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Entries Tagged as 'Chris'
In Light of a Recent Incident
December 7th, 2009 No Comments
Tags: Chris · commuication · publishing · relationships · social media
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?”
Tags: Boston Book Festival · Chris · crowdsourcing · internet · jeff howe · publishing industry · volunteer
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:
Tags: Cambridge · Chris · Design · Editorial · Harvard · Harvard Education Publishing Group · Internship · Internship Reviews · Job · Marketing · Money · Opportunity
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
Tags: Chris · E. L. Doctorow · Espresso Book Machine · gutenberg · harvard book store · jason epstein · On Demand Books · Paige M. Gutenborg
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.
Tags: children's books · Chris · Lloyd Alexander · Reading Rainbow · The Remarkable Journey of Prince Jen
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.
Tags: book · book editing · Chris · david · emblidge · introduction · overview · professor · publishing
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.
Tags: Chris · Free · open source · publishing · publishing industry · textbook
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.
Tags: big screen/small screen week · Chris · military · narrative · war · writing
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.
Tags: big screen/small screen week · Chris · j. j. abrams · Lost · mystery · Television · writing
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 [...]
Tags: blogs · Chris · Content · freelancing · Money · publishing industry