Thursday, February 14, 2013

Big in Berlin: Social Reading Startups Readmill and dotdotdot


Berlin's publishing startup scene is booming and two companies making their mark are Readmill and dotdotdot, developers focused on connecting readers through books.
Discussion:
Music services offer sharable, one-click downloadable playlists of songs. Why not do the sames for full text articles and book excerpts?
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More News from Publishing Perspectives:
Following strife in Bamako, Mali, France's Etonnants Voyageurs has launched a new book and film festival in Brazzaville, Congo — one for all of Africa.
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Bowker, the official ISBN agency of the US, has partnered for e-book conversion Data Conversion Laboratory (DCL) to offer a new 1-stop shop for authors.
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From the Archives:
As in all things, form follows function, and the function of reading is being disrupted by convenience of consumption and construction, changing the book.
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