*crispy nuggets of information about online education & publishingTumblr (3.0; @learnoutlive)http://learnoutlive.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbb3ioQiNG1rqxfnzo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://flpbd.it/q8lMY">Why We Are So Rude Online</a><br/> Miss Cellania, <a href="http://flpbd.it/q8lMY">neatorama.com</a></p> <p>There’s some­thing about typ­ing your thoughts on the inter­net that makes some per­fect­ly nice peo­ple act like jerks. It’s not just the anonymi­ty, because even on social net­work­ing sites where our iden­ti­ties are dis­played to our con­tacts…</p> </blockquote> <p>Interesting research</p>http://learnoutlive.tumblr.com/post/32794450837http://learnoutlive.tumblr.com/post/32794450837Wed, 03 Oct 2012 00:30:24 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ma68t4U34L1rqxfnzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://flpbd.it/xEHSp">Stunning Shredded Book Sculptures by Jukhee Kwon</a><br/> alice, <a href="http://flpbd.it/xEHSp">mymodernmet.com</a></p> <p>Korean-born, London-based artist Jukhee Kwon is a ris­ing new artist who’s mak­ing a name for her­self with these mon­u­men­tal sculp­tures that look as if pages of books are des­per­ate­ly try­ing to escape. One of her newest pieces was just…</p> </blockquote> <p>Escaping pages…</p>http://learnoutlive.tumblr.com/post/31323547084http://learnoutlive.tumblr.com/post/31323547084Mon, 10 Sep 2012 23:03:04 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ma4f3zpvKQ1rqxfnzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://flpbd.it/pW7wx">Plympton Is A Studio For Serialized Fiction, And Yes, It’s Collaborating With Amazon</a><br/> Anthony Ha, <a href="http://flpbd.it/pW7wx">techcrunch.com</a></p> <p>So Ama­zon launched a new pub­lish­ing pro­gram called Kin­dle Seri­als yes­ter­day, but it’s not the only com­pa­ny with seri­al­ized fic­tion on its mind. In fact, three of the eight Kin­dle Seri­als launch titles were cre­at­ed in…</p> </blockquote> <p>Serialized fiction is back, and it’s bigger than ever before!</p>http://learnoutlive.tumblr.com/post/31258938797http://learnoutlive.tumblr.com/post/31258938797Sun, 09 Sep 2012 23:23:59 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9y31n9BZA1rqxfnzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://www.indiegamethemovie.com/news/2012/9/4/educational-institutional-copies-now-available.html">Educational / Institutional Copies Now Available - News - Indie Game: The Movie - A Video Game Documentary</a><br/><a href="http://www.indiegamethemovie.com/news/2012/9/4/educational-institutional-copies-now-available.html">indiegamethemovie.com</a></p> <p>With Sum­mer com­ing to an end and the school year creep­ing up, it seems the per­fect time to let you know that the Educational/Institutional copy of Indie Game: The Movie is now avail­able for schools, uni­ver­si­ties, libraries and other…</p> </blockquote> <p>Good news!</p>http://learnoutlive.tumblr.com/post/31009649459http://learnoutlive.tumblr.com/post/31009649459Thu, 06 Sep 2012 13:17:47 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9x4csrPT11rqxfnzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/andreas-scheiger-evolution-of-type-exhibits-22-to-26">Studying Typography Through Fossilized Letters</a><br/> Katie Hosmer, <a href="http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/andreas-scheiger-evolution-of-type-exhibits-22-to-26">mymodernmet.com</a></p> <p>Typog­ra­phy has evolved in so many ways, from the very first marks in hiero­glyph­ics to today’s mod­ern let­ter­ing, used every­where from cre­ative posters, to glossy mag­a­zines, to bill­boards in Times Square. <i>Evo­lu­tion of Type</i> is an…</p> </blockquote> <p>Letter are links to the past</p>http://learnoutlive.tumblr.com/post/30985979772http://learnoutlive.tumblr.com/post/30985979772Thu, 06 Sep 2012 00:48:28 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9ojkrTwB41rqxfnzo1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>You can get any of our books for free in exchange for a review!</p> <p>(via <a href="http://learnoutlive.com/the-great-big-giveaway-get-a-free-book-in-exchange-for-a-review/">The Great Big Giveaway: Get A Free Book In Exchange For A Review | Learn Out Live!</a>)</p>http://learnoutlive.tumblr.com/post/30661030413http://learnoutlive.tumblr.com/post/30661030413Sat, 01 Sep 2012 09:38:51 -0700kindleself-publishing<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9294mWJQJ1rqxfnzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><blockquote>Since 2004, Julian Ger­main has been cap­tur­ing the inner lives of schools around the world, from Eng­land to Nige­ria to Qatar <a href="http://t.co/kBSsr83u"><a href="http://t.co/kBSsr83u">http://t.co/kBSsr83u</a></a> </blockquote> Scary somehow…</p>http://learnoutlive.tumblr.com/post/29831442397http://learnoutlive.tumblr.com/post/29831442397Mon, 20 Aug 2012 05:50:20 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8y4wq7hcN1rqxfnzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://phewsha.tumblr.com/tagged/untranslatable">Fuchsia Macaree</a><br/><a href="http://phewsha.tumblr.com/tagged/untranslatable">tumblr.com</a></p> </blockquote> <p>Alphabet of untranslatable words</p>http://learnoutlive.tumblr.com/post/29683860588http://learnoutlive.tumblr.com/post/29683860588Sat, 18 Aug 2012 03:24:26 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8v7wr11vS1rqxfnzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2012/aug/16/book-cover-theories-edinburgh-festival?CMP=twt_gu">Scent of a kitten: the 20 irrefutable theories of book cover design</a><br/> Posted by Jen Bowden, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2012/aug/16/book-cover-theories-edinburgh-festival?CMP=twt_gu">guardian.co.uk</a></p> <p>Do you judge a book by its cover? Designers Jon Gray and Jamie Keenan shared their theories on attracting readers – from cute cats to alluring perfume – at the Edinburgh book festival</p><p>1. Face theory</p><p>Research suggests that human beings spend 48…</p> </blockquote> <p>Book cover design notes</p>http://learnoutlive.tumblr.com/post/29570560388http://learnoutlive.tumblr.com/post/29570560388Thu, 16 Aug 2012 13:36:27 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8shroujMt1rqxfnzo1_250.png"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeremygreenfield/2012/08/14/the-new-tablet-reality-for-e-books-will-readers-read-less/">The New Tablet Reality for E-Books: Will Readers Read Less?</a><br/> Jeremy Greenfield, <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeremygreenfield/2012/08/14/the-new-tablet-reality-for-e-books-will-readers-read-less/">forbes.com</a></p> <p>Whether you like it or not, it’s now a tablet world — we just live in it.</p><p>Accord­ing to a recent sur­vey, one out of every five e-book read­ers use a Kin­dle Fire to read and almost as many use an iPad. Some 35% use a Kin­dle e-ink read­er but t…</p> </blockquote> <p>You have 237346 unread messages…</p>http://learnoutlive.tumblr.com/post/29472278983http://learnoutlive.tumblr.com/post/29472278983Wed, 15 Aug 2012 02:16:36 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8j1cwa1zL1rqxfnzo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120807/21080519958/legit-ebook-lending-site-taken-down-angry-twitmob-writers.shtml">Legit Ebook Lending Site Taken Down By An Angry Twitmob Of Writers [UPDATED]</a><br/><a href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120807/21080519958/legit-ebook-lending-site-taken-down-angry-twitmob-writers.shtml">techdirt.com</a></p> <p>from the <i>pack-of-highly——got-it</i> dept</p><p><i>[UPDATE: Word is fil­ter­ing back that threats are being direct­ed at some of the authors pic­tured or quot­ed in this post. I will reit­er­ate my com­ment I post­ed below about the threats, main­…</i></p> </blockquote> <p>How copyright paranoia by individuals (not lobbies!) killed a promising book lending startup</p>http://learnoutlive.tumblr.com/post/29110995910http://learnoutlive.tumblr.com/post/29110995910Thu, 09 Aug 2012 23:43:44 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8hzn3sBnK1rqxfnzo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/08/how-youtube-lets-content-companies-claim-nasa-mars-videos/">How YouTube lets content companies “claim” NASA Mars videos</a><br/> Timothy B. Lee, <a href="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/08/how-youtube-lets-content-companies-claim-nasa-mars-videos/">arstechnica.com</a></p> <p>Lon Sei­d­man knew he wasn’t going to get rich from his three-hour video dis­cus­sion of the Curios­i­ty rover land­ing on Mars. The local media entre­pre­neur did a live Google+ Hang­out about the event and post­ed the result­ing video to YouTube…</p> </blockquote> <p>Copyright infringement ain’t as easy as they would like us to believe…</p>http://learnoutlive.tumblr.com/post/29060416418http://learnoutlive.tumblr.com/post/29060416418Thu, 09 Aug 2012 10:09:03 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8h5oo0lvH1rqxfnzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://www.cultofmac.com/183518/storybundle-might-be-the-most-interesting-thing-to-happen-to-ebooks-since-the-ibookstore/">StoryBundle Might Be The Most Interesting Thing To Happen To eBooks Since The iBookstore</a><br/> Buster Heine, <a href="http://www.cultofmac.com/183518/storybundle-might-be-the-most-interesting-thing-to-happen-to-ebooks-since-the-ibookstore/">cultofmac.com</a></p> <p>You need to read more. It’s just a fact. Every­one could stand to read a few more books a year and watch a few less GIFs on the inter­net. Isn’t that why you bought your iPad? Because you said you’d read more if you had an “eRead­er”? No? Well you…</p> </blockquote> <p>The humble indie bundle for books <a href="http://t.co/9XhHK3ti">http://t.co/9XhHK3ti</a> ja @kirstenwinkler</p>http://learnoutlive.tumblr.com/post/29038626993http://learnoutlive.tumblr.com/post/29038626993Wed, 08 Aug 2012 23:22:00 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8ffwp9BW11rqxfnzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Upgrade Your Hebrew Skills With These Simple Exercises</strong></p> <p>As much as the Hebrew alphabet might seem foreign and elusive at the beginning (“How will I ever learn this?”) it becomes very easy once you add a simple component:</p> <p><strong>Practice</strong>.</p> <p>It’s like riding a bicycle. You need a lot of practice before you stop falling off.</p> <p>And it’s the same with the Hebrew Alphabet. The only question is: <em>How to practice</em>?</p> <p>This is why I got together with Eti Shani, our expert in all things Hebrew and we started building a system that is both fun and effective.</p> <p>The result is a book that turns practicing the Hebrew alphabet into a game!</p> <p>Officially, it’s not even released yet, but since you are reading this you can get it already <strong>now </strong>as part of our exclusive pre-release offer for just a fraction of the final price ($2.99 $7.99<span>)</span></p> <p>Click <strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Learn-Hebrew-The-Easy-ebook/dp/B008STJ6NM/">here</a> </strong>to jump over to Amazon.com or select your corresponding country code: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008STJ6NM/">US</a> | <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B008STJ6NM/">UK</a> | <a href="http://www.amazon.de/dp/B008STJ6NM/">DE</a> | <a href="http://www.amazon.fr/dp/B008STJ6NM/">FR</a> | <a href="http://www.amazon.es/dp/B008STJ6NM/">ES</a> | <a href="http://www.amazon.it/dp/B008STJ6NM/">IT</a></p>http://learnoutlive.tumblr.com/post/28970658638http://learnoutlive.tumblr.com/post/28970658638Wed, 08 Aug 2012 01:07:00 -0700biblehebrewisraelisraelilearn hebrewtorahkindlepublishing<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8f9smIIcm1rqxfnzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/may/01/the-secret-life-of-libraries">The secret life of libraries</a><br/> Bella Bathurst, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/may/01/the-secret-life-of-libraries">guardian.co.uk</a></p> <p>They have always had a dusty image – and never more so than now – but libraries are at the heart of our communities. With the axe about to fall, Bella Bathurst reveals just what we’re about to lose</p><p>You can tell a lot about people from the kind o…</p> </blockquote> <p>“If someone suggested the idea of public libraries now, they’d be considered insane”</p>http://learnoutlive.tumblr.com/post/28965514284http://learnoutlive.tumblr.com/post/28965514284Tue, 07 Aug 2012 22:55:34 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8c9r16uu41rqxfnzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/06/amazon-uk-selling-more-e-books/">Hold the presses! Amazon UK selling more e-books than printed ones</a><br/> Jamie Rigg, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/06/amazon-uk-selling-more-e-books/">engadget.com</a></p> <p>It’s becom­ing a habit of Ama­zon’s to report on the rise of the e-book at the expense of phys­i­cal texts, and their lat­est announce­ment is no dif­fer­ent. Sales fig­ures show that in the UK, 114 Kin­dle pur­chas­es have been made for every 100…</p> </blockquote> <p>Europe is waking</p>http://learnoutlive.tumblr.com/post/28837801657http://learnoutlive.tumblr.com/post/28837801657Mon, 06 Aug 2012 08:01:49 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8be3o0FCs1rqxfnzo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/suwcharmananderson/2012/08/03/mark-coker-indie-authors-are-underpricing-their-books/">Mark Coker: Indie Authors Are Underpricing Their Books</a><br/> Suw Charman-Anderson, <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/suwcharmananderson/2012/08/03/mark-coker-indie-authors-are-underpricing-their-books/">forbes.com</a></p> <p>In this, the third part of my inter­view with Smash­words founder Mark Coker, we talk about how ebook price and word count affect sales.</p><p><i>Back in June, author</i> <i>Edward Robert­son</i> <i>became curi­ous about changes he saw in Ama­zon’s ‘m…</i></p> </blockquote>http://learnoutlive.tumblr.com/post/28812650818http://learnoutlive.tumblr.com/post/28812650818Sun, 05 Aug 2012 20:38:12 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7rrhtcAcz1rqxfnzo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://blog.smashwords.com/2012/07/how-traditional-publisher-could-harm.html">How a Traditional Publisher Could Harm a Writer’s Career</a><br/><a href="http://blog.smashwords.com/2012/07/how-traditional-publisher-could-harm.html">smashwords.com</a></p> <p>Fol­low the ebook num­bers. Unit num­bers, that is. A close look at the num­bers indi­cates that those authors who con­tin­ue to pub­lish via tra­di­tion­al pub­lish­ers might be harm­ing their long term career prospects.</p><p>Most ebook mar­ket…</p> </blockquote>http://learnoutlive.tumblr.com/post/28051667004http://learnoutlive.tumblr.com/post/28051667004Thu, 26 Jul 2012 06:15:28 -0700<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/fP6tb4rGr9g?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>more info: <a href="http://learnoutlive.com/">http://learnoutlive.com/</a></p> <p>sounds and samples by: dparke4, HerbertBoland, dobroide, jus, </p> <p>RHumphries, Jackie4Ever, suonho, Luftrum, analogchill via </p> <p>freesound.org Creative Commons Attribution</p>http://learnoutlive.tumblr.com/post/28049232232http://learnoutlive.tumblr.com/post/28049232232Thu, 26 Jul 2012 04:47:09 -0700germanbookspublishingtraileredtechlearning germanlearn germankindle<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7daot6Wsm1rqxfnzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2012/jul/18/judging-a-book-by-its-cover?CMP=twt_gu">Judging books by their covers: a six-year-old speaks</a><br/> Sarah Crown, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2012/jul/18/judging-a-book-by-its-cover?CMP=twt_gu">guardian.co.uk</a></p> <p>This is brilliant: a mother publishes the result of what happens when her six-year-old literally - literally! - judges classic books by their covers. The Great Gatsby? “It’s about a haunted theme park and it stars a magical magic guy and he’s good…</p> </blockquote> <p>Jane Eyre, the mining girl</p>http://learnoutlive.tumblr.com/post/27492164704http://learnoutlive.tumblr.com/post/27492164704Wed, 18 Jul 2012 10:46:05 -0700