Readin', 'Ritin', and (Publishing) 'Rithmetic
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Readin', 'Ritin', and (Publishing) 'Rithmetic
The meaning behind the math of the bottom line in publishing and the media. For writers, publishers, and bloggers (which are a combination of the two).
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How To Use Your Blog as a Viral Online Publishing Hub - Jeffbullas's Blog

Blogs started as logs of people’s lives on the web hence the term “web log” which evolved into the phrase “we blog” which was coined …
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The Web We Have to Save

The Web We Have to Save - Matter - Medium
The rich, diverse, free web that I loved — and spent years in an Iranian jail for — is dying. Why is nobody stopping it?
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This is an excellent read. Hossein clearly articulates the problems while providing insightful context. A Must Read.

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New Data from Nielsen Book Shows Kindle Unlimited Subscribers Spend More on Books ⋆ Ink, Bits, & Pixels

New Data from Nielsen Book Shows Kindle Unlimited Subscribers Spend More on Books ebook subscription, Neilsen, Subscriptions Late last month I asked whether consumers were buying fewer books after switching to subscription ebook services like Scribd, Oyster, or Kindle Unlimited,

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Is Wikipedia More Biased Than Encyclopædia Britannica?

Is Wikipedia More Biased Than Encyclopædia Britannica? | Readin', 'Ritin', and (Publishing) 'Rithmetic | Scoop.it
By identifying politically biased language in Encyclopædia Britannica and Wikipedia , Feng Zhu hopes to learn whether professional editors or open-sourced experts provide the most objective entries.
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Eye Tracking 101: How Your Eyes Move on a Website

Eye Tracking 101: How Your Eyes Move on a Website | Readin', 'Ritin', and (Publishing) 'Rithmetic | Scoop.it

Engage website visitors better by designing your site to match how people's eyes move on the page. Here are some surprising eye tracking stats to help.

 

Putting together a great looking website is a great start, but it is just a start.

 

True web design requires you to venture beyond the aesthetic and into the worlds of User Experience and Conversion Rate Optimization.

Knowing how the viewers of your site really see it can help to shine light on new and/or missed opportunities within your current design. It may also bring out the need for new elements or changes.

 

While there are plenty of options for improving CRO, eye tracking analysis provides some of the most useful information for optimizing your biggest digital marketing asset, your website.

 

A good design will catch people’s eye, but a great design will keep people on your site and get them engaged with your content. And while you shouldn’tunderestimate the power of good copy, your design is what people notice first.

 

We teamed up with our friends over at Single Grain to put together the infographic below in hopes that it will help everyone get a better, basic understanding of what eye tracking is and what it can do.

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Designing clean, effective websites that work and deliver clients 

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One of my students' favorite topics... XD

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3 Digital Publishing Myths Debunked - exploreB2B

3 Digital Publishing Myths Debunked - exploreB2B | Readin', 'Ritin', and (Publishing) 'Rithmetic | Scoop.it
Myth #1: Authors don’t need publishers
Thanks to the social media networks, forums, blog sites and other forms of online media, a good number of publisher-free authors have become successful ...

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The digital publishing debate(s) continue...

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Long Form Journalism Isn't Dying; It's Always Been Here And It's Here To Stay

Long Form Journalism Isn't Dying; It's Always Been Here And It's Here To Stay | Readin', 'Ritin', and (Publishing) 'Rithmetic | Scoop.it

You might’ve heard a lot about how content presented on the web is changing. And yes, it has changed dramatically since its inception. Journalists and bloggers alike have figured out that user behavior on the internet is dramatically different than how one would approach content in the physical world.

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An excellent article on the behaviors of digital readers, including the how, when & why of reading of longer works.


Long live long form!

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