But a Whimper

In my last rustication, I opined the details of the 300-page Google Book Deal settlement made in late 2008 between Google and authors and publishers vis-à-vis Google’s massive digitization scheme (those cases, viz., Authors Guild et al v. Google and McGraw-Hill et al v. Google).

Golden Apples of Deceit

Do you recall the myth about the Golden Apples of Deceit? It seems instructive to me during these trying, tense technological times. Atalanta had been warned by the god Apollo that she would lose herself if ever she married so she determined not to.

YouIdiot.com

While researching something else, I ran across an item in a business journal my eye ran across another item. In research this is called serendipity, something we do not hear so much about any more these days.

The Future of the Book: Does It Have One?

While the book has been with us for two millennia, digital artifact threaten its permanence. Now we being to wonder if it has a future at all.

Here Lies The Book, R.I.P.: The Report of Its Death Has Been Greatly Exaggerated

The declaration that print books are dead may have been premature.