Sorin Adam Matei
Analysis, research, maps, and essays from Sorin Adam Matei.
Amazon’s investment in the new Kindle Fire, which includes almost free access to books that it bought on its own dime, seems to be for the long haul, which although a surprise, might or might not work. “Amazon is giving away books,…
Over the last few days my project, Ubimark, which turns print books such as Around the Word in 80 Days into user interfaces for the web through the magic of 2d or QR codes, has been covered by a number of very…
Image via Wikipedia Publishers Weekly issued its 2009 best book list. The choices, made out of 50,000 volumes, are at times quirky and cute, but overall the list offers a solid image of who is who and what was (and still is)…
“On Monday, the Internet Archive, which among other things has been working for some time to digitize countless numbers of public domain texts, showed the first public look at its BookServer project, an initiative its dubs, “The future of books.” Internet Archive…