Sci-fi author Ray Bradbury reads his space travel-themed poem “If Only We Had Taller Been” in this 1971 video posted yesterday by the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Also in the scene are Arthur C. Clarke, Walter Sullivan, Carl Sagan and Bruce Murray “hoping an inch of good is worth a pound of years” // …
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Amazon continues to upset the publishing industry, this time going around publishers to offer authors $20 million for going audio. If an author is willing to let Audible, the Amazon-owned audiobook powerhouse, sell their book then Amazon will give them $1 per book: The Amazon-owned digital audiobooks site Audible.com is launching a new program, “Audible …
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As a journalism instructor, it’s iBooks Author that has me most intrigued…because it’s not just for textbooks, and not just for textbook publishers. It is a fantastic tool for communications professionals, including journalists. Let me cut to the chase: I think iBooks Author could be the platform for a whole new form of rich-media, long-form journalism. …
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As a journalism instructor, it’s iBooks Author that has me most intrigued…because it’s not just for textbooks, and not just for textbook publishers. It is a fantastic tool for communications professionals, including journalists. Let me cut to the chase: I think iBooks Author could be the platform for a whole new form of rich-media, long-form journalism. …
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