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I geeked out late last night listening to Michael Silberblatt interviewing Patti Smith on KCRW’s Bookworm. And it’s only Part 1! Listen to it. It’s at least twice as good as the interview with Terry Gross that kept me in my car a few weeks ago. Fun fact: The Devil’s opening in Sympathy for the Devil, “Please allow me to introduce myself…”, is from Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita. I’m not going to shut up about Just Kids anytime soon. (My review)
Speaking of which, I was enthusing about the book on Monday night with some tasteful and erudite dinner companions who let me know that PBS aired a documentary about Patti Smith, Dream of Life, a few months back. I had no idea, as is usually the case.
The New York Review of Books examines Publishing: The Revolutionary Future. (Thanks, Dr J.)
The Count goes medieval on Edward.
In the New York Times: The Math of Publishing Meets the e-Book.
To see the new math in action, check out what the new math means for friend-of-the-blog Ben Tanzer.
Check out this comic about why DRM means that checking out an audio book at the library is a simple 22 -step process, and you may agree with this comic that suggests that DRM creates the very thing it tries to control – piracy.
March 5, 2010 7:01 am 
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