Posted on: 19 December, 2001
Author: Sam Vaknin
http://www.britannica.comThere is no source of reference remotely as authoritative as the Encyclopaedia Britannica. There is no brand as venerable and as veteran as this mammoth labour of knowledge an... http://www.britannica.comThere is no source of reference remotely as authoritative as the Encyclopaedia Britannica. There is no brand as venerable and as veteran as this mammoth labour of knowledge and ideas established in 1768. There is no better value for money. And, after a few sputters and bugs, it now comes in all shapes and sizes, including two CD-ROM versions (standard and deluxe) and an appealing and reader-friendly web site. So, why...
Posted on: 19 December, 2001
Author: Sam Vaknin
http://home.wuliweb.com/index.shtml http://www.pshares.org/ The circulation of print magazines has declined precipitously in the last 24 months. This dissolution of subscriber bases has accelerated d... http://home.wuliweb.com/index.shtml http://www.pshares.org/ The circulation of print magazines has declined precipitously in the last 24 months. This dissolution of subscriber bases has accelerated dramatically as economic recession set in. But a diminishing wealth effect is only partly to blame. The managements of printed periodicals - from dailies to quarterlies - failed miserably to grasp the Internet's potential and potential threat. They were fooled by the lack of convenient and cheap e-reading devices into believing that old habits die...
Posted on: 19 December, 2001
Author: Sam Vaknin
A debate is raging in ... circles: should content be ... and ... (the Barnes and Noble or Digital goods model) - or should it be ... freely and thus serve as a form of vir A debate is raging in e-publishing circles: should content be encrypted and protected (the Barnes and Noble or Digital goods model) - or should it be distributed freely and thus serve as a form of viral marketing (Seth Godin's "ideavirus")? Publishers fear that freely distributed and cost-free "cracked" e-books will cannibalize print books to oblivion. The more paranoid point at the music industry. It...
Posted on: 19 December, 2001
Author: Sam Vaknin
http://www.archive.org/ "Digitized information, especially on the Internet, has such rapid turnover these days that total loss is the norm. Civilization is developing severe amnesia as a result; indee... http://www.archive.org/ "Digitized information, especially on the Internet, has such rapid turnover these days that total loss is the norm. Civilization is developing severe amnesia as a result; indeed it may have become too amnesiac already to notice the problem properly."(Stewart Brand, President, The Long Now Foundation )Thousands of articles and essays posted by hundreds of authors were lost forever when themestream.com surprisingly shut its virtual gates. A sizable portion of the 1960...
Posted on: 19 December, 2001
Author: Sam Vaknin
http://www.realsci.com/Scindex's Instant Publishing Service is about empowerment. The price of scholarly, peer-reviewed journals has skyrocketed in the last few years, often way out of the limited mea... http://www.realsci.com/Scindex's Instant Publishing Service is about empowerment. The price of scholarly, peer-reviewed journals has skyrocketed in the last few years, often way out of the limited means of libraries, universities, individual scientists and scholars. A "scholarly divide" has opened between the haves (academic institutions with rich endowments and well-heeled corporations) and the haves not (all the others). Paradoxically, access to authoritative and authenticated knowledge has declined as the number of professional journals has...
Posted on: 16 December, 2001
Author: Amy Crawford
What is it? How does it work? I don t get it. The Internet is full of tools and ... ... that can leave the mild surfer in a cyber rip current, left in a wash on how to get grounded What is it? How does it work? I don t get it. The Internet is full of tools and ever-changing developments that can leave the mild surfer in a cyber rip current, left in a wash on how to get grounded. One new development, ebooks, benefits all Internet users but still plagues the lot of us. So, Dream Jobs...
Posted on: 16 December, 2001
Author: Amy Crawford
... are working, women are out of the house, so mission ... No, not exactly. ... percent * of ... are working in a field they dont like. Not only does that mean that wo Americans are working, women are out of the house, so mission accomplished? No, not exactly. Seventy-five percent * of Americans are working in a field they dont like. Not only does that mean that work quality suffers, but that quality of life plummets. Is having a dream job really that out of reach? Well, how did you get started in your job? Were all of...
Posted on: 15 December, 2001
Author: Michael LaRocca
HOW NOT TO GET PUBLISHEDCopyright 2001, Michael LaRoccahttp://free_reads.tripod.com(This article may be freely published with author's information intact.)One morning, I decided to sleep late for a ch... HOW NOT TO GET PUBLISHEDCopyright 2001, Michael LaRoccahttp://free_reads.tripod.com(This article may be freely published with author's information intact.)One morning, I decided to sleep late for a change. I stumbled out of bed at 10:00, not my usual 7:00, and fired up the computer. Little did I know what I'd find in my mailbox on this particular morning.The first thing I saw was about a dozen people congratulating me for something. I opened an email at...
Posted on: 14 December, 2001
Author: Lisa Maliga
Once your e-book is sold and on the ... web site, dont expect the sales to come rolling in. Unless you have a huge network of family and friends with credit cards and PayPal accounts at the r Once your e-book is sold and on the publishers web site, dont expect the sales to come rolling in. Unless you have a huge network of family and friends with credit cards and PayPal accounts at the ready, youre not likely to rack up much in the way of sales without promoting your book.Here are five tips to getting people to notice...
Posted on: 09 December, 2001
Author: Gladys Box
I have written this e-Book on Cross Stitch and Photo ... work to teach people how easy it is to convert a photo into a chart. there are over 90 graphics in the book showing each step of the way I have written this e-Book on Cross Stitch and Photo conversion work to teach people how easy it is to convert a photo into a chart. there are over 90 graphics in the book showing each step of the way. From the novice stitcher to the more experienced, there will be something in here to help everyone.Free chart also available...