With pure Columbian coffee, Juan Valdez-style. Here are a few links. Tomorrow, perhaps, I’ll have some original thoughts to share:
- The Onion dissects the new textbook Kindle DX: “Not for me. Nothing beats the feeling of learning off paper.”
- Is the Espresso Book Machine the future of print? The machine can print any of the half-million titles in its inventory in about five minutes. If it worked and if the cost were right (and I haven’t seen one yet, so I can’t say), this would solve many of the problems currently facing the publishing industry and independent bookstores: fewer returns, an inventory every bit as comprehensive as an online retailer, ability to customize books and self-publish, and still have that book smell that everybody’s crazy about. (Link via the excellent blog if:book.)
- For cover art aficionados, the Art of Penguin Science Fiction is a pretty great site. You could easily kill the rest of your workday there. I encourage you to do so. (Via the excellent Tumblr blog The Daily Meh.)
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