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Continue reading →: Quick Link | The Chart of Fantasy Art, Part One | Orbit Books | Science Fiction, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy
Yes indeed! This year we didn’t spot a single unicorn (though it’s possible a unicorn was hidden under one of the hoods.) To all unicorn-lovers out there, don’t lose heart. Unicorns are rare – like double rainbows — so a year without them will only make their inevitable reappearance that…
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Continue reading →: Quick Link | Ebooks and opensource textbooks for Irish education – EirePreneur
Occasionally Google Alerts throws up some odd links, often old material that for some reason has been refreshed in the cache. This is one of them, and I’m very glad because I find it a fascinating attempt to pull together a very fractured discussion about digital publishing, curriculum development and ebooks in Irish…
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Continue reading →: Go Read This | The printed book’s path to oblivion – The Shatzkin Files
It’s a day for good articles on the future and books! It is very hard for me to grasp why anybody would prefer a printed book 30 or 40 years from now. I’m sure by then screen technology will be able to simulate any aspect of the printed book that…
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Continue reading →: Go Read This | B.O.B., University of Texas’ $150,000 Book Machine, Readies for Freshman Year
I just liked this paragraph but the whole piece is interesting and well worth reading! Case in point: The University of Texas Co-Op — who is the largest seller of used textbooks in the country and the most profitable independent college bookstore in the United States — recently purchased an EBM…
