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Jenn Webb
Jenn Webb is a 14-year veteran of the newspaper industry whose experience includes assisting in the launch and print management of USA Today's Frankfurt print facility, launching and overseeing the magazine division of the Times Herald newspaper, and helping to manage its website. Jenn is currently an agent for hire, offering services in editorial, web management and research. Most importantly, Jenn is a book nerd with a love of all things publishing—though she remains a staunch holdout on the ereader. 
A gaming revolution, minus the hypeJohn Ferrara on game design's role in solving real-world problems.
"Playful Design" author John Ferrara discusses gaming's place in cultural transformation, and he offers five universal principles of good game design.
Publishing News: No dismissal for Apple, Macmillan and PenguinA request to dismiss is denied, an attempt to end Internet piracy, and a look at reading behaviors.
Updates on the DOJ and antitrust lawsuits against Apple, Macmillan and Penguin; Russian startup Pirate Pay targets BitTorrent file sharing; and Steve Rubel muses on digital media, social sharing and news consumption.
Why I haven't caught ereader feverPlatform lock-in and questionable longevity make the iPad a better investment than an ereader.
Ereaders may have their place now, but shifts toward the web and HTML5 make the iPad a wiser and more enduring choice for digital reading.
Commerce Weekly: Another mobile wallet is on the wayIsis Mobile Wallet is coming this summer, Canada gets its first mobile wallet, and NFC benefits may trump privacy concerns.
Isis announces Mobile Wallet partners and a rollout plan, Rogers Communication and CIBC partner to bring a mobile wallet to Canada, and a look at the theoretical benefits of NFC. (Commerce Weekly is produced as part of a partnership between O'Reilly and PayPal.)
Publishing News: Another publisher ends its app flingMIT's Technology Review ditch apps for HTML5, B&N needs to balance sales, and Sara Nelson heads to Amazon.
The publisher of MIT's Technology Review talks apps and HTML5, RWW's Antone Gonsalves reviews B&N's chances of survival, and Amazon hires Sara Nelson.
Commerce Weekly: The competitive push toward mobile paymentMany roads to mobile payment, an index of mobile payment readiness, and how to make mobile shopping faster.
The New York Times takes a look at the different mobile payment solutions, MasterCard surveys the globe to see who's ready for mobile payments, and the CEO of i-Cue Design suggests a faster mobile shopping solution. (Commerce Weekly is produced as part of a partnership between O'Reilly and PayPal.)
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