Tag: Books

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| December 31, 2008

Frum and literature

David Frum makes a familiar argument in several parts: 1) “Literature is a declining presence in our modern...

| December 28, 2008

book buying

David Streitfeld has a curious essay in the NYT about bad times for the publishing industry — publishers not buying...

| December 22, 2008

empty books

Sam Kean on a visit to a shop in Venice: I approached the owner and asked about the shelves of leather-bound books....

| December 22, 2008

form and content

Jeremy C writes below, “Doesn’t having a uniform page layout for all the books on the device focus your attention,...

| December 20, 2008

on typography

To my mind, the single biggest flaw of the Kindle may be summed up in a single word: typography. The Kindle has one...

| December 18, 2008

three theses for disputation

1) The future of reference works will be online, because research requires the aggregation and association of divergent...

| December 16, 2008

responding to responses

A few responses to my previous Kindle posts that I’d like to address: Adam S: “Clearly there are weaknesses to the...