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Father, serial entrepreneur, hockey coach, video game addict, fitness junkie, geek

• My Cousin

  By danlargo on March 19, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  My cousin Paul died last Friday . He died after a long battle with cancer, a battle he fought in the same way that I remember him living his life, with a positive outlook and a stubborn determination to overcome…. Read More ›

• Technology will not solve Publishers eBook problems.

  By danlargo on February 28, 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  It is hard to tell if this article on ePub3 could be any more wrong The publishing industry has a problem, and EPUB is not the solution http://toc.oreilly.com/2013/02/the-publishing-industry-has-a-problem-and-epub-is-not-the-solution.html The author, a smart guy I assume, seems to believe that technology… Read More ›

• Stairway to Heaven

  By danlargo on February 21, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  I stumbled across this amazing version of Stairway to Heaven on Youtube last night and had to listen to it, just as I listen to any version of the song, anytime, anywhere. I would guess that anyone that went to high… Read More ›

• Are book publishers frozen with indecision in attempting to enter the electronic publishing era?

  By danlargo on January 29, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  I do not envy the plight of the book publishers in the new world of ebooks. The Problem – New Technology is Changing the Market Book publishers are being pulled in all directions as they struggle to come to grips… Read More ›

• Can publishers survive in the electronic book era?

  By danlargo on January 17, 2013 • ( 1 )

  Guy Kawasaki has some interesting advice for publishers to help them move forward in the era of dis-intermediation, self-publishing and electronics books…read it here (10 Strategies for Publishers to Succeed and Survive) My concern with this advice is that it… Read More ›

• Why Programmers Work At Night

  By danlargo on January 16, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Read the complete article here (Business Insider) — A popular saying goes that programmers are machines that turn caffeine into code. And sure enough, ask a random programmer when they do their best work and there’s a high chance they will admit to… Read More ›

• How long does it take to build a mobile app?

  By danlargo on January 10, 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  Original Article Here on ReadWrite Mobile web site —

• eBook Publishing Statistics

  By danlargo on January 9, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Found this cool infographic regarding ebook publishing trends. http://visual.ly/node/16746

• What is the best tool for converting iBooks to/from KF8?

  By danlargo on January 9, 2013 • ( 0 )

  From LinkedIn (Ebooks Discussion Group) What is the best tool for converting iBooks to/from KF8 (within the constraints of legality and without hacking DRM?) — I guess there are two answers to this. 1. If the ebook was purchased from… Read More ›

• Linking to eBooks Formats Directly from Your Web Site

  By danlargo on January 9, 2013 • ( 1 )

  What info should you put on your website so everyone who downloads your ebooks can use the files… From LinkedIn eBook Discussion Group My ebooks are available in 3 formats: ePub, mobi and PDF. But people pay their money then… Read More ›