The correspondence re e-books is indeed interesting. Starting as a grad
student at Cambridge Univ., I made a vow to keep ALL books I had ever acquired
(honestly or not). They were nice to have. And useful for many things. I
enjoyed using the massive, tall Oxford English Dictionary as a
My father -- and the parents of many people I know -- feel that they are too
old to learn how to use computers. I wonder if the Good Lord has that
problem also. After all He is older than anyone and probably most set in
His ways.
*-- Russ*
On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 12:06 PM,
I am having parallel conversations with several colleagues in the
publishing business.
One today wrote:
People used to get into the book business because they loved
books!
Those people still exist and I work with many of them, but
they’re often being managed by executives who
