Dear Mr. Sobel, While I do not know you, I am impressed by your resume and the portrait of you with what appears to be a brown tabby. I generally cut cat lovers more slack — and brown tabby owners…they get a free pass, as a rule — but I cannot do so in this […]
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Responding to Nat Sobel, Cranky-Style
December 8th, 2009 · 34 Comments
Tags: The Future of Publishing
Digital Rights Management — A Wrinkle or An Opportunity
November 16th, 2009 · 19 Comments
For the past few weeks, we’ve been talking about Digital Rights Management (“DRM”), and the diversity of comments have been fascinating. I still do not believe DRM prevents or slows piracy*. Add to this fact that public perception of DRM, honed by years of abuse by the music industry, is negative…or rather, though most people […]
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Amazon Buys Lexcycle
April 28th, 2009 · 15 Comments
Did you feel the Earth shift a little bit yesterday? Maybe around 1:30 or so Pacific Standard Time (the only time zone that matters!)? Did you Twitter feed seem to be filled with jangly nerves? It turns out that Amazon bought Lexcycle today. Lexcycle? Huh? Who? Erm? Lexcycle is the mighty little company behind the […]
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The Daily Square – Universal Hall Edition
February 20th, 2009 · Comments Off on The Daily Square – Universal Hall Edition
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The Daily Square – Groove is in the Heart Edition
February 19th, 2009 · Comments Off on The Daily Square – Groove is in the Heart Edition
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The Daily Square – My Funny Valentine Edition
February 14th, 2009 · Comments Off on The Daily Square – My Funny Valentine Edition
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The Daily Square – Slouching Toward Bethlehem Edition
February 13th, 2009 · Comments Off on The Daily Square – Slouching Toward Bethlehem Edition
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The Daily Square – Hafssol Edition
January 13th, 2009 · Comments Off on The Daily Square – Hafssol Edition
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Out With The Old, In With The…Cranky
January 5th, 2009 · 57 Comments
I kind of wanted to stay out of the way of the ScrollMotion Iceberg iTunes application. While I have issues with the execution — can’t the publishing industry use something akin to, oh, collective clout to create a real iTunes store for books instead of foisting endless application after application (and associated management of said […]
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The Daily Square – Suzy Snowflake Edition
December 17th, 2008 · Comments Off on The Daily Square – Suzy Snowflake Edition
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