The link below is to an article reporting on nine companies seeking the .book Internet domain name extension, including Amazon of course.
For more visit:
http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/amazon-bowker-apply-for-book-internet-domain-name-extension_b52972.
The link below is to an article reporting on a new book/ebook publishing initiative by HarperCollins called HarperCollins 360. It looks to be a very exciting program.
For more visit:
http://www.mediabistro.com/appnewser/harpercollins-launches-global-publishing-program_b23748
The following link is to an article on the web application Riffle – a way to discover new books and share books with friends.
For more visit:
http://www.mediabistro.com/appnewser/riffle-is-new-tool-for-book-discovery_b22962
The link below is to an article that explores the new world of ebook publishing.
For more visit:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-kukral/ebook-publishing_b_1428197.html
The link below is to an article reporting on a new online project being launched by the Oxford University’s Bodleian Libraries and the Vatican Library. In short, these libraries are going to digitise a wealth of old and rare works and make them available online.
For more visit:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/04/12/150498524/ancient-texts-will-go-online-as-oxford-and-vatican-libraries-launch-project
The link below is a Reddit category that deals with literary videos for book readings and the like. It is a fairly new sub-reddit.
See also:
http://www.reddit.com/r/litvideos/
The link below is to an article reporting on the recent discovery of 500 new fairytales that have been discovered in an archive in Germany.
For more visit:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/mar/05/five-hundred-fairytales-discovered-germany
I have come across an article about a new social network for book lovers called Bookish. Check out both the article and the site below.
For more visit:
http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/hachette-penguin-simon-schuster-aolhuffpo-team-up-for-bookish_b29478
Visit Bookish at:
http://bookish.com/
I am about to start using a new web application called BookYap. Put simply, BookYap is an application that recommends books based on criteria you enter. There are over 650 000 books in its database, so chances are it will find a book for you.
You can search for a book by using keywords or the filters it has available (based on personality types). By becoming a registered user, the application learns more and more about you and your reading habits, improving the recommendations it makes for you.
Books appear with thumbnails of their covers and book ratings. A brief description appears by hovering over the thumbnail. You are able to interact with the application and associated community by sharing books you have read and your reviews of them. There is connectivity with both Facebook and Twitter also.
You are also able to add books to a reading wishlist if you like. Books can be purchased from Amazon when you choose a book to read.
Visit BookYap at:
http://bookyap.com/
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