Kindle Unlimited Ruled Illegal in France (Ink, Bits & Pixels)
In a move that surprises no one, the government of France announced today that subscription ebook services, including Kindle Unlimited, violated France’s fixed price book laws.
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No, Tablets Aren’t Necessarily Rotting Kid’s Brains (Lifehacker)
There’s a lot of research out there about kids and screen time, and I also turned to Clare Smith, an early language development researcher who is also a speech and language therapist, to get to the bottom of things. Here’s what you need to know.
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Kobo Unveils Digital Writing Contest (GoodeReader)
Kobo has just unveiled a new literary prize to celebrate the digital works by Canadian authors.
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Mark Zuckerberg Takes on Anti-Vaxxers in New Book Club Selection (GalleyCat)
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has taken a jab at the anti-vaxxer movement in his latest book club selection.
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Kindle Daily Deal: Mr. Bones (and others)
Another morning link for those who’ve been following the debate surrounding Harper Lee’s second book, Go Set a Watchman. It’s marvelously well-researched.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/to-shill-a-mockingbird-how-the-discovery-of-a-manuscript-became-harper-lees-new-novel/2015/02/16/48656f76-b3b9-11e4-886b-c22184f27c35_story.html
The article confirms what I’ve suspected, that this long-lost book is the first draft of what became To Kill a Mockingbird after quite a bit of editorial assistance and rewriting. Much of it is likely to have the same or similar stories but from the perspective of an adult Scout rather than the delightful one of the young Scout.
Alas, I was growing about forty miles away from Lee’s Monroeville at the very time she was writing Mockingbird. Unfortunately, my hometown, Brewton, must have exported all its eccentrics to her hometown, because I knew none while growing up. There was no one remotely like Boo Radley.
–Michael W. Perry, co-author of Lily’s Ride (a novel set in 1870s North Carolina)