Friday, May 17, 2013

Morning Links: Digital Signings, Book Discovery, Online Degrees ...

Morning LinksAre We in a Rut? Explaining the Increasing Homogenization of Scholarly & Scientific Publishing (Scholarly Kitchen)
When the Internet stormed onto the scene, all bets were off ? this revolutionary technology with limitless potential would generate all sorts of creativity, from new article presentations, new forms of peer review, new capabilities, and an end to the status quo. Fast-forward a decade and a half, and it seems little has changed when it comes to our intellectual outputs as well as the general business environment.
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Digital Signings Help Authors Grow Careers (Digital Book World)
Book signings are an age-old tradition, but is it really necessary to extend this custom to ebooks? Today?s ebook signing services and apps not only make digital signatures are possible, they show that digital autographs can be?valuable?relationship-building tools for authors.
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Booklikes: Do We Need Another Book Discovery Site? (Good e-Reader)
There is no shortage of websites that aim to connect books with readers, and most of them offer some pretty familiar features. Find books, rate books, review books, talk about? books. Occasionally, though, a site comes along whose goal is to bring something new to the book discovery realm.
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Udacity & Georgia Tech Offer ?Massive Online? Degree (GigaOM)
Udacity and Georgia Tech are teaming up with AT&T to offer an entirely online computer science masters degree that will cost students less than $7,000.
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Kindle Daily Deals: Shaun Morey?s?Atticus Fish series (and 3 others)

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Source: http://www.teleread.com/morning-roundup/morning-links-digital-signings-book-discovery-online-degrees/

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