Today’s links of interest:
- Lexicographical Longing
Once upon a time, we saved our pennies for our very own Oxford English Dictionary. Now we revel in our annual subscription (so handy for settling those pesky office arguments about words). Will there be another print edition of the OED? Does it make sense in a world where the online offering is so rich and accessible? - Indiana Sues Book Publisher
In other news, Airleaf/Bookman has finally stopped spamming us. - The Fall of Random House’s Peter Olson, Book Publishing?s Last Don
A cautionary tale. We think. - Would you like that book in paper or plastic?
The, uh, environmentally unfriendly side of electronic books. - Salman Rushdie Favourite For Best Of The Booker Award
At the risk of stating the obvious, does it really help literature if the establishment keeps finding new ways to give awards to the same group of authors over and over again? - Lessing: Nobel win a ‘disaster’
The dark side of awards: the press really doesn’t have anything better to do.