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Pining for the 20th century

Posted Fri, 02/05/2010 - 14:42 by Richard Adler
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http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/02/05/006239/Murdoch-Says-E-Book-Price...

The latest in looking back from the world of books.

First Murdoch and his business models

And Tim Spalding ponders the future of libraries.

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Scalzi tries to find a constructive response to Amazon vs. McMillan

Posted Tue, 02/02/2010 - 23:16 by Richard Adler
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http://whatever.scalzi.com/2010/02/02/a-call-for-author-support/

One response to this from fans of these affected writers is to boycott Amazon. But you know what, I think that’s putting the focus where it shouldn’t be. This crux of this matter is a negotiation between two corporate entities, and that’s something a boycott just isn’t going to matter to, or solve in any meaningful way. And in the case of the authors involved, it’s not going to help them make sales.

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Reading the future

Posted Fri, 10/09/2009 - 23:30 by Sam Rose
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http://www.lansingcitypulse.com/lansing/article-3527-reading-the-future....

At this point, the mini chain has purchased a single Espresso for its 28th Street store in Grand Rapids, but it will deliver on-demand books to its Okemos and Lansing stores several times a week.

Fehsenfeld said the bookstore had been exploring on-demand printing for some time, but this year OnDemandBooks, manufacturer of the Espresso, signed content agreements with Google and Ingram Book Co., which helped make his decision. “On demand is important to the future of the industry,” Fehsenfeld said.

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people download books. film at eleven

Posted Wed, 05/13/2009 - 07:18 by Richard Adler

A boomlet of hysteria this week as the New York Times discovers books can be copied too. Shock and horror!

Nothing terribly new to see here. Cory makes his argument, LeGuin is outraged, and Slashdot and Booksquare weigh in.

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Another twist in the Google book deal

Posted Wed, 04/29/2009 - 06:52 by Richard Adler
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http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/28/1613214&from=rss

I guess this pretty much speaks for itself. Thoughts?

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A publishing quadrant

Posted Tue, 04/21/2009 - 07:37 by Richard Adler
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http://booksquare.com/the-publishing-quadrant-where-do-you-belong/

The consistently interesting Booksquare blog has reposted a quadrant that tries to show the relationships among traditional, self, digital and print-on-demand publishing.

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Google and the book search settlement

Posted Sat, 04/18/2009 - 20:54 by Richard Adler
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http://www.boingboing.net/2009/04/17/google-book-search-s-1.html

If Cory is right, we might all have cause to regret this, to say the least. I'm sure we'll have to wait and see how it all falls out, but this is ominous:

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Amazonfail, Part III (a kind of wrap-up)

Posted Thu, 04/16/2009 - 08:10 by Richard Adler

So the phenomenon has reached a tangled semi-conclusion as an explanation of sorts comes to light.

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Amazonfail, Part II

Posted Tue, 04/14/2009 - 07:14 by Richard Adler

And the saga continues. Today saw the eruption reach the larger sites, including BoingBoing, as well as sites that would have an understandable interest, like Sexerati.

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amazon, lgbt fiction de-listing, and the resulting protest

Posted Mon, 04/13/2009 - 10:32 by Richard Adler

I heard the first rumblings of this a day or so ago, but the movement--as happens online--has grown very fast indeed. My understanding of it is like this:

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