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It was only a matter of time before the big guns realized this Internet thing was more than a passing fad. Last week, Rupert Murdoch got religion; this week, it’s the venerable Associated Press. As always, this type of epiphany (which we learned, much to our surprise, is a concept invented by James Joyce. Also run-on sentences.) was accompanied by a gaggle of financial forecasters. The first human on Mars will be part of a marketing team looking to develop its rich resources. Most of you are smug in your comfort zones. You play by the rules of “fair use”. […]

It strikes us that today could be a Theme Day. It also strikes us that we don’t have the right outfit, so this will likely be our final Dan Wickett-related post of the day (he had a very busy weekend). Building on his previous interviews of litbloggers and editors of literary journals, Dan braves the heat of the South to discuss labels. Included in this great panel are two Booksquare favorites, the always white gloved Tingle Alley and Shaken & Stirred. The group looks at their region and the (sometimes) preconceived notions it invokes, even among themselves. To quote Gwenda

Print-on-Demand is a technology waiting for the right moment. It is an esssential component of the Long Tail (talk about your dinner conversation topic!). We believe Amazon’s purchase of BookSurge will lead to lower prices and wider usage. Dan Wickett (have we mentioned him today?) guests over at Conversational Reading, discussing his experiences with POD. He touches on something that had us knitting our delicate brow. Books that go through the Author Guild’s Back In Print program are apparently copies of the original books. If you’re thinking standing-in-front-of-the-Xerox-machine, you are apparently thinking right. This makes sense for really old works,

We admit it — when we heard that Dan Wickett was hanging out at The Happy Booker’s place, we raced right over, stopping only for red lights and to finish our previous post. We blog safely and in accordance to the rules of the ‘sphere. What did we find? Yes, another in the continuing series of photos with strategically placed books. Though we insist you read the interview for yourself, we can promise that Dan’s responses confirm our longheld and widely supported thesis: he doesn’t sleep. No time for that. He denies this (if we’d paid attention in science, we’d

We are, frankly, still reeling from the idea that Culture will soon be coming to Los Angeles. What next, we worry, sculpture gardens and charades? See, right now, one can safely sit in a public place, reading a book. If Culture appears, people might see the book and attempt to make conversation. You know, talk about the book. The book you are trying to read. There is a better than 50% chance that this conversation will result in the divulging of key plot points or the ending. We must stop Culture before it stops us. Los Angeles is not emotionally