The Guardian has an interview with Clay Shirky, author of Cognitive Surplus; Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age. Clay talks about the death of newspapers, why paywall will fail and how the internet has brought out our creativity – and generosity:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/jul/05/clay-shirky-internet-television-newspapers
Agents raise stakes in e-royalty battle - Andrew Wylie and some other agents are dissatisfied with publisher terms for eBook royalties and are planning to withhold from signing deals for six to 12 months in the belief that the current industry standard royalty rate of 25% could go up to 50% within a year:
http://www.thebookseller.com/news/122527-agents-raise-stakes-in-e-royalty-battle-.html.rss
Disney is making its first foray into the mobile app market with the acquisition of mobile game developer Tapulous. The deal gives Disney a strong foothold in mobile gaming and also provides a basis for app development in other areas:
http://digitalmedia.strategyeye.com/article/cNrUMrLkQ/2010/07/02/disney_buys_mobile_game_maker_tapulous/
According to Publishers Weekly, Wattpad, an online writing community, social network and mobile phone eBook developer, has teamed up with e-book publisher and distributor Smashwords to provide wider distribution and cross promotion opportunities for writers from both online communities:
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/content-and-e-books/article/43707-wattpad-smashwords-ink-e-book-partnership.html
An Australian restaurant has replaced its menus with iPads, throwing away its physical menus in favour of the MenuPad app for iPads:
http://www.mediabistro.com/ebooknewser/ipad/australian_restaurant_replaces_menus_with_ipads_166562.asp
And Lucy Kellaway's tip for budget cuts in the workplace: Let employees work a four day week! (pls see attached Word doc for full article)
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/94023f12-861f-11df-bc22-00144feabdc0.html
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