As If Books Aren't Dying Enough...

FT Press Delivers has taken it one step further by introducing, "The Elements which the publisher has priced at $1.99, are stripped-down, 1,000- to 2,000-word versions of already-published books, while the Shorts are newly written essays of about 5,000 words, priced at $2.99." 


So now no one wants o read a complete work? The Publisher suggests that this version of reading is just like a "healthy lunch on the go." It just kinda makes me sad.


http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/08/business/media/08condense.html?th&emc=th

Curling up with a nice... e-book?

Does the Brain Like E-Books?

A NY Times discussion involving three professors, an author, and a computer scientist.

Off the Shelf and Onto the Laptop

Libraries and Readers Wade Into Digital Lending

NY Times article discusses how libraries are attracting readers with downloadable e-books and audio books.

When Publishing Had Scents and Sounds

A quick glance back into the good ol' days. Or were they?

This New York Times article explores the sights, the sounds, and the onion skin carbon paper involved in publishing before the computer age (or, as the author likes to explain), before the "atomic bomb that wiped out typewriters... [and] phased out calendars, address books and calculators."