Is the mythical iPod Tablet coming to rock the publishing world? Two tech news outlets are reporting on rumors about plans Apple Inc. (AAPL) has for a large-screen device.
According to a "reliable source" at iLounge, Apple will announce about this new device in mid-January 2010. The source also speculated that the device will also have higher resolution, "enabling easy reading of full-sized book and magazine pages, plus cropped newspaper pages. Expect something like 5-6 times the resolution of an iPod touch or iPhone screen (720p or thereabouts) and 7 times the touchable surface area."
The tech blog Gizmodo has been reporting on the partnership side of the rumored device, trying to speculate on the future of Apple's top-secret device via potential publishing partners. Here's the important passage: "Two people related to the NY Times have separately told me that in June, paper was approached by Apple to talk about putting the paper on a 'new device.' ... A person close to a VP in textbook publishing mentioned to me in July that McGraw Hill and Oberlin Press are working with Apple to move textbooks to iTunes." (Via TeleRead)
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Oct 2, 2009
Could an iTablet Rewrite the Book on Publishing?
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Sep 30, 2009
Is the mythical iPod Tablet coming to rock the publishing world? Two tech news outlets are reporting on rumors about plans Apple Inc. (AAPL) has for a large-screen device.
According to a "reliable source" at iLounge, Apple will announce about this new device in mid-January 2010. The source also speculated that the device will also have higher resolution, "enabling easy reading of full-sized book and magazine pages, plus cropped newspaper pages. Expect something like 5-6 times the resolution of an iPod touch or iPhone screen (720p or thereabouts) and 7 times the touchable surface area."
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Sep 30, 2009
This is a great example of putting new ideas into action and testing the markets. http://www.level26.com/
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Sep 29, 2009
Who should we follow and publish? Send your ideas.
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2010 Workshops Online in February
Sep 29, 2009
Planning is well underway for the 2010 Summer Publishing Workshops. Join our mailing list to be the first to know: http://www.ccsp.sfu.ca/pubworks/Contact.
Let us know what you would like to see offered next summer: http://www.ccsp.sfu.ca/pubworks/blog/GotAWorkshopIdeaFor2010
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Aug 8, 2009
Got a Workshop Idea for 2010? Win $500 in workshops!
Every fall we review workshop evaluations, look at current trends in publishing, talk to people in the book, magazine, online, editing and design industries, and we try and figure out what workshops are needed for the following year.
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Job listings now on SPW website
Aug 8, 2009
We are happy to announce that we are now listing jobs here on the Summer Publishing Workshops website. Just go to http://www.ccsp.sfu.ca/pubworks/Jobs or just click on the link at the top!
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Jul 22, 2009
We are proud to announce that Debra Dolan is the lucky winner of TWO ADMISSIONS to the 2010 Symposium on the Book!
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Alexandra Samur joined Web Content Management faculty
Jul 22, 2009
We are proud to announce that Alexandra Samur, editor at rabble.ca, has joined the faculty for the Web Content Management workshop.
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facebook.com/pubworks URL now up and running!
Jul 21, 2009
Congratulations to Joanna Annick for being our 100th Facebook Fan! We are now pleased to announce that you can go directly to facebook.com/pubworks to see our facebook page!
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Booked in Vancouver - Philip Lee
Jul 21, 2009
This is an excerpt from Philip Lee's blog (full article here): "I am able to report on my trip to the west coast now that I have my brain back (damn that west-to-east jet lag). I spent four days last week in Vancouver to participate in Simon Fraser University’s series of summer publishing workshops. First, I can report that I experienced a rare stretch of pure blue sky weather and as a result have decided that Vancouver is the loveliest city in the world. I walked all over town and through Stanley Park, swam in the ocean, ate calamari and salmon on patios, drank in a cool jazz bar with an old friend on a long, funky strip called Commercial Drive, got locked in a sky train tunnel at 1:30 a.m. (okay, the public transportation needs work), and took a boat cruise and saw this extraordinary coastline from the water (see photo above)."
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50% Student Discount on Digital Publishing and Web Content Management workshops
Jul 20, 2009
The SFU Summer Publishing Workshops are offering a special discount to undergraduate students for the Digital Publishing and Web Content Management workshops. Both workshops will be available for a 50% discount for each group of registrants (2 or more).
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Leaders in the booming digital publishing industry to give workshop at SFU
Jul 15, 2009
On this July 23rd, digital publishing experts Mike O’Connor, Robert Hayashi, Sean Cranbury, Christopher Odom, and Michael Smith will come to SFU and share their expertise and experiences in one of the only industries to boom in the last eighteen months. To join them, check out our Digital Publishing workshop.
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Social Media Signal on Digital Publishing Workshop
Jul 14, 2009
Rob Cottingham and the great folks over at SocialSignal?.com posted up an article about the Digital Publishing workshop on their blog. Read the full article here.
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Joy Gugeler of Orato.com now a Symposium panelist
Jul 13, 2009
We are please to announce that Joy Gugeler will be joining us as a panelist for The Symposium on the Book.