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21 September 2009
Should Google be the gateway to knowledge?

The last fortnight has seen a plethora of stories about Google's books digitisation service (too many for us to put in the links here). That is because a US court is due to rule on the so-called 'Google Books Settlement' on 7 October. Now the US Department of Justice has commented, saying... Read More...

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Filed under: Google, Update magazine, books, libraries - books and

22 January 2009
Author predicts ‘the end of the culture of the book’

** ADDITIONAL NOTE: A webcast of McMurtry's lecture will be here http://webcast.rice.edu/webcast.php?action=details&event=1688 from 28th January ** Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry McMurtry used his '2009 Friends of Fondren Library Distinguished Guest Lecture' last night to predict ‘ The end of... Read More...

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Filed under: Matthew Mezey, PR 2.0, reading, culture of the book, Larry McMurtry, e-book, iPod, books