In an unapologetically wistful article for the Baltimore Sun, Garrison Keillor envisioned a future where books spring up like wildflowers, unattended by the meticulous gardening skills of editors, and the democratization of publishing will lead to a vast wasteland of uninspired, pedestrian ebooks to be read only by friends and family. As much as I [...]
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Is book publishing about to slide into the sea?
July 4th, 2010 · Comments Off · ebook news, electronic publishing
Tags: books·ebooks·electronic publishing
Microlibrary in a phone booth
June 16th, 2010 · Comments Off · curiosities, recycling
In stark contrast to high-tech approaches to reading—like the iPad and the Kindle—these residents of Somerset, England came up with their own refreshing low-tech solution: a book exchange hosted in a vintage English phone booth, As reported by Offbeat Earth, villagers line up to swap books they’ve read for books they haven’t. At any one [...]
Tags: books·iPad·Kindle·microlibrary
