1 TechMan: Falling encyclopedia book sales squeeze publishers
Just last Sunday, the publisher of the 126-year-old, 20-volume, 750-pound, $1,165 Oxford English Dictionary said he thought it was increasingly unlikely that another edition would appear on paper. It seems that the online version gets 2 million hits a month from subscribers who pay $295 a year, while the latest print edition, issued in 1989 has sold about 30,000 sets. Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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2 Pandia Search Engine News Wrap-up Sept 5
We are still experimenting with the new design of our search engine news wrap-up column, trying to turn it into an even more informative microblog. Here are this week’s headlines. 3 Free Online Alternatives to Google Calendar If you start looking for good web based Google calendar alternatives that are free, you won’t find a lot [...] Source: Pandia
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3 Meet the Makers: Lisa Sullivan-Cross of Dictionary.com
How important are mobile applications to Dictionary.com and related reference properties? Source: appolicious
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4 Book closing on printed dictionary
It weighs in at more than 130 pounds, but the authoritative guide to the English language, the Oxford English Dictionary, may eventually slim down to nothing. Source: Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
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5 Featuring some late wheeler-dealing
Click here to have the Fiver sent to your inbox every weekday at 5pm(ish), or if your usual copy has stopped arriving DICTIONARY CORNER As any fans of recent internet craze 'YouTube' will know, affable c0ckney 'Arry Redknapp really doesn't like being called a wheeler-dealer . That may be because the wheeler-dealer's a wee bit sensitive over the allegations [which he disputes - Fiver Lawyers ... Source: Guardian Unlimited
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6 Secrets of the set: bamboo skewers and recycled paper at Boston Court
It was all done with bamboo skewers, recycling and free pizza. The ambitious set of “The Good Book of Pedantry and Wonder,” a play about the struggle to compile the Oxford English Dictionary, is itself a minor marvel. The co-production... Source: Los Angeles Times
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7 Defendant accuses Righthaven of misusing legal system
Even as Righthaven LLC made headlines for suing Nevada U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle last week, attorneys in another Righthaven case accused the firm of misusing the legal system to carry out its copyright infringement lawsuit campaign. Source: Las Vegas Sun
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8 Festival speaker will Bea Funny
The North Platte Telegraph Bea Fiala, who will celebrate the 20th anniversary of her 45th birthday later this month, likes being a senior citizen. Source: North Platte Telegraph
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9 Child safety: Is there an app for that?
As digital sharing becomes ubiquitous, experts warn that Apple's applications, or “apps” – able to be downloaded directly to a user's phone or Internet-connected iPod – are coming loaded with their own dangers. Source: Cape Cod Times
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10 Vocab Lessons
As a content management strategist, I've helped clean up some pretty big content messes. And almost all of these expensive content woes could have been avoided if the organizations involved had realized one important fact: Content is a business asset worthy of being managed efficiently and effectively. Source: EContent Magazine
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