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  1. Get prepared for @BookExpoAmerica by checking out the 5 things the book industry will be talking about! bit.ly/LlMjSP
  2. Madeline Miller's "Song of Achilles" stays true to Homer; and that was the key to winning the @OrangePrize. bit.ly/LP15AE
  3. Thanks for reading! @sylviahubbard1 Really interesting article, huh?
  4. Oh my! There's an @Amazon #Kindle revolt! The gadget is "turning readers into robots." bit.ly/N41N21
  5. Check out this great article and get a little insight into the mind of Jeff Bezos. This is the @Amazon effect! bit.ly/LlKF3u
  6. @QuarkXPress announced an update that allows designers to export digital content directly to the Amazon Kindle format. bit.ly/LT6E4P
  7. Youtube gets more traffic from facebook than google says @scholarlyiq #ssp2012
  8. Social media facilities the rise of a "fifth estate" of amateur experts. @lrainie #SSP2012
  9. 38% of social networking users have been totally surprised by the political views of their friends, says @lrainie #SSP2012
  10. Social Networking for senior citizens is tied to health issues, says @lrainie #SSP2012
  11. #SSP2012: @lrainie: broadband facilitates self-paced learning, online courses. Trend good for education pubs
  12. #SSP2012: @lrainie sez: there's been a 140% increase in words consumed/day since 1960
  13. .@lrainie on Pew Twitter study: just 16% of web users use twitter. they're not important bc of absolute #s, important bc they're influential
  14. Pew: In 2000, 4% of people had broadband at home. in 2012, it's 66%. #SSP2012
  15. .@lrainie introduces crowd to concept of "tweckling," aka twitter heckling. says he likes the idea, hopes we won't tweckle him #SSP2012
  16. Looking forward to the morning keynote from @pewinternet's @lrainie: "The Rise of Networked Information" #SSP2012
  17. We're here at the Society for Scholarly Publishing's annual meeting #SSP2012
  18. @Paulkbiba OverDrive has announced the new browser-based #eBook reading platform, “OverDrive Read.” Very cool. bit.ly/KZPyik