serendipity, alchemy, convenience
Jeremy Paxman tells the story here of his love of reference books. “A long time ago, when I had ambitions to...
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the appeal of digital textbooks
. . . to publishers, that is. Consider this a follow-up to last week's post about the Big New Kindle and its...
define "book"
Is a book in progress , "version zero," still a book? Would you be interested in buying it? "Marks and...
handmade books
I don't seem to be able to get this video embedded properly, so I'll just link to it. The making of books by...
alas, poor Bodley
Good news and bad news at Oxford’s legendary Bodleian Library. The good news (especially if you’re...
why the Big New Kindle is not likely to succeed
Brendan has it exactly right: "The trend right now is smaller and smaller devices that allow you to multitask...
more on Google and books
Though this is an excellent Q&A on the Google Book Settlement from Wired, I am as far as ever from understanding...
URLs for books
One small but, to me, significant point that Steven Johnson raises in his recent essay on e-reading is the increasingly...
what price What Price Liberty?
The Radiohead experiment repeated for a book: Ben Wilson's What Price Liberty? , which you can download from...