- A Wind of Change – in the Nineteenth Century "Then with the nineteenth century came change. This was to be the century of machines and engines, the century that would see mechanization transform the manufacture of all manner of goods. There was a revolution in the world of books." Good things happenign over at the Literary Platform
- The Paperback Revolution A little animated history of the paperback… if you love old imprints, you'll love this.
- LRB Panel: The Future of Reading – NYTimes.com "As a writer, on the other hand, Toibin has found through the Internet a welcome increase in solitude. He doesn’t have to answer an insistent phone, because he can check e-mail at leisure; he doesn’t have to go out to eat, because he can have food delivered; he doesn’t have to go out to buy books, which leaves more time for staying in to write and read, day and night. (“Electricity,” he said — now that was a fine invention.)"
- MAX HASTINGS: I can’t text and adore dusty old books, but when I was given an electronic reader I was hooked | Mail Online See? SEE? etc.
- Ken Hollings: Hollingsville TX3/12 ‘Machines’ On Thursday 29th I will be on Resonance FM with Ken Hollings. There will be strange conversations.
- What Publishers Today Can Learn from Allen Lane: Fearlessness Me, pontificating, at Publishing Perspectives, on Allen Lane and fearless publishing.
- Detainee 063 "This is the interrogation log of Mohammed al-Qahtani. It was published in real time: each entry appearing exactly seven years after it was first recorded. It has now concluded. The interrogation took place at Guantanamo Bay. "
Stop Press for April 28th
April 29, 2010
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