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Some Presidents were content to retire from public life by the end of their terms. Millard Fillmore spent the rest of his days in quiet anonymity (as he had spent his time in the White House, detractors say). Calvin Coolidge did little better. Eisenhower golfed (hole-in-one at the age of 77!) and LBJ hung out with his grandchildren. Others, however, found the strain of high office to be too much. James K. Polk died three months after leaving the White House. Franklin Pierce, whose 11-year-old son had been killed in a train accident just weeks before...
...publishing industry largely chose to ignore this incident or to brush off Meyer’s response as overreacting, but it should have taken the downloaders seriously. For this episode contains a clear imperative: If books are to remain profitable, publishers must imitate the music industry and see artistic content as a gateway to more profitable ventures...
...nothing, publishers will have to lean on extra-book sources of revenue that already exist. Books will be published because of an author’s book tour charisma or the price their storyline fetches from a film studio or video game maker, rather than for their innovative content. This approach does not bode well for either literature or the industry in the long run, but right now it is the only Plan B in place...
...kind of mixed media would therefore be an effective way of revitalizing the book industry, for books have so much potential to go beyond the printed page. Publishers could introduce and market new dimensions of the reading experience—promoting promising authors more exuberantly, or introducing additional online content such as e-discussion groups and original character sketches, for example...
...under-researched areas of study: "In addition to the topics discussed here, some areas of youth online safety are critically under-researched, particularly (1) minor-minor solicitation; (2) the creation of problematic (sexual, violent, self-harm) content by minors; (3) less visible groups, such as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender youth and youth with disabilities who may be particularly vulnerable; (4) the interplay between socioeconomic class and risk factors; (5) the role that pervasive digital image and video capture devices play in minor-to-minor harassment and youth production of problematic content; (6) the intersection of different mobile and Internet...