The Week In Books: E-Books as Eye-Damaging, Fascism? And Something About Kids Reading

When the books battle...kids win. Summer blockbuster tag line?


Finally getting back on this horse. Being that we are in the dark heart of the gardening season I may be somewhat less consistent with these Week In Books installments. Never fear though: I will not fail the Front List / Back List.

Cory Doctorow Reminds Us That Apple, Kindle et al Are Not Our Friends

They are businesses. Large businesses in fact, that want to control your purchasing preferences with monopolistic laws and flimsy programming. Read about it at Publisher's Weekly.

E-Readers and Eyesight

I've wondered about this. And after reading this article I, well, am still wondering about it but am all the more curious. Link to MobyLives which links to article.

Kindle To Become Giant Book Club

Ugh... It's not looking good for bookstores. Kindle will now include a cloud-like tag system to allow readers the option of looking at other reader's favorite portions of the book they're reading as well as other books those readers like.

OMG! Like someone else totally loved that part too! #Justin Bieber.

Not sure why I added that last thing, but somehow I feel it fits.

Here's the link to the BetaNews article about Amazon's updates. Yes, it contains a link to yesterday's announcements on Amazon.com. No, I won't link it here.

The Battle Of The Books

And guess what? It doesn't have to do with publishers versus bookstores or retail giants versus retail weaklings. Nope.

It had to do with kids reading books and displaying comprehension through competition.

1,500 in attendance. That's more than a National's game.

Link to Baltimore Sun Article.

See. I don't always end with doom and gloom.