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In Light of a Recent Incident

December 7th, 2009 No Comments

Today, business relationships and personal relationships are becoming increasingly indistinguishable; this is for the better.

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Crowdsourcing Through Uncertainty in Publishing

October 27th, 2009 No Comments

“Anybody out there want to read about the history of Spam? How about Weird Sports? Anybody?”

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Internship Review: Harvard Education Publishing Group

October 19th, 2009 1 Comment

For those that cringe at the sound of ‘list build,’ or ‘data entry,’ or the dreaded, ‘Can you meet me in the mail room in five minutes?’: Harvard Education Publishing Group may have one or two of those things, but offers a lot of opportunity. A few of the highlights:

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Espresso Book Machine Arrives at Harvard Book Store

September 29th, 2009 3 Comments

“We’ve come to the end of the Gutenberg era…we can’t even begin to understand what the technology replacing it is going to do…and that technology is digitalization.” -Jason Epstein

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When You First Find Yourself in a Book

September 21st, 2009 1 Comment

This book, pages yellowed, dog-eared, now laying on my desk, was my first Great Read—the original favorite book.

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Professor Profile: David Emblidge

September 15th, 2009 1 Comment

David is sure to offer up a cerebral “bon-bon” or two to satisfy any eager mind.

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How ‘Free’ Textbooks Change the Business

September 7th, 2009 No Comments

…the world-wide availability of the quality free material will create an audience large enough so that if 1 percent of that audience pays for the ‘premium’ services…the revenue from that 1 percent will support the free services, even drive a profit.

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Military Writing Sates Modern Desire for the ‘Real’

August 17th, 2009 1 Comment

It isn’t shocking to consider how our media technology has developed parallel to our taste for mainstream media; I think a fitting example is the modern military narrative.

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Watching Lost: Payoffs Outweigh Frustration; But Only Slightly

August 10th, 2009 No Comments

Warning for Lost Noobs: Possible Spoiler Alert
I find it especially challenging to compare anything else on TV to the mindtrip that has been the last five seasons of Lost (Five years already?!). Lost is a show fueled by, to a greater extent than anything else, its writing.

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Paid Content: It’s all about the Washingtons

August 3rd, 2009 1 Comment

During my first year out of college I worked at a tutoring center, and I became well-versed in the language of academic advice for teenagers trying to get into college. One night I saw an ad online requesting articles about preparing for college. I subsequently wrote an article and received 50 dollars. “I could do [...]

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