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Old 09-01-2010, 09:12 AM   #1
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The article "Surrendering to Tomorrow" in Inside Higher Ed is part gee-whiz-how-cool-are-ebooks, part review-slash-advert of the book Merchants of Culture: The Publishing Industry in the Twenty-First Century (available, at this point, only in hardback format). But the article's writer mentions the book's apparently small section devoted to ebooks, noting the recent spike in ebook sales... then pulling back from making any statement of whether this is a trend, or just a blip in the overall pattern.

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The avoidance of fatalism is smart -- as indeed the whole book is. It gives added force to his warning about the possible downside of this brave new world: the danger that "content" might become "cannon fodder for large and powerful technology companies that use content to drive the sales of their devices and services, thereby devaluing intellectual property and sucking value out of the content creation process."
He said "might"?
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Old 09-01-2010, 11:44 AM   #2
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***Merchants of Culture: The Publishing Industry in the Twenty-First Century (available, at this point, only in hardback format)***

My underline. But that says enough to me about the value of this piece, Steve. Sorry. Neil
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***Merchants of Culture: The Publishing Industry in the Twenty-First Century (available, at this point, only in hardback format)***

My underline. But that says enough to me about the value of this piece, Steve. Sorry. Neil
Not sure where it's out already, but in the US it won't be available until October 26th! Though it would be funny if it was never released as an ebook
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