Scribd launches its Float app, citizen journalism rebooted, and textbooks come to the Kindle.
by Jenn Webb
| @JennWebb
| +Jenn Webb | 22 July 2011
In the latest Publishing News: Scribd's Float app aims to be Netflix for reading, the TapIn Bay Area app empowers citizen journalists, and Amazon dips into the e-textbook rental market.
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Which works better: gulping from the info firehose or letting news come to you?
by Peter Meyers
| @petermeyers
| 21 July 2011
Facing info overload, Peter Meyers ponders more efficient ways to find what’s newsworthy. What works for you?
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by Andy Oram
| @praxagora
| 21 July 2011
Wolfram, makers of Mathematic and Wolfram Alpha, unveiled a new set of
tools today for embedding mathematical formulas and charts into
documents. It could make a big difference to publishers in the
sciences and social sciences.
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A new tech-publishing startup chose Seattle over New York or Silicon Valley.
by Jenn Webb
| @JennWebb
| +Jenn Webb | 20 July 2011
Seattle is where it's at, at least for the recently launched annotation application Highlighter. Co-founder and CEO Josh Mullineaux talks about the company, where it's headed, and why Seattle is home.
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Newspapers bundle tablets and content, Google gets an ereader.
by Jenn Webb
| @JennWebb
| +Jenn Webb | 15 July 2011
In the latest Publishing News: Sister newspapers in Philadelphia announced a tablet program, Iriver launched an ereading device with the Google eBookstore on board, and Peter Meyers says digital can fix footnotes.
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Dennis Stovall on the intricacies of sustainable publishing.
by Jenn Webb
| @JennWebb
| +Jenn Webb | 15 July 2011
Dennis Stovall, director of the Publishing Program at Portland State University, discusses the state of sustainable publishing and who's doing it right.
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