Ebook news digest: new life in Italian villages, tips for writers conferences, USB risk for travelers

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News on ebooks, travel, and writing

Italy Revives Abandoned Villages as Experiential Travel Destinations

Entrepreneurs are reviving ancient villages that have been almost completely abandoned in Italy. The concept is to rebuild existing worn out or ruined buildings as inns or guesthouses that provide high level hotel services for guests. … Read >

Ebooks news digest: dealing with a big publisher, writers conferences, tips from Hemingway

Ebook news digest December 21, 2017

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Why I still won’t review for or publish with Elsevier–and think you shouldn’t either
(Tal Yarkoni)

Scientific publishing is a vast business sector within the publishing industry. The biggest publisher of the sector is Elsevier that has been often accused of acting … Read >