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Today’s links of interest:

• Amazon Kindle: meet Amazon’s e-book reader
  Again, we ask: is there a clamoring, or is this a case of manufacturers targeting a market they *wish* exists?
• French author slams ‘vulgar, aggressive, unprincipled, consumerist’ Britons
  Honestly, some people! Remember, when you eat snails, it’s not a good idea to insult other cultures.
• Pity the historians of a deleted digital age
  The Scots are realizing that they need to archive the ephemera of our digital life. Where to start, how to proceed, those are the questions.
• The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters – Online Adventure
  Random House expands the interactive components of the book with games and mobile technology. We expand our coverage as hours permit.
• Call It Booklyn
  Sara Gran reflects upon the pressure cooker that is Park Slope. No, seriously, we’d be more eloquent if we weren’t laughing just a little.
• Toshiba shows off "DS" e-book concept
  In which e-book technology continues to evolve into something useful.
• Google Seeks Help with Recognition
  Mining the open source community to make a better OCR program can only help us all.
• BSS #63: Alison Bechdel
  The meaning of ?tragicomic,? Nabokov, Charles Addams, on how the funeral home component of Fun Home has been overlooked, on hitting a wall with words, the advantages of ?visual writing,? Michael Lesy?s Time Frames: The Meaning of Family Pictures
• Christie novels go on sale to maintain her former home
  Rare books personally inscribed to family members are among the loot.
• Writer rues library changes
  Author Susan Hill blames the management for libraries being forced to change how they operate. Hill forgets to include taxpayers who don’t value libraries and citizens who don’t get actively involved in the legislative process. If we value libraries, we n
• Authors strike deals to squeeze in a few brand names
  USA Today picks up on the Cathy’s Book name droppping story.