Come Chat with Salon’s Laura Miller

This Friday, December 18, look back at 2009 with Salon book critic Laura Miller, who will join our weekly #FollowReader conversation from 4-5pm ET to talk about her favorite books of the year, how she discovered them, and how social media and other technology has influenced the process of finding, reading, and discussing books.  Laura is also the author [...]

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#FollowReader: Of Nooks + Blogs + Piracy

Last Friday on #followreader, we were very fortunate to have the lovely AND smart, Laura Dawson join us for a discussion on the new Barnes and Noble dedicated ereading device, the nook, as well as some conversation about Laura’s new venture Bloggapedia, and the controversy surrounding the practice of sharing ebooks with friends — is it piracy?

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Reaching Out to Readers: ECW Press Recruits Shelf Monkeys!

Follow the Reader loves hearing about publishers who love connecting with readers. One such publisher is ECW Press. Their innovative (and adorably named) Shelf Monkey program allow for direct (and very personal) interaction with, and feedback from their readers.

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Fall Books to Fall For: A #FollowReader Recap

For last Thursday’s #followreader chat we put out the call for other anxiously awaited fall reads, and wow did we got a lot of good recommendations!

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#FollowReader: What Readers Want Publishers to Know

Oh, the #FollowReader Twitchat last week was AWESOME. The topic? What you, as readers, want publishers to know.

There was an incredible turnout with readers and publishers well represented. Ideas were flying around furiously. Among some of the most agreed upon and/or interesting:

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Proliferation and Pricing Wars for eReaders and eBooks (#FollowReader Summary)

here is a summary of our #FollowReader “twittersation” from July 9th on Ebook pricing and ereader proliferation. Spurred by that week’s flood of announcements regarding ebooks, ereaders, the pricing of both, and the never ending menace of DRM, this #FollowReader discussion was in a word, LIVELY.

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Summer Reading With A Twist

Recently our Thursday #FollowReader discussion went a bit lighter-than-usual topic-wise, and we spent a delightful hour or so talking about summer reading. This conversation was no mere list of summer titles to be read (though, that certainly was discussed), but a well-rounded exploration of all that summer reading has been, is and hopefully will continue to be — including how it might be changing with the introduction of ereading devices other digital reading options.

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The Outer Limits of Publishing: Will Readers Take Control of eBooks?

This past Friday, Follow the Reader’s weekly Twittersation (#FollowReader), attempted to focus on eBook pricing and distribution. The rapidly developing eBook world is kind of chaotic. There are a lot of players , and there is a lot of confusion — over price, over formats, over standards, over distribution, over rights and territories — etc., etc., etc. So, it was perhaps not surprising that the eBook Twitter Chattersation, while quite robust, was also quite all over the place.

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Thank You Miss Hook: A Post in Honor of Reading Mentors Everywhere.

Reading is a gift. Reading is a passion. And, our introduction to reading is probably something we should think about and honor more than we do.

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