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... More on MSFT/LSB
The Big Picture's out and you can sign up for it here (it's free, folks!). This issue concerns Microsoft's shuttering of Live Search... Microsoft bringing Live Search Books to a close
Via Peter Brantley, a link to the Microsoft Live Search blog:Today we informed our partners that we are ending the Live Search Books and Live... B&N considering Borders
The Wall Street Journal reports this morning that B&N has put together a team to "study the possibility of acquiring" Borders.Dollars... Tomato Nation
Yesterday I realized that one of the women in my jury pool is one of my favorite writers. I was delighted.Her blog is here. NY Post Panics over Markhus Dohle and Random House
The NY Post has a bit on Markus Dohle and the stir at Random House:Random House is owned by German media giant Bertelsmann, which yesterday said it... Service
I'm on jury duty this week and so far it's not been a brilliant experience. It's not BAD - there's wifi, and everybody's very polite. But it's no...