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WWGD: The video book
WWGD: The video book
HarperCollins, my publisher for What Would Google Do?, just released a video version of the book, a 23-minute synopsis delivered by me, sans script, on camera. It’s for sale on Amazon here . And here ’s a Wall Street Journal story about it and here ’s PaidContent. The point ...
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Authors Get $60 Per Book, 63 Percent Of Ad Revenue In Google Book Settlement
Authors Get $60 Per Book, 63 Percent Of Ad Revenue In Google Book Settlement
paidcontent.org — Google settled its long-standing Book Search and scanning lawsuit last October for $125 million, and now affected... authors and publishers have begun submitting claims for compensation via a special site . Claimants are eligble for $60 per scanned ... (more) Authors Get $60 Per Book, 63 Percent Of Ad Revenue In ...
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For poseurs only: HarperCollins launches "video books"
(Obsolete Feed) — ... But movies aren't generally 23-minute productions that feature a book author giving the Cliffs Notes version of his work in front of a blank white background. HarperCollins' first effort comes from blogger/Real Journalist/academic/Davos gadfly/TV critic Jeff Jarvis, who pitches his new book What Would Google Do?. ...

For poseurs only: HarperCollins launches "video books"
Ars Technica — ... But movies aren't generally 23-minute productions that feature a book author giving the Cliffs Notes version of his work in front of a blank white background. HarperCollins' first effort comes from blogger/Real Journalist/academic/Davos gadfly/TV critic Jeff Jarvis, who pitches his new book What Would Google Do?. ...

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