Story Starters: Creative Writing Prompts for Kids If you’re looking to inspire your students’ writing and creativity, turn to these fun and exciting writing prompts. Perfect for overcoming writer’s block or even starting a brand-new short story in a different narrative, creative writing prompts can help students begin a new piece with confidence. Plus, these story starters can also encourage students to explore different genres while honing their writing skills. Reading a book in a genre, then having students use a story starter in that same genre. Take inspiration from classics like Treasure Island and newer popular series like The Bad Guys to explore how to write thrilling adventure stories. You’re part of a pirate crew in search of a long-lost storied treasure trove. Get students excited about adventure stories with these great books: If you’re looking to inspire your students’ writing and creativity, turn to these fun and exciting writing prompts. You’re part of a pirate crew in search of a long-lost storied treasure trove.
BookTube, une nouvelle façon de parler livre – Monde du Livre Résumé : Avez-vous déjà entendu parler de BookTube ? Ce néologisme est la contraction de deux mots anglais : book, soit livre et YouTube, la plate-forme américaine de vidéo en ligne. Les chroniques littéraires existent sur YouTube depuis le lancement de la plateforme en 2005, mais il faut attendre 2009 pour que la tendance prenne de l’ampleur aux États-Unis. Aujourd’hui le phénomène est mondial, les communautés anglophones et hispanophones – notamment en Espagne et Argentine – sont les plus importantes.Le principe ? Des lecteurs – booktubeurs – publient des vidéos en ligne sur leur chaîne pour parler de leurs lectures, partager leurs découvertes et coups de cœur. Abstract : Have you heard of BookTube? Il y en a pour tous les goûts. Une des caractéristiques de la tendance est l’hyper-connectivité des acteurs. Quel est donc le contenu de ces vidéos ? Est-ce le futur de la critique littéraire ? Qu’en est-il des bibliothèques ? Pour aller plus loin:
Readium Concept eReader for HTML5 and EPUB 3 Unveiled NEW YORK, NY, Feb 13, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — The International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) today announced the Readium Project, a new open source initiative to develop a comprehensive reference implementation of the IDPF EPUB(R) 3 standard. This vision will be achieved by building on WebKit, the widely adopted open source HTML5 rendering engine. EPUB, an XML and Web Standards based format developed by the IDPF, has become a key global standard in the rapidly developing digital publishing industry, enabling digital books and publications to be portable across devices and reading systems. “Project Readium will significantly accelerate EPUB 3 adoption and increase implementation consistency,” said Bill McCoy, Executive Director of the IDPF. Project Readium sponsors and other industry stakeholders welcome this IDPF-sponsored activity (see attached quote sheet). About the IDPF Addendum – Quote Sheet from Sponsors and Supporters - Matteo Berlucchi, CEO, Anobii EAST Company Ltd.
AZARDI FAQ | Readium Below are FAQs divided into categories (Readium Foundation, Readium.js, Readium Chrome Extension, Readium SDK, and Readium LCP). FAQs about the Readium Foundation (Readium.org) What is the relationship between Readium Foundation and IDPF Readium began as a project of IDPF, and IDPF helped instigate the Readium Foundation. Will Readium.org support vendor extensions to EPUB? Readium.org's initial focus is on acceleration full adoption of complete and consistent implementations of the EPUB 3 standard. FAQs about the Readium.js Project What is the status of cross-browser support in Readium.js? Readium.js is architected to work on any modern (HTML5) browser. FAQs about the Readium Chrome Extension Is the Readium Chrome Extension Beta a consumer-grade EPUB reading system? No, at this time the Readium Chrome extension is expected to be used primarily by authors, publishers, and developers creating and testing EPUB 3 content and tools. Will Readium Chrome Extension open DRM-protected eBooks? Yes!
Pubslush Légothèque | Bibliothèques, construction de soi et lutte contre les stéréotypes Convert Your PDF eBook to ePub/Mobi For Easier Reading on E-Readers and Kindle Tried reading that spiffy PDF ebook you downloaded on your smartphone or small reader yet? Good luck! Like I mentioned recently there’s lots of reasons that ebook authors should be making ePub format ebooks available to their readers… one of the biggest being that we tend to have our small devices with us at all times! Sometimes though we get stuck with these PDFs, with no alternative from the author, and have to solve the problem ourselves! Recently, I needed to proof-read an ebook that I was trying to get read in time for a launch… but I didn’t have a lot of computer time to spare. So I wanted this PDF on my phone… but I HATE PDFs on my phone due to the scrolling issues I’ve mentioned previously. So here’s how to fix it. (Please note this is okay for books you purchased. Converting Your PDF eBook to ePub or MOBI Save the PDF of the eBook to your computer. Install Calibre on your computer. Click “Add book” and locate the saved PDF. Use the left side navigation to select “Page Setup”.
Kobo Google Chrome App Now Available | Kobo Cafe Calling all Google Chrome users—have you checked out the Kobo Instant Reader in the Chrome Web Store yet? Now with Chrome you can quickly access your Kobo account and read within your browser with the Kobo Instant Reader even when you’re offline. Download the Kobo Instant Reader for your browser today and be one-click away from your eReading escape! Step #1: Check out the Kobo Instant Reader app on the Home Page of the Chrome Web Store Step #2: Launch the Kobo Instant Reader app from the details page Step #3: Once you’ve launched the app, the Kobo Instant Reader will be added to your Google Chrome tabs, giving you one-click access to your Kobo library and your next eReading escape! No blog entries
Ganxy offers an easier way to sell and market ebooks The problem that Ganxy solves should be a simple one: How can authors and publishers market and sell books directly online from one central hub? But this question hasn’t had a simple answer until now — partly because of the many ebook retailers out there, and partly because many publishers still don’t understand direct marketing. New York-based startup Ganxy provides an easy solution. The company, which was founded in 2009 and is officially launching today at the Frankfurt Book Fair, gives authors and publishers a straightforward toolset to let them sell books and control marketing and promotions. In just a few minutes, anyone can create a “showcase” for a book that includes its cover, description, video and other marketing materials, and purchase options. Authors and publishers can sell books directly through the showcase or simply provide links to retailers. Ganxy also allows authors and publishers to track where their sales are coming from. Ganxy also wants to appeal to readers.
ABF - Bibliothèques dans le monde La carte géolocalisée des bibliothèques du monde, initiée par la commission International de l'ABF, a pour but de faire découvrir à tous les bibliothécaires francophones la diversité des bibliothèques. L'objectif de ce projet est double : sensibiliser les bibliothécaires francophones à l'international et leur permettre de trouver des bibliothèques ayant des sujets de préoccupations ou des services similaires aux leurs. Enfin, cette carte permettra aussi aux professionnels des bibliothèques de préparer leur "bibliotourisme". Nous vous proposons de participer à l'enrichissement de cette carte en renseignant un ou plusieurs formulaires de présentation de bibliothèque dans laquelle vous travaillez ou que vous avez visitée (il y a 5 ans maximum). Réalisation : David Cilia - Webmaster - ABF Validation des informations saisies : Commission International de l'ABF Pour toute information : commission_international@abf.asso.fr
Performance :: HyperDex.org: Home of the Searchable Key-Value Store Picking a NoSQL data store is a difficult task. To help with this process, we provide the results of a comparison between HyperDex and other popular NoSQL systems. We use the `Yahoo! Cloud Serving Benchmark for these comparisons. This is a widely-used, long-established, open-source benchmark for NoSQL systems. We use up-to-date versions of Cassandra, MongoDB, and HyperDex. In the following sections, we investigate the average throughput achieved by each NoSQL system on each of the six workloads specified by the YCSB benchmark. Update-Heavy: Session Store The first benchmark (YCSB Workload A) is patterned after a session store that records recent actions in a user session. The graph on the right shows the average throughput achieved by each system on this benchmark. Read-Mostly: Photo Tags The second benchmark (YCSB Workload B) is patterned after a photo tagging application. The graph shows that HyperDex achieves very high throughput. Read-Only: User Profile Cache Discussion and Insights
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