you write a book, the copyright does not reside solely with the publisher. Both the author and publisher retain rights. The Google process of scanning books is extremely questionable … Continue reading →

What kind of a blog title is “PlagiarismToday”? Anyway, this post from PlagiarismToday caught my attention. It proposes the concept of “reverse creative commons”. Instead of the author/developer offering others specific ways in which content can be used by others, … Continue reading →

The recent stats released by the Kaiser Family Foundation on adolescent media consumption have raised eye brows. The report indicates that youth 8-18 spend an average of 7 hours 38 minutes consuming media a day and more than 10 hours … Continue reading →

It appears that the NY Times will soon charge for content. The article seems to imply that users of a new Apple product would have access to some type of subscription service. I very seldom read the actual paper, but … Continue reading →