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The Friday Project Blog

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June 14, 2006

I have mentioned The Firday Project before but I am mentioning them again because I have started paying attention to their blog, VOX which is excellent. You should visit it and get their feed.
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Authors, Books, Future of Books, Future of Publishing

Google Book Search shows its power…and Shakespeare’s

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June 14, 2006

Google Book Search has launched a landing page for the complete works of Shakespeare. You can find it here. As Google Blogoscoped says, it doesn’t quite show its full potential to Europeans but you can certainly see the idea. On some of the rare books that Google enables me to…
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Authors, Books, Bookselling, Business, Future of Books, Future of Publishing

Publishing is about profit . . (Oh and books!)

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June 13, 2006

It should not really be a surprise to people that publishers make decisions on a commercial basis (at least most of them) but it seems to be. Even the sites that we laud for opening up publishing to everyone are commercial operations and based on returns. Lulu.com offers great services…
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Blogging, Books, Future of Publishing

Links of Interest (At Least to Me) 12/06/06

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June 12, 2006

It is always nice to see someone you respect blogging and Richard Waghorne is a man I respect an awful lot. I found his blog two or three days ago and he has out posted me to link to me first! If you haven’t read Richard’s Sicilian Notes yet you…
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Books, Future of Books, Future of Publishing, Innovation

What will Book 2.0 look like?

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June 12, 2006

In a comment on Book 1.5 Adam makes an excellent point and one I have considered before: what does Jarvis propose as a replacement for books? He says himself he is not thinking of “replacing them with electronic gizmos in some paperless future of fable and fantasy”, so what exactly?…
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