Seattlepi.com chief Michelle Nicolosi resigns to launch new electronic book publishing firm

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Michelle Nicolosi, who led the charge for the SeattlePI.com after Hearst Corp. shut down the physical newspaper operations in March 2009, has resigned from the company to start a new electronic book publishing business by the name of Working Press. Her last day at SeattlePI.com will be January 20th. Working Press plans to “edit, format,… Read More…

Report: Amazon plans digital book subscription service

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Amazon wants to bring the concept of digital subscriptions to electronic books — opening up a catalog of content to people who pay an annual fee, according to a Wall Street Journal report today, citing anonymous sources. Some sites are calling the idea “a Netflix for books,” but just to be clear, that’s a reference… Read More…

New Kindle ‘@author’ feature lets readers ask writers questions from inside their books

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Amazon.com today unveiled a new Kindle feature, @author, that will let readers ask questions of authors while reading their books. Confused about the motivations of a particular character? Curious about the author’s literary influences? Need to clarify a particular step in that how-to book? Now you can ask questions from within the e-book itself. As… Read More…