Posted on April 14th, 2008 by dhirender
Mobile Internet devices and online communities are merging to a new kind of web diary: “micro-blogging,” where people fire off terse missives about what they are doing or thinking at any given moment.
The postings are bare-bones, on-the-go versions of online journals in which people share their lives and dreams — hence the name micro-blogging, says […]
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Posted on April 14th, 2008 by dhirender
In an extremely innovative example of print on demand, Philip M. Parker has generated more than 200,000 books, making him, in his own words, “the most published author in the history of the planet.”
Books published under his name vary from ” Webster’s English to Zarma Crossword Puzzles: Level 1” ($14.95), to “The 2007-2012 Outlook for […]
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Posted on April 14th, 2008 by dhirender
In its most ambitious digital writing project so far, Penguin, in collaboration with alternate reality game designers Six to Start has challenged some of its top authors to create new forms of story - designed specially for the internet
Through the We Tell Stories initiative, consumers can enjoy six digital novels by six different authors over […]
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Posted on April 14th, 2008 by dhirender
With Issuu anyone can convert their documents into interactive online publications, and, as the site claims, it only takes a minute.
An Issuu publication can be viewed directly in the web-browser, with no need for any kind of download. On Issuu.com anyone can upload a document, currently free, which automatically is converted into an interactive online […]
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