by Patrick on July 28, 2009
It’s been kind of quiet around here these past few days. I apologize. I was at jury duty, where I tore through Chris Anderson’s Free on my iPhone. I am back now, and regular posting will resume soon. In the meantime, do click over to the LA Times where David Ulin has accurately and succinctlysummarized [...]
by Patrick on July 21, 2009
As the market for ebooks expands rapidly (Barnes & Noble jumped into the fray yesterday with its long-rumored ebook store), so do the issues the change in format presents. A few articles delve into these issues better than I could, so I’ve linked to them here: Farhad Manjoo looks at how Amazon can reach into [...]
by Patrick on April 13, 2009
By now, you’ve probably heard all you care to hear about Amazon’s incredibly stupid decision to “de-list” books with adult content (and especially books with gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender themes and subject matter). You’ve read the excellent blog posts, the well-written letters to Jeff Bezos, followed along on Twitter and the retorts by independent [...]