Notes From Tools Of Change
Notes from Tools of Change ’08.
Do I Believe in Ebooks?:
Part Two
Evan’s post last week, Do I Believe in Ebooks?: Part One, stimulated some interesting conversation in the blogosphere and I hope that Part Two, his bold recommendation, will encourage all of us to reconsider the potential of ebooks. I will be at the Tools of Change conference today and I hope some of my fellow […]
Should Book Authors Blog?
Perlmutter looks at authors who blog.
Do I Believe In Ebooks?:
Part One
Evan Schnittman, OUP’s VP of Business Development and Rights, wonders if he truly does believe in ebooks.
China leads in mass surveillance. Will the West follow?
James B. rule looks at how nations track their citizens.
Kindle Roundup
Links to Kindle reports.
Kindle: The Holy Grail or the last gasp of eBooks?
Kindle has arrived! Evan Schnittman reviews the new ereader for us.
Longtail Wars
Evan Schnittman explains how publishing is winning the Longtail War.
On This Day In History: Gail Borden and Condensed Milk
On August 19, 1856 Gail Borden patented Condensed Milk.
The Rise and Fall of the First Internet
Donald Ritchie looks at the telegraph.
Fever on the Brain
A look at fevers with some help from Plum and Posner.
Consciousness
An excerpt from Plum and Posner’s Diagnosis of Stupor and Coma.
Reviving Coma Patients
Craig Panner helps us understand Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS).
The Martians of Science: An Excerpt
Hargittai’s book tells the story of five brilliant men born at the turn of the twentieth century in Budapest: Theodore von Kármán, Leo Szilard, Eugene Wigner, John von Neumann, and Edward Teller.
The Future of the Brain: An Excerpt
An excerpt from the book, The Future of the Brain.
My Repository is Bigger Than Yours:
A Response to Book Widgets and Book Selling 2.0
Corey Podolsky has written an excellent essay, Book Widgets and Book Selling 2.0 that clearly explains the thinking behind the large scale repository efforts underway at a few publishing giants. But…