Kindle conversion experience
Right, then, I bought this Kindle.I have to say, I was skeptical. Really skeptical. A small laptop, an iPhone-like device - I could see a whole... Just bought a Kindle
I keep hearing raves. Despite my instincts, despite my hesitations, despite the fact that I haven't seen one on the subway yet. I am skeptical.But... More on Google and librarianship
On the Read 2.0 listserv a couple of days ago, Jeff Ubois commented (and gave me permission to share) on the problem of Viacom demanding... New CEO at B&T
Baker & Taylor has replaced former CEO Richard Lewis with Thomas I. Morgan, former CEO of Hughes Supply, a construction supply firm. Apparently... Thomas M. Disch
I was shocked this morning to read in Shelf Awareness that SF writer Thomas M. Disch committed suicide over the holiday weekend. He was 68.When I... Google Library
This, from the Wall Street Journal, this morning:Last week, in the context of Viacom’s $1 billion copyright suit against Google’s... On ISBNs
Hot topic these days. Weirdest thing I ever did see. At any rate, in response to my newsletter piece, "ISBNs for Everything", I received... Thinking about ebooks
A listserv discussion sent me off on a tangent yesterday with not much of a place to put these thoughts. We were talking about ebooks, and someone... New computer
It's astonishing how disruptive it is. I keep all my files on an external hard drive - the computer itself just contains applications. But of... Forest for the Trees
Via Peter Brantley, Seth Godin blogs about his concern for publishing:I worry about my esteemed friends in the book publishing industry as well.... Google, Books, and Mutable Information
Robert Darnton has a great piece in the NY Review of Books on information in the digital age - how do we trust blogs, how do we look at information... The Dark Moment Came
Publishers Lunch announced today that Borders has laid off a total of 274 corporate employees as of this morning. Having been part of a large (350)... Never Gonna Happen, My Friend
Henry Blodget's got a piece in Silicon Alley Insider - yes, THAT Henry Blodget - looking at the book industry. Because he knows so much about it,... Random's New Chief a Mechanic
The Times reports this morning on Hartmut Ostrowski, head of Bertlesmann, and Markus Dohle, his newly-appointed CEO of Random House:Two weeks ago,... Borders's new shop
As we all know, Borders launched its site yesterday. I was browsing around it today. Their "Magic Shelf" looks identical to B&N.com's...