“Xerography—every man’s brainpicker—heralds the times of instant
publishing. Anybody can now become both author and publisher. Take any
books on any subject and custom-make your own book by simply xeroxing a
chapter from this one, a chapter from that one—instant steal!
—Marshall McLuhan, The
Hi Adam,
But why restrict the mandate and right to change a book to the author?
Why can’t anyone improve a book or attempt to improve a book should
they feel the need?
We need living books and under copyright we have to fight very hard to
keep them alive.
We recently published a series of
