Monthly Archives: March 2011

Traditional Publishers are not dead

This is a follow-up to my previous post, in which I made the argument that traditional publishing is dead, due to the lack of value that they add to the process and the higher cost of printing when most people … Continue reading

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Whither Bookstores?

Are bookstores dying? This was a subject that really started taking off last year (although has been in discussion for far longer), and the question only gets more fraught now. Let me be clear–I love bookstores. I practically grew up … Continue reading

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The New York Times pay scheme: it might actually work

The New York Times has come out with one more scheme to get readers to pay for content, an effort which is only the latest in a long line of failed schemes. But this one might actually work because it … Continue reading

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Traditional Publishing is Dead

Well, maybe not dead now, but more like Dead Man Walking dead. I say this because the sales of e-readers like the Kindle are taking off in an explosive, exponential fashion. Very shortly, faster than almost anyone is realizing now, … Continue reading

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Fountain of Youth

I just went to a talk by Amy Wagers, who is a researcher at Harvard now but used to be at Stanford. She talked about work that she did with Stanford’s Tom Rando, putting young and old mice together so … Continue reading

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In the Bloginning …

Very late to the game, I am starting a blog. Although I have often felt that I don’t have the time to write in a blog, in addition to all the other writing I do, I have started to see … Continue reading

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