E-books aren’t the first game changers in the world of reading.
Take a look at the Mental Floss article “How Paperbacks Transformed the Way Americans Read”.
Monthly Archives: August 2012
Hijacking the news
Be forewarned, you seekers of information…
Earlier this month, hackers took over one of Reuters’s Twitter accounts and sent out eight fake tweets, including “Obama signs executive order banning any further investigation of 9/11” and “White house spokesperson says financial and technical support given to #AlQaeda operatives in #Syria.” The account was shut down. Hackers then broke into the agency’s blogging platform on two separate occasions and posted short, realistic “reports” of fake news that favored the Syrian government in its ongoing clashes with the rebel Free Syrian Army.
Hijacking the news: how hackers are manipulating the press from the inside out | The Verge.
An Appreciation of Authors’ Acknowledgments
Everyone reads the acknowledgements. In fact, for many of us, the first thing we do when we pull a book off the store shelf is to flip to the back. The writers among us might be searching for the agent or the editor we can query, or we might be seeking our own name in the list. But we certainly read the acknowledgements for the drama and the human story revealed therein.
The Millions : The Story Behind the Story: An Appreciation of Authors’ Acknowledgments.
Against Acknowledgments at the End of Novels
The acknowledgments page will conclude with the sort of crowd-pandering favored by stumping politicians—with expressions of awe and humility for the author’s supportive parents, brilliant children, and devoted spouse. Apparently having dedicated the book to these same people was insufficient as a gesture.
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Welcome back students!
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- “New Books†display
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