Posts by martin

24PageBooks in the News

We’re just starting to publicize what we’re doing but check back here for the latest coverage across the web, social media and traditional media: Actualitte‘ http://www.actualitte.com/actualite/25875-24-pages-books-editeur-numerique.htm Upstate New York Start-up...

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The future of books: Biblion

Mike and I are watching the evolving world of publishing and this will be a series of new developments in what used to be known as “books”. This a new iPad app from the New York Public Library System. It’s...

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Seth Godin on the future of libraries (and librarians)

In an ebook-dominated world everyone can carry and access a library anywhere. So where do librarians fit in? Seth nails it in this thoughtful post. I love the idea of a library as a central meeting place for working on ideas and projects with the librarian as curator and guide. Maybe not such a quiet place (you can set aside space for that), more like a cafe/open office/info access...

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Excerpt from ‘How To Expand Your Life’

An excerpt from our recent title, How To Expand Your Life, now available for Kindle from Amazon: “The concept of a ‘body of work’ is central to expanding your life. Artists are not measured by being ‘one hit wonders’, they are measured by the extent and quality of their work over time. This is generally true of any profession or avocation. If you do your inventory and it includes a...

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Quick post on Twitter ‘amplification’

I’m restarting my mixed relationship with Twitter. You can follow me at @24pagebooks. I don’t spend a lot of time on it as I’ve always been a bit ambivalent about its value. However Eric at Techcrunch gets a major aspect of Twitter right after last night’s news of Bin Laden’s death: Twitter doesn’t replace the news, it amplifies...

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