The Vanishing Internet (And Why It Should Be Archived)
I’m currently writing an MA thesis, and as I start piling up the chapters and the footnotes, I find that perhaps a quarter of my citations either include URLs to […]
Violence Inseparable From Pity: George Packer On The New War Fiction
What’s going on under that hat? It seems for now that the face of the returning veteran, as far as the media is concerned, is the late Fort Hood shooter […]
The Canadian Forces iPad Pocket, War, And Literacy
Now that warmer weather is here I like to travel about the base on my bicycle, and found that I faced a problem. I didn’t have my small backpack with […]
When A Nation Forgets To Read
Novelist David Toscana is talking here about his own country of Mexico, but I would say that his words could be applied to my own, or any other, country. “When […]
Book apps: A reading revolution, or the end of reading?
As I post this I am sitting in a coffee shop in a strange town, with an old fashioned print book (PAtricl Hennessey’s The Junior Officer’s Reading Club) balanced on […]
My ebook choice is made
Readers of Mad Padre (bless you!) will know that I’ve been struggling with making a choice about an ebook reader, and a number of you made some helpful decisions. What […]
Notable Quotable: Craig Mod on ebooks
Craig Mod is a technology blogger quoted in the New York Times as saying “Print is dying. Digital is surging. Everyone is confused. Good riddance.” As the NYT summarizes Mod, […]
Electronic Rights Battle for Older E-Books
Continuing to track the news on the growth in e-books. An article in today’s New York Times discusses the publishing battle over older books. When I was on a library […]
Toe Still in the Water on EBooks
As Christmas approaches I’ve been considering making an e-book reader my present to myself. However, there are too many questions for me to have firmed up a decision. I haven’t […]
Libraries and Readers Wade Into Digital Lending
This story from the NYT on how libraries are beginning to offer ebooks caught my eye for several reasons. As a former library board member, it was clear that even […]