Normally I’d apologize for the self-promo, but since 1 great co-editor and 32 other amazing authors were involved (many AoIR regulars!), I’ll just forge ahead. We're very excited to let you know "Appified: Culture in the Age of Apps" is officially out. We asked each author to write a critical-cultural review of a single app and then use that as a starting point to connect to issues in digital culture more broadly. You can find out more about the collection at the University of Michigan Press site <https://www.press.umich.edu/9391658/appified> (h/t to Mary Francis, our editor) and while we’re likely too late to make it on to any of your holiday gift lists, we’re hoping it’ll be of some value for courses next semester. We’ve attached a brief summary of the TOC below, but email me if you need any more info on (or access to) any of the chapters: App Annie - Patrick Vonderau Ashley Madison - Ben Light Tencent MyApp (Yingyong Bao) - Luzhou Nina Li Exodus International - Tarleton Gillespie TaskRabbit - Sarah Sharma Carrot - Sarah Murray See Send - Greg Elmer and Bahar Nasirzadeh Is It Tuesday? - Jeremy Morris LoseIt! - Natasha Schüll Fitbit - Kate O’Riordan Tinder - Stefanie Duguay Hollaback! - Carrie Rentschler The Sex Offender Tracker App - Sharif Mowlabocus Companion - Elizabeth Ellcessor Yik Yak - Tamara Shepherd and Christopher Cwynar WeChat - Finn Brunton Snapchat - Jill Walker Rettberg Foursquare - Germaine Halegoua WhatsApp - Radhika Gajjala and Tarishi Verma This. Reader - Devon Powers Periscope - Megan Sapnar Ankerson Tubi TV - Gerard Goggin Hillary 2016 - Fenwick McKelvey Shazam - Elena Razlogova iMaschine 2 - Victoria Simon Here: Active Listening System - Mack Hagood RuPaul’s Drag Race Keyboard - Kate Miltner DraftKings - Jason Kido Lopez Kendall & Kylie - Jessalynn Keller and Alison Harvey Neko Atsume - Shira Chess Some kind words about the collection: “The theoretical and methodological breadth is impressive. From the popular to the forgotten, from casual games to rape reporting, these chapters weave a rich tapestry of the multiple meanings of apps for politics, society, and everyday life.” —Amelia Arsenault, Georgia State University “Morris and Murray have assembled an all-star cast to reveal the spectacular power of the software in all of our pockets. Appified is an essential collection for students and scholars of digital media culture, and all who seek to understand the indelible imprint of apps on our daily lives.” —Jennifer Holt, University of California, Santa Barbara That’s all. Thanks for your time. https://www.press.umich.edu/9391658/appified **** Dr. Jeremy Morris Associate Professor Dept. of Communication Arts University of Wisconsin-Madison 6132 Vilas Hall