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 BolaƱo switched halfway through my ride to a Kindle. I’m not making this up.