XKCD

Saw Monday's XKCD and thought of you all.

http://xkcd.com/956/

Hope you're well!

Google Plans to Digitize Out-of-Copyright Books of British Library

Interesting read, especially with the ongoing chaos of the Google Books litigation!

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-20/google-digitises-250-000-out-of-copyright-british-library-books.html

Hmm, Interesting POV

Are Publishers, Not Technology, To Blame For The Decline Of Books?

http://con.st/10019109

Interesting concept, not sure they back it up as well as they should but it's an interesting question to be asking ourselves as publishers.

Leadership Lessons from the Saddle

Good afternoon,

This article provides a great analogy for leadership. Enjoy!

Leadership Lessons from the Saddle

(Sorry this post is so short. Blogger has been having technical issues all day!)
-Randy

Self Publishing

Lengthy article about the "E-book gold rush."

The New York Review of Books on Google Settlement

Check out the "6 Reasons the Google Settlement Failed" from the words of the New York Book Review blog. The author, Robert Darnton's point? Screw Google Book Search, hail to the Digital Public Library of America.

Independent Bookseller Survival

Found a story about independent booksellers and their attempts at survival on Studio 360.

It's not all new stuff (in fact, several things we've talked about in class pop up), but worth knowing this stuff is part of the discussion out there.