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Wednesday, August 15th, 2007

Imagine a library that collected all the worlds information about all the worlds books and made it available for everyone to view and update. We’re building that library.


Friday, December 15th, 2006

non i mieiQuesto Dicembre Forbes.com pubblica uno Special Report sui cari vecchi libri e il futuro dell’editoria. ‘’People are reading more, not less. The Internet is fueling literacy. Giving books away online increases off-line readership. New forms of expression–wikis, networked books–are blossoming in a digital hothouse.

People still burn books. But that only means that books are still dangerous enough to destroy. And if people want to destroy them, they are valuable enough that they will endure.'’

Il Report è corredato da molti interventi, tra i quali quello del caro Cory Doctorow: ‘’I let readers download my books for free. It’s a living.'’ L’articolo per esteso: Giving It Away