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France plans to impose a minimum delivery fee of 3 euros ($2.93) for online book orders of less than 35 euros to level the playing field for independent bookstores struggling to compete against e-commerce giants, the government said on Friday. From a r… Continue reading France Sets Minimum Delivery Fee For Online Book Sales To Help Independent Stores Compete
Randall Munroe does more than draw the online comic strip XKCD. He’s also published a funny new speculative science book (following up on his previous New York Times best-seller), promising “short answers, new lists of weird and worrying questions, and… Continue reading XKCD Author Finds Geeky Ways to Promote His New Book
Recently the authors of Elements of Publishing shared an update. “After ten years in print, our publisher decided against further printings and has reverted the rights to us. We are publishing Elements of Programming in two forms: a free PDF and a no-m… Continue reading ‘Linux IP Stacks Commentary’ Book Tries Free Online Updates
Kali Linux is a Linux distribution designed for digital forensics, penetration testing, security research, and reverse engineering. Here is a selection of books for different experience levels, you can either start from scratch or get advanced tips … Continue reading 5 Kali Linux books you should read this year
Rising paper prices are forcing publishers to change. Economist: Publishing can, then, find the paper for the things it wants to print, even in times of scarcity. The industry is currently experiencing another period of shortage, and war is once again … Continue reading Books Are Physically Changing Because of Inflation
Long-time Slashdot reader Dr_Ish writes: It is not too common for the world of academic philosophy to be changed by a new discovery, or innovation. Perhaps the last time this happened in a major way can be traced back to Turing’s famous (1950) “Computa… Continue reading Are Plants ‘Intelligent’?
All our devices and gadgets are going online, just like our computers did. But once we’ve successfully connected our devices to the internet, do we have any hope of keeping them, and ourselves, safe from the dangers that lurk beneath the digital waters… Continue reading Introducing the book: If It’s Smart, It’s Vulnerable
An anonymous reader writes: Haven’t seen recommendation threads on Slashdot of late. Was curious what my fellow readers have watched and read this year that you enjoyed?
Read more of this story at Slashdot. Continue reading Ask Slashdot: Movies, Shows and Books From This Year That You Really Enjoyed?
The chief executive officer of Pearson, one of the world’s largest textbook publishers, said he hopes technology like non-fungible tokens and the blockchain could help the company take a cut from secondhand sales of its materials as more books go onlin… Continue reading Pearson Says Blockchain Could Make It Money Every Time E-Books Change Hands
In order to provide organizations with knowledge to lower their cyber risk, Dr. Sander Zeijlemaker, launched his book – “Managing the Dynamic Nature of Cyber Security: A future-proof strategy, this is how it works”. In this Help Net Security vide… Continue reading Introducing the book: Managing the Dynamic Nature of Cyber Security