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Wanted: Web-Savvy Editorial Intern for Spring Semester
Wanted: Web-Savvy Editorial Intern for Spring Semester
By Black Balloon Publishing
January 13, 2014

Make your dreams come true — or at least get some publishing industry experience and college credit — by interning with The Airship and Black Balloon Publishing.

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Everything Must Go: Visiting the Last Blockbuster Video Stores
Everything Must Go: Visiting the Last Blockbuster Video Stores
By Justin Glawe
January 09, 2014

The video rental store of your childhood will soon cease to exist. These are some of the final moments of two of the last Blockbuster Video stores in North America.

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The Estate of J. D. Salinger vs. The Internet
The Estate of J. D. Salinger vs. The Internet
By Arvind Dilawar
January 06, 2014

The late writer’s literary representative is fighting a losing battle to keep his out-of-print short stories offline.

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The Ghosts of Boom Mining in Butte, Montana
The Ghosts of Boom Mining in Butte, Montana
By Helen Schumacher
October 09, 2013

When boomtowns go bust, what gets left behind?

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Looking for Porn in All the Wrong Places
Looking for Porn in All the Wrong Places
By Patrick Kilkelly
August 15, 2013

How pornography laws in the United Kingdom are changing — but not really

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Amazon’s Foray into Fanfiction: A World of Their Own?
Amazon’s Foray into Fanfiction: A World of Their Own?
By Iona Holloway
August 12, 2013

Wading through a quagmire of copyright, fair use, fandom and commercialization, writers, readers, publishers and advocates weigh in on Amazon’s Kindle Worlds.

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