The Future of the Book
January 21, 2010
In Tablet Battle, Amazon and Apple Could Slight Readers 13
by C. Max Magee
The Apple tablet certainly has the potential to further revolutionize how people consume music, TV, and movies on the go, but the implications for the book, newspaper, and magazine industries are potentially much greater.
November 16, 2009
Google’s Future for Books Inches Closer 7
by C. Max Magee
With a finalized settlement, millions of volumes will become plugged into the internet as we know it, available for purchase, and accessible to anyone with an internet connection and a willingness to pay.
October 27, 2009
Tina Brown, Goin’ Rogue, and the Limits of Timeliness 0
by Garth Risk Hallberg
Isn’t the erstwhile “Queen of Buzz” part of the problem of dwindling attention spans, rather than part of the solution?
October 12, 2009
Bringing Book Scanning Home 10
by Robin Sloan
Dan Reetz built a book scanner, in two days, from old digital cameras, cardboard, and scrap parts; a friend wrote the page-processing software.
October 7, 2009
Adventures in Machine Translation 1
by C. Max Magee
Using Google to create a passable translation of the blog posts of a Spanish or German blogger is one thing, using it to translate a work of literature is quite another.
August 27, 2009
The Post-Kindle World 3
by Garth Risk Hallberg
The woman reading Bolaño switched halfway through my ride to a Kindle. I’m not making this up.
