The Digital News Pile

I awoke this morning to a nanny cancellation. For those outside of the childcare industry (read: all of you) this means Child X came down with a contagious something or other and any and all who wish to remain in good health should stay far, far away. Poof! 4 free hours I hadn't planned on having. Lovely.

Considering that today is day 1 of the first annual Digital Book World conference (#DBW) I spent my morning sorting through a bevy of digital news. Below are my favorite news bites from the last few days.

• "HarperCollins Adds InkPop, A Teen Social Publishing and Social Site" (via eBookNewser)
• A terribly cool idea. A platform for teens to submit writing and receive critique from peers and possibly editors. The idea is that it will be the teen version of Autonomy, a social network for writers. 
• "Digital Book World Keynote: Shiv Singh" (via eBookNewser)
• A summary of Singh's keynote, which hammered home the idea of connecting with social influencers. 
• "Finding Your Digital Blindspots" (via Chapman/Chapman, @chapmanchapman)
• Chapman lays out three potential digital potholes. Publishers, take heed.
• "Why Mobile Will Win: eReaders are Sustaining, Mobile is Disruptive" (via Tools of Change for Publishing)
• Consider the customer! This post addresses the concept of valuable attributes and the future growth of mobile reading.