Comments on: TeleBlog changing to a more group-oriented approach: E-book-hip volunteers wanted http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/01/30/teleblog-changing-to-a-more-group-oriented-approach-e-book-hip-volunteers-wanted/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:08:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Rob Preece http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/01/30/teleblog-changing-to-a-more-group-oriented-approach-e-book-hip-volunteers-wanted/#comment-207437 Rob Preece Wed, 31 Jan 2007 05:15:52 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=6135#comment-207437 I've really enjoyed the old format--hope that the new format remains as vital, critically positive, and insightful as the old. Best of luck as you make this transition. Rob Preece Publisher, www.BooksForABuck.com I’ve really enjoyed the old format–hope that the new format remains as vital, critically positive, and insightful as the old. Best of luck as you make this transition.

Rob Preece
Publisher, http://www.BooksForABuck.com

]]> By: Robert Nagle http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/01/30/teleblog-changing-to-a-more-group-oriented-approach-e-book-hip-volunteers-wanted/#comment-206879 Robert Nagle Tue, 30 Jan 2007 20:03:08 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=6135#comment-206879 Also, for those who don't already know, I'm working on a creative commons publishing site. I think a lot of us are working on related projects. In the last few years teleread has helped to clarify many of the issues --technical, legal and cultural--that surround the emergence of ebooks. David's contribution to this has been enormous; frankly, this was the first site I found that ever talked about ebooks (that was well before it ever was a weblog). And actually, one of my first thoughts while reading this was: wow, here's someone with more radical views about copyright than I had! Also, for those who don’t already know, I’m working on a creative commons publishing site. I think a lot of us are working on related projects.

In the last few years teleread has helped to clarify many of the issues –technical, legal and cultural–that surround the emergence of ebooks. David’s contribution to this has been enormous; frankly, this was the first site I found that ever talked about ebooks (that was well before it ever was a weblog).

And actually, one of my first thoughts while reading this was: wow, here’s someone with more radical views about copyright than I had!

]]> By: David Rothman http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/01/30/teleblog-changing-to-a-more-group-oriented-approach-e-book-hip-volunteers-wanted/#comment-206787 David Rothman Tue, 30 Jan 2007 19:00:17 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=6135#comment-206787 Please help Tamas with feedback. At the same time please note that because I'd prefer that TeleRead remain noncommercial, some or all of these activities may be spun off to another site. Thanks! David Please help Tamas with feedback. At the same time please note that because I’d prefer that TeleRead remain noncommercial, some or all of these activities may be spun off to another site. Thanks! David

]]> By: Tamas Simon http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/01/30/teleblog-changing-to-a-more-group-oriented-approach-e-book-hip-volunteers-wanted/#comment-206758 Tamas Simon Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:44:58 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=6135#comment-206758 Hi I've been trying to help David to turn TeleRead into a group - or I'd rather say community - oriented website. Due to lack of free time on my end my apprach was to put the site together from readily available CMS modules which, well..., will never give a _great_ result but hopefully a good enough one. David's been asking the audience here for comments on what they'd prefer to see, I haven't seen much feedback though. Currently my efforts would let us set up a site with the following feature set: - people can register and post articles on the site, ie blog on the site - people can also decide to blog on another site in case they're already doing it, we'd pick up their blog posts through RSS - we'd also include some newsfeeds from Google and such to monitor some keywords like "electronic paper", "ebook reader device" etc. We can then gradually improve the site with more and more features depending on what there is need for. I would be great to hear some feedback on this idea, please let us know what you would like to see. Thanks! Hi

I’ve been trying to help David to turn TeleRead into a group - or I’d rather say community - oriented website.
Due to lack of free time on my end my apprach was to put the site together from readily available CMS modules which, well…, will never give a _great_ result but hopefully a good enough one.

David’s been asking the audience here for comments on what they’d prefer to see, I haven’t seen much feedback though.

Currently my efforts would let us set up a site with the following feature set:
- people can register and post articles on the site, ie blog on the site
- people can also decide to blog on another site in case they’re already doing it, we’d pick up their blog posts through RSS
- we’d also include some newsfeeds from Google and such to monitor some keywords like “electronic paper”, “ebook reader device” etc.

We can then gradually improve the site with more and more features depending on what there is need for.

I would be great to hear some feedback on this idea, please let us know what you would like to see.

Thanks!

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