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News & Notes – 4/13/13

News & Notes – 4/13/13

News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, giveaways on this and other blogs, and other cool stuff. Worth Reading:   Author and president of the Author’s Guild Scott Turow wrote an opinion piece on “The Slow Death of… Read more »

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CourseSmart allows professors to see how much you study — sort of

CourseSmart allows professors to see how much you study — sort of

With CourseSmart, the “Teacher Knows If You’ve Done the Reading” in your digital textbook, reports David Streitfield of the New York Times.  The article explains that CourseSmart, a software system now being tested at nine colleges and universities including Texas A&M, allows professors to “know when students are skipping pages,… Read more »

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Reverse Author Interview — Hilary Wiesman Graham

Reverse Author Interview — Hilary Wiesman Graham

  I’m participating in the Reverse Author Interviews meme sponsored by Book Munchies. It’s the authors’ turn to put us on the spot!  Over the next month, a series of authors will pose questions for participating bloggers to answer.Today’s author is Hilary Wiesman Graham.  Graham is a filmmaker, screenwriter, and… Read more »

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News & Notes — 4/06/13

News & Notes — 4/06/13

News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, giveaways on this and other blogs, and other cool stuff. Worth Reading:  “Decrying the evil empire of publishing while piloting one of its battle cruisers?” Traditional & indie author Bob… Read more »

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