The Week In Books: Fiery Pants, Roiling Devils and A Laughing Dog

Leviathan is an anagram of Google. Just kidding. And the DOJ doesn't have a holy glow about them either.


e-week Nearly Misses

Interesting article in e-week magazine (which by the way has not been the same since Spencer F. Katt packed up his litter and kibble) about the Google book monopoly debate.

It isn't interesting because of new material or particular stunning insight. It is interesting because it, like many tech journals, fails to see or comment on the effect such a single source for books would do to wholesalers. It seems the only thing people can get their head around on this one is the battle between the Authors Guild and Google with a little aside about a whimpering Amazon.

Authors On The High Seas

Cunnard Lines have put together an interesting program for their Queen Mary 2 cruise ship. A part of the Cunnard Insight program this year's intinerary will include discussions (I suppose interactive) with author's Kate Atkinson, John Berendt, Bill Bryson and Joanne Harris.

Now if only they could combine bocce with this somehow...

Dude, It Didn't Happen That Way

If you haven't been following the drama of Charles Pellegrino and his myriad of hoaxes and hustles then you've been denying yourself something very entertaining.

Hop over to MobyLives to catch all the action, which includes wonderful stuff about one of Pellegrino's (the man who probably did not discover the tomb of Jesus) biggest disciples. By name: James Cameron.

With this huckster being revealed for what he is, one has to wonder about how long a fate a book like Game Change with its 0 citations will last.

"Juicy details" apparently are not always as historical as they're made out to be.

The Duck Hunt Dog Is Laughing

If you haven't played Duck Hunt in a while I'll remind you that whenever you missed a bunch of those 8-bit mallards your trusty hunting dog would laugh at you.

Well, it seems Nintendo's first foray into the e-book market is in Fast Company's words, "Half-Assed."


Palin To Have New Book Penned

Sorry. Low blow on the first warm Friday of the season.

I'm off to the Philadelphia International Flower Show to help me forget the above statement.