Wednesday 10 July 2013

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Amazon launches graphic novel imprint, with George R.R. Martin among first authors

Amazon will begin publishing original graphic novels and comic books under a new imprint, Jet City Comics.

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Barnes & Noble throws out its CEO, but that won’t save the company

Barnes & Noble CEO William Lynch resigned Monday, leaving the troubled bookstore chain split in two and without a single person in charge. Lynch should have done some things differently, but his job was a very hard one.

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YouTube network Fullscreen launches analytics tools for creators

Online video network Fullscreen is rolling out a set of analytics tools and apps for creators.

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It’s official: The Guild is “100 percent” done, says Felicia Day

Easily one of the web series world's most iconic shows, The Guild ended earlier this year. Creator Felicia Day looks back on the experience, and the book chronicling it.

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Au revoir, internet cut-off: France revokes anti-piracy penalty

France formally rescinded a controversial law that let authorities cut off pirates from the internet; the country is now focused instead on cultural levies on devices like the iPad.

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If you don’t like the chaos of breaking news, you should probably stay off Twitter

As with so many other news events, there was plenty of speculation and misinformation flowing on Twitter about the crash of an airplane at San Francisco airport -- but for better or worse, that is just the way the news works now.

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Barnes & Noble CEO William Lynch resigns

Barnes & Noble CEO William Lynch has resigned. Michael Huseby, who was the company's CFO, takes over as CEO of Nook Media, while Mitchell Klipper remains CEO of retail.

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Prss is trying to design the iPad publishing app that Apple never built

Prss wants to make publishing magazines on a native iPad app easier, cheaper and prettier than traditional iPad platforms.

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Gallup poll says TV is first for news, the internet is second, print a distant third

More than half of those surveyed in a new Gallup poll said that the television is their main source for news, and about 21 percent chose the internet. Less than 10 percent said print newspapers are their main source.

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