Daily Links and Deals: Why You Can’t Find Prince’s Music Online

Posted on April 22, 2016 by Glinda Harrison

Today, a story about the death of music icon Prince and the mark he left on copyright, a car that lets you know when you’re speeding and more. In today’s deals, there’s a JBL speaker and a a RAV power charger, as well as deals on Fire tablets and accessories.

Daily Links for Friday, April 23, 2016:

Why You Can’t Find Prince’s Music Online (Motherboard) We lost a legend in the music world yesterday, and he left his mark on copyright issues, too.

In Europe, Ford will read the speed limit signs, prevent your speeding (Techcrunch) Does this mean no more trying to talk your way out of a ticket?

Comcast now lets some customers watch TV sans classic set-top box (Ars Technica) This is cord cutting without cord cutting…..

Sites that block adblockers seem to be suffering (The Stack) This article seems a bit skeptical, but I don’t read or link to articles behind paywalls anymore.

Deals of the Day:

Amazon’s selection of Kindle Daily Deals includes the delightful sounding Flunked (Fairy Tale Reform School) by Jen Calonita for $1.99. It’s about a girl who lives in a boot who gets sentenced to a reform school with teachers like The Big Bad Wolf and Cinderella’s evil step-mother. That sounds like fun!

In Today’s Deals,there’s a JBL Flip Portable Stereo Speaker with Wireless Bluetooth Connection (Certified Refurbished) and a RAVPower 13000mAh Portable Charger.

Amazon is now offering the 8 GB $50 Fire in colors! Besides black, you can get blue, magenta and tangerine. The 16 GB version is only $20.00 more. And don’t forget to protect your investment with a case! There are lots of cases, covers and accessories to choose from for 50% off.

Amazon is still offering savings on the Fire HD 6, and deals on pre-owned Fire tablets. I am also still seeing the option for 5 payments of $58 for the Kindle Oasis pre-order.

You can also take advantage of a trade-in offer from Amazon on your old Fire tablet.

The Barnes and Noble Nook Daily Find today features 9 books for Earth Day, including environmental classic Silent Spring by Rachel Carson for $2.99. The Romance Daily Find is In the Dark by Sally Eggert for 99 cents.

Kobo’s Daily Deal is Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders by Neil Gaiman for $1.99.

iTunes’ Weekly Bestsellers Under $4 includes Tolstoy Lied: A Love Story by Rachael Kadish for $2.99.

(A note on Daily Deals: All prices current at the time of posting and subject to change. Most items marked Daily Deals are good for only the day posted.

Many large promotions have discount pricing that is set by the publisher. This usually means that titles can be found at a discount price across most platforms (with iTunes sometimes being the exception). If you have a favorite retailer you like to patronize, check the title on that website. There is a good chance that they will be matching the sale price.)

Daily Links are interesting links I discover as I go about my online day. The frequency and number of links posted depend upon the daily news. I also post other, different links of interest on Twitter, Facebook, and on the Google Plus eBook Evangelist Page.

Daily Links and Deals: Sweden’s got a crazy new photo-sharing law that it can’t possibly enforce

Posted on April 5, 2016 by Glinda Harrison

In today’s stories, news on borrowing neckties from a library, a new streaming stick, more zero rating services and a look at copyright and public art. In today’s deals, there are some DVD sets, Kindles and Fire tablets. battery charger packs in the mix.

Daily Links for Tuesday, April 5, 2016:

Philly’s Paschalville Library has a new collection: Neckties (Billy Penn) Another example of how libraries are continuing to evolve.: You can check out a tie for a job interview.

Roku debuts a new Streaming Stick with a quad-core processor, support for private listening (Techcrunch) A new streaming ROKU stick, with some great new features: More power and streaming audio directly to your headphones.

Starz launches $8.99 per month streaming service (The Verge) It has been available as an add-on to Amazon Prime; now you can get the standalone app too.

Sweden’s got a crazy new photo-sharing law that it can’t possibly enforce (The Next Web) Isn’t public art supposed to be … well, public?

T-Mobile adds Amazon Music, ESPN Radio, and Nickelodeon to Music Freedom and Binge On (The Verge) More and more services are being zero rated.

Deals of the Day:

Amazon’s selection of Kindle Daily Deals includes The Social Lives of Dogs: The Grace of Canine Company by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas for $2.99.

In Today’s Deals, complete collections of Monk and House DVDs, savings on the Fire HD 6, pre-owned Fire tablets, and a TechMatte 10000mAh Dual-Port Power Bank External Battery Portable Charger with LED Display are among the deals.

And. yes, Amazon is still offering the Kindle Deals for customers with Amazon Prime.

The Barnes and Noble Nook Daily Find is The White Lie by Andrea Gillies for $2.99. The Romance Daily Find is Coming Back by Lauren Dane for $$1.99.

Kobo’s Daily Deal is Daddy’s Girl by Lisa Scottoline for 99 cents.

iTunes’ Weekly Bestsellers Under $4 includes A Recipe for Bees by Gail Anderson-Dargatz for $1.99.

(A note on Daily Deals: All prices current at the time of posting and subject to change. Most items marked Daily Deals are good for only the day posted.

Daily Links and Deals: #BOOKNERDPROBLEMS: Wanting to read books that don’t exist

Posted on March 28, 2016 by Glinda Harrison

In today’s stories, we talk about #booknerdproblems, mysterious library returns , aspect ratios, copyright and more. In today’s deals, we have Anker and Microsoft computer and electronic accessories.

Daily Links for Monday, March 28, 2016:

A lost 120-year-old newspaper collection is mysteriously returned to a D.C. library (Washington Post) A piece of history is anonymously returned to the library.

It is illegal to screenshot and share Snapchat snaps without permission, Government minister says (The Independent) Um…Why copyright and not privacy?

Widescreen, letterbox and black bars: How to wrangle TV aspect ratios (CNET) Understand the various TV aspect ratios and how to deal with them.

People are paying to remove sex, violence, and Jar Jar Binks from movies (Quartz) Yet another censorship service crops up. Is this copyright versus the right to sanitize.

#BOOKNERDPROBLEMS: Wanting to read books that don’t exist (Overdrive) I can so relate. I have bought books written by fictional characters like the Nikki Heat series written by TV character Richard Castle….

Deals of the Day:

Amazon’s selection of Kindle Daily Deals includes The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn by Robin Maxwell for $1.99.

In Today’s Deals, savings on Anker devices and accessories, including chargers, bluetooth speakers and cables. You can also save up to 70% off select Microsoft computer accessories, including headsets, keyboard/mouse bundles and web cams.

Have an old Kindle to trade in? Amazon is having another trade-in promotion for both working and non-working Kindles. You can get between $5 and $50 for your old device plus a $20 bonus coupon good towards the purchase of a new Kindle. The details are here.

The Barnes and Noble Nook Daily Find is Apartment 3B: A Novel by Patricia Scanlan for $1.99. The Romance Daily Find is Roses by Leila Meacham for $1.99.

Barnes and Noble is still running several promotions” First, you can take 50% or more off teen bestseller Nook books. They are also running a special where you can get a NOOK Bundle Offer: 10″ NOOK Device, Free Screen Film and Free Cover of Your Choice- a $330+ Value for Just $199.99. And finally, you can take 25% off all Nook Accessories.

Kobo’s Daily Deal is The Secret Daughter of the Tsar by Jennifer Laam for $2.99.

Kobo has a Great Reads For $1.99 or Less promotion going on right now. Also ongoing is is the Supersale, offering up to 80% off and 5X Super Points on all purchases. And, continuing through March 28, Kobo is still featuring bestsellling memoirs for $2.99 and under.

iTunes’ Weekly Bestsellers Under $4 includes The Blind Man of Seville by Robert Wilson for $2.99.

(A note on Daily Deals: All prices current at the time of posting and subject to change. Most items marked Daily Deals are good for only the day posted.

Daily Links and Deals: Honoring my daughter’s ‘last’ request in the age of digital media

Posted on February 26, 2016 by Glinda Harrison

Daily Links for Friday, February 26, 2016:

Just Announced: The Rosa Parks Collection Digitized and Now Available Online (Infodocket) – The Library of Congress collection showcases 7,500 manuscripts and 2,500 photographs from this collection honoring the Civil Rights pioneer.

Disney CEO asks employees to chip in to pay copyright lobbyists (Ars Technica) – I think I have no nice words to say here….

Microsoft’s plan to port Android apps to Windows is dead (The Verge) – Project Astoria is officially dead.

Adblock Plus opens up about how ‘acceptable ads’ work (The Guardian) – And just exactly how is any of this in the reader’s interest. Sounds anything but….

Honoring my daughter’s ‘last’ request in the age of digital media (Washington Post) – Incredibly poignant piece on the role of digital in our lives

Deals of the Day:

Amazon’s Kindle Daily Deals includes The First King of Hollywood: The Life of Douglas Fairbanks by Tracey Goessel for $2.99.

As part of Today’s Deals, Amazon is featuring a sale on Kindle Accessories at 30% off. Items include covers, chargers and device cables. 🙂

The Barnes and Noble Nook Daily Find is your choice of three classic works from Amiri Baraka (aka LeRoi Jones) for just $1.99 each. The Romance Daily Find is The Letters (Inn at Eagle Hill Series #1) by Suzanne Woods Fisher for $1.99.

Kobo’s Daily Deal is Mist of Midnight by Sandra Byrd for $2.99.

The Kobo store is also having a 30% Off Sale through February 29 is you use coupon code 30FEB .

iTunes’ Weekly Bestsellers Under $4 includes Mrs. John Doe by Tom Savage for $2.99.

(A note on Daily Deals: All prices current at the time of posting and subject to change. Most items marked Daily Deals are good for only the day posted.

Daily Links and Deals: The Dangers of Automated Abuse/DMCA Policies

Posted on February 11, 2016 by Glinda Harrison

Lots of interesting links and sales today!

Daily Links for Thursday, February 11, 2016:

The Dangers of Automated Abuse/DMCA Policies (Plagiarism Today) – Great article on one of the most disturb facets of modern copyright enforcement.

US copyright law forces Wikimedia to remove public domain Anne Frank diary (Torrent Freak) – Why the long US copyright term is a problem in a accessing information globally.

Cinemax Is Now Available To Cord Cutters, But Only On Sling TV (Techcrunch) – More and more options are opening up. But is it worth the price?

1,500 Windows 3.1 shareware apps are now free, immortalized on your browser (Ars Technica) – This ispretty cool. I was an avid shareware user back in the day.

The Surgeon Will Skype You Now (Popular Mechanics) Remote controlled surgery – Will it ever become commonplace?

Deals of the Day:

A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs is free today at Amazon and other retailers. And, if you are a Harry Potter fan, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – Parts I & II (Special Rehearsal Edition): The Official Script Book of the Original West End Production is available for pre-order at Amazon and other ebook retailers.

Amazon’s Kindle Daily Deal includes Unlikely Loves: 43 Heartwarming True Stories from the Animal Kingdom by Jennifer S. Holland for $2.99.

Amazon also still has Kindle and Fire devices on sale until February 13, 2016.

The Barnes and Noble Nook Daily Find is Siren’s Fury (Storm Siren Trilogy Series #2) by Mary Weber for 99 Cents. The Romance Daily Find is a non-fiction book, 1001 Questions to Ask Before You Get Married by Monica Leahy for $1.99.

Other special at B & N include 101 NOOK Books Under $2.99, Great eBook Prices for Kids & Teens under $2.99 and 500 NOOK Books Under $5. In the music department, you can get 40% off Grammy Nominees on CD this week.

Kobo’s Daily Deal is The Mystery Woman by Amanda Quick (Ladies of Lantern Street series) for $1.99.

There are several promotions going on at Kobo right now. First, there is a Long Weekend Sale with ebooks priced up to 75% off! The selection includes some Spanish language ebooks as welland is runs through Febrary 15, 2016. Also through February 15,there is a 3 romance novels for the price of 2 Valentines sale. And finally, a reminder that the promotion for the Kobo Glo HD e-reader for just $109.99 with free delivery is ending on February 14, 2016,

iTunes’ Weekly Bestsellers Under $4 includes Chasing Darkness by Robert Crais for $1.99.

(A note on Daily Deals: All prices current at the time of posting and subject to change. Most items marked Daily Deals are good for only the day posted.

Daily Links and Deals: How to watch Super Bowl 50 for free on almost any device

Posted on February 6, 2016 by Glinda Harrison

Daily Links for Saturday, February 6, 2016:

How to watch Super Bowl 50 for free on almost any device (CNET) – Possibly useful for Sunday, LOL?

A Fine mess: how not to assert your copyright in the YouTube age (The Verge) – As more and more people are creators, we are going to see more and more of these kinds of issues.

I almost managed a week using only my iPad… but one thing held me back (The Next Web) – And this is why the PC and the laptop aren’t dead yet….

Twitter’s timeline will soon show tweets out of order (The Verge) This is going to be a big problem for a lot of people.

Review: 2 low-cost Windows 10 laptops challenge the Chromebooks (Computer World) – I love my Chromebook, but they don’t do everything.

The Internet Archive Opened an Online Malware Museum (Motherboard) – Who wants to see really old malware from the 80s and 90s.

Deals of the Day:

Amazon’s Kindle Daily Deal includes books from The Huntress/FBI Thriller Series for $1.99 each.

You can also find refurbished TIVO systems priced from $29.99 to $89.99.

The Barnes and Noble Nook Daily Find is Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie for $1.99. The Romance Daily Find is Chaos and Moonlight by A.D. Marrow for $1.99.

Kobo’s Daily Deal is The Sins of the Father by Jeffrey Archer for $2.99. And Until February 19th. you can buy two romance themed novels and get one free.

And, thrugh February 14, 2016, you can get the Kobo Glo HD e-reader for $109.99 (includes free delivery).

iTunes’ Weekly Bestsellers Under $4 includes The One You Fear by Paul Pikington for $3.99

(A note on Daily Deals: All prices current at the time of posting and subject to change. Most items marked Daily Deals are good for only the day posted.

Daily Links: A Crazy Little Hack For Getting Large Book Files Into The Kindle App On iOS

Posted on January 24, 2016 by Glinda Harrison

Daily Links for Sunday, January 23, 2016:

A Crazy Little Hack For Getting Large Book Files Into The Kindle App On iOS (Lean Pub) – File to big for Send to Kindle or Amazon to transfer? Here’s a workaround.

Ownership and Copyright Law: Legal Fences Between You and Your Purchases (CDT) – Good overview and a link to where the US copyright office wants your feedback.

Just say no to 16 gigabytes of storage in 2015 (Android Central) – Well, it seems like even 16GBs just don’t cut it anymore.

Guilt And Shame As A UI Design Element (Buzzfeed) – It’s not just ad blockers and subscription. More website using guilt to manipulate readers.

Fun New eBooks Help Kids Discover MyPlate (USDA) – The US govenment offers free ebooks to help children understand the new MY Plate recommendations.

How to Print From the Amazon Kindle Fire Tablet (or Any Other Android Tablet) (The Digital Reader) – Need to print from your Kindle or your tablet? Here’s some tips!

Deals of the Day:

Amazon’s Kindle Daily Deal includes a selection of thrillers by C.G Cooper and romances by Carolyn Brown. The entire list is here.

The Barnes and Noble Nook Daily Find is The Cereal Murders (Culinary Mystery Series #3) by Diane Mott Davidson for $1.99. The Romance Daily Find is Sixteen Brides by Stephanie Grace Whitson for 99 cents.

Kobo’s Daily Deal is Divergent by Veronica Roth for $1.99. And, through 2-1-2015, Kobo is having a Buy 2, Get 1 free sale!

iTunes’ Weekly Bestsellers Under $4 includes Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson for $1.99.

(A note on Daily Deals: All prices current at the time of posting and subject to change. Most items marked Daily Deals are good for only the day posted.

Daily Links: How Mickey Mouse Evades the Public Domain

Posted on January 21, 2016 by Glinda Harrison

Daily Links for Thursday, January 21, 2016:

How Mickey Mouse Evades the Public Domain (Priceonomics) – Wonder why copyright lasts so long? Part of the reason is Mickey and Disney! Fascinating story of why we can’t free the mouse. (This was in yesterday’s Library Corner post as well, but it deserves the extra attention.)

Codex Hackathon, a two-day marathon of tech for books (Boston Globe) – Timed to coincide with the ALA conference in Boston, this event brings hackers and book lovers together to try to create some amazing results.

Sponsored Data Is The Newest, Biggest Threat to Net Neutrality (Lifehacker) – This is an interesting take on the Net Neutrality issue.

The Internet Archive’s New “Political TV Ad Archive” Launches Tomorrow (Infodocket) – This is just in time to brighten up the primary election season.

Deals of the Day:

Amazon’s Kindle Daily Deal includes Be a Changemaker: How to Start Something That Matters by Laurie Ann Thompson for $1.99.

The Barnes and Noble Nook Daily Find is The Hollywood Book of Death : The Bizarre, Often Sordid, Passings of More than 125 American Movie and TV Idols by James Parish for $1.99. The Romance Daily Find is The Business of Love by Anna James for $99 cents.

Kobo’s Daily Deal is The Color of Magic (Discworld Book #1) by Terry Pratchett for 99 cents.

iTunes’ Weekly Bestsellers Under $4 includes Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson for $1.99.

Google is featuring an Alien Invasion Sale with books priced at 99 cents and up. There are X-Files tie-ins and more….

(A note on Daily Deals: All prices current at the time of posting and subject to change. Most items marked Daily Deals are good for only the day posted.

Library Corner: 1-20-2016

Posted on January 20, 2016 by Glinda Harrison

Here is this week’s roundup of library news:

US Library News:

Penn Libraries’ OPenn Manuscript Portal to Host the Country’s Largest Regional Collections of Digitized Medieval Manuscripts (Penn Libraries)

Wisconsin: Bill: Overdue library book? Police notified. (Fon du Lac Reporter/USA Network)

A playful turn for libraries (Harvard Gazette)

International Library News:

UK: Access to Research given green light to continue (Publishers Licensing Society)

Canada:Ottawa Public Library, Library and Archives Canada working together on new central branch (CBC News)

UK: Snooper’s charter: cafes and libraries face having to store Wi-Fi users’ data (The Guardian)

Italy: 4.5 Million Italians Have Read an eBook in the Past Three Months (The Digital Reader)

Russian minister vows investigation after ‘book burning’ at college libraries (The Telegraph UK)

Policy and Privacy:

Aspen Institute Launches Action Guide for Re-Envisioning Your Public Library (Aspen Institute)

Copyright:

Flickr Commons – Going Strong! (LOC)

How Mickey Mouse Evades the Public Domain (Priceonomics)

Reference and Statistics:

Economics: FRASER Database Adds Browse by Subject Feature, 1000+ Subjects Available (Infodocket)

Launch and Learn: Our New History Hub Pilot Project (National Archives AOTUS)

A New U.S. House Oversight and Gov Reform Committee Staff Report Says FOIA is “Broken” (Infodocket)

Digital Collections:

U.S. Homophile Internationalism: Archive and Exhibit (Out History)

29 Sketchbooks by Renowned Artist Richard Diebenkorn, Containing 1,045 Drawings, Now Freely Viewable Online (Open Culture)

Camden, Maine Public Library Joins the Flickr Commons (Infodocket)

815 Free Art Books from World Class Museums: The Met, the Guggenheim, the Getty & LACMA (Open Culture)

About once a week, I post links to digital-related library news articles and information about digital collections available online. I also post other links of interest about the digital life daily on the Google Plus eBook Evangelist Page.