Dude, where’s my subculture?
Kind of following on from this week’s mega-rant on the state of subgenres, some further thoughts on cultural diversity in entertainment have raised their heads. Continue reading “Dude, where’s my subculture?”
NetBoox? Online book trading, P.O.D. and the death of libraries
I’m constantly trumpeting about the death of libraries, but the way I see it, I’m allowed. I work in one, I have always used them regularly and I only speak doom of them to try to encourage people to ‘use them or lose them’. In a lot of cases, I think rumours of the death of libraries are greatly exaggerated. I certainly hope so. Continue reading “NetBoox? Online book trading, P.O.D. and the death of libraries”
Technology Giveth, Technology Taketh Away
The people at Locus magazine gave Cory Doctorow a regular column. No surprise, then, to find that he’s used the first one to throw a firecracker into the punchbowl. Continue reading “Technology Giveth, Technology Taketh Away”
Google: 1, Publishers: 0
Is the printed word on the way out? And are schemes like Amazon’s ’search inside’ feature and the Google book-scanning project hastening the end? Continue reading “Google: 1, Publishers: 0″
Book futures
A couple of interesting posts have appeared regarding the future of the printed word. Continue reading “Book futures”
