December 2014

Jane Austen’s Manuscripts Online:

For all of you Austen fans, the handwritten drafts of a number of her works have now been digitized and made available for viewing online. Now you can take a look without traveling all the way to the UK!

Hachette selling books on Twitter:

Hachette has taken a new approach to selling books by using the social media tool Twitter. While this is still in the experimentation phase it will be interesting to see where it goes. The New York Times has the details here.

Inside the Kindle Design Lab:

While there are a variety of e-readers for consumers to choose from, many have opted for a version of Amazon's Kindle (myself included). Casey Newton from The Verge goes inside the Kindle design lab to explore what might be next for the product. You can read about it here.

Almost 2400 MS Dos Games Available in the Internet Archive:

The Internet Archive is now home to over 2000 MS-DOS video games, which have the ability to be played from within your browser. The variety of games include the likes of Tetris, Oregon Trail, and Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego. Abby Ohlheiser of the Washington Post gives a few more details here.