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 … Read the Story

Ebook news digest: audiobooks, remote work, business of writing, Instagram for writers

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Photo by Konstantin Dyadyun.

News on ebooks, writing and business of publishing

Instagram for Writers

Brevity’s Nonfiction Blog shares tips for writers who are trying to use Instagram for marketing. An interesting piece of information about Instagram: if you achieve 1% engagement (people … Read the Story

Ebook news digest: slow news, first time at a book fair, writers need a Plan B

News on ebooks, writing and self-publishing

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Why slow journalism and limited amount of news is growing a following

Nieman Lab has a story that you should read slowly and digest properly because a new trend is developing: slow journalism. Information overload and excessive … Read the Story

Ebook news digest: why ebook is better, lonely writer’s syndrome, travel photography tips

News on ebooks, writing and photography

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Ebooks are not ‘stupid’ – they’re a revolution
The Guardian

When Armand Nourry, the head of Hachette publishing company, blurted that ebook is a stupid product because it only replicates the print product, he didn’t know the scale … Read the Story

Smart computer applications automatically write news, scientific papers and even Harry Potter sequels

Long before the term artificial intelligence (AI) was invented, clever computer programmers tried various methods to automatically produce texts for different purposes. Early attempts have been unsuccessful, but now, technology has developed so much that serious attempts for automating the writing … Read the Story

Ebook news digest: peer support for writers, how traveling professionals avoid loneliness, free ebooks

News on ebooks, writing, photography, copyright on April 13, 2017

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5 Reasons Fellow Writers Are Essential to Your Writing Life
Writer’s Digest

Peer support, sharing experiences and information can help every writer at some point of a writing life. Writers are not always extroverts … Read the Story