In Books . . .
05.06.2008
The memes have been flying all over the place lately. And I got hit in the crossfire. Twice. One in each leg. So here we go, six plus seven, plus one. Random/Weird/Quirky.
08.02.2007
This could do for reading what last.fm did for listening.
09.26.2006
On Sunday, my friend Tom was interviewed by Liane Hansen on NPR.
09.06.2006
A little over a year ago, my friend Tom signed a book deal with Random House. Well, one year and three months later, the book is finally in stores and I wanted to put in a little plug for it, and for Tom's Web site, which I built.
08.02.2006
Seth Godin throws out 19 pearls of wisdom for authors.
07.19.2006
Unlike my last post, this one is will be short and sweet.
07.17.2006
As somebody who enjoys reading a good book, but who also spends a vast amount of time online, I'm interested in the debate over whether or not Google (or anybody else) should be allowed to scan all of the world's books and make them searchable online.
06.21.2006
06.14.2006
So Sunday I headed off to the bookstore to snatch me up one of these gems. Of course, I quickly realized, you won't find baby-name books in the 'Reference' section of your local Borders.
08.16.2005
It was really cool seeing John Irving live and in person, but the evening was not without it's oddities.
In Publishing . . .
08.02.2006
Seth Godin throws out 19 pearls of wisdom for authors.
07.19.2006
Unlike my last post, this one is will be short and sweet.
07.17.2006
As somebody who enjoys reading a good book, but who also spends a vast amount of time online, I'm interested in the debate over whether or not Google (or anybody else) should be allowed to scan all of the world's books and make them searchable online.
Comments
I feel there will alway be a publishing industry as we know it... - I assume you feel that the publishing industry will move to online-only - If I am reading this right. I feel that that will not satasify everyone. Just like the music industry will not all be online as digital downloads. Not everyone likes to listen to music on a portable player or on their computer. Some people also like high quality sounding music and not harsh sounding compressed audio. I know that's probably a minority, but it's still a percentage.
Some people said once cable came, the networks would die. That never happened. It's just changed how business works.
I just don't believe the internet will make everything obsolete.
It's simply changing everything.
And personally, I think it makes things interesting. It changes business models and I am all for it.
And I firmly believe the internet is the most important invention since the printing press.
Posted by Laundro on Sep 08, 2006 at 8:08:07 AM
Posted by Rothko on Sep 08, 2006 at 8:50:22 AM