Send Lawyers, Guns and Money
Jeffrey Toobin has a piece in this week's New Yorker about Google Books - he was at the Google conference a couple of weeks ago. Not much from the conference made the article, however - it's mostly "what has Google been up to in the books world over the last little while". One sentence that leapt out: "Google intends to scan every book ever published." Just like, cracks a friend of mine, a distributor "book-in-hands" every book that comes through its warehouse? (Remember those much-vaunted book-in-hand programs that promised clean and accurate book data because staff were taking it RIGHT OFF THE ACTUAL BOOK?) Keep moving, nothing to see here, people.
Awesome article about Judith Regan in this week's New York Magazine - called "Even Bitches Have Feelings" - it almost...ALMOST...tugs a heartstring. Almost. Gotta wonder what's next for this piece of work.
Otherwise...it's shaping up to be a quiet week in Bookland. ISBN-13 has come and gone with nary a whisper...further drawing comparisons to Y2K. ALA Midwinter came and went with no earthshattering announcements. No news is...just a lot of blather.
Awesome article about Judith Regan in this week's New York Magazine - called "Even Bitches Have Feelings" - it almost...ALMOST...tugs a heartstring. Almost. Gotta wonder what's next for this piece of work.
Otherwise...it's shaping up to be a quiet week in Bookland. ISBN-13 has come and gone with nary a whisper...further drawing comparisons to Y2K. ALA Midwinter came and went with no earthshattering announcements. No news is...just a lot of blather.
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