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It's Coming. And It's Gonna Be Cool (Huh?)

J. Mark Bertrand has something brewing:

"You’ll have to supply the soundtrack yourself. Imagine the Gorillaz doing "Clint Eastwood" — The future is coming on — or maybe Kate Bush’s "Cloudbusting" — I just know that something good is going to happen. Something good is going to happen, but I can’t tell you about it yet. All I can do is flash the logo up and let you wonder. I can’t tell you what "LiT" is or what the name signifies. I can’t tell you what it means for you. All I can say is that it’s coming. And it’s gonna be cool.

Stay tuned…."

It apparently involves espionage, stealth dialog . . . and Ninjas. Or something.

Hmmm. What is it? Stay tuned at www.jmarkbertrand.com

Google launches controversial digital book site

Google launched a controversial digital book site:

The Internet search giant said the initial collection will include "public domain" works — those without current copyright protection — in an apparent effort to ease concerns that have led to legal challenges.

"Because they’re out of copyright, these cultural artifacts can be read in their entirety online at http://print.google.com, where anyone can search and browse every page," Google said in a statement.

"They are fully searchable and users can save individual page images."

Google launched its controversial effort to digitize millions of books for online viewing — but said it would limit access to any copyrighted material for now.

I imagine in a few years no one will give this a second thought, and will be amazed there was ever a world without this feature. There has been quite a furor over this, but I can’t see this as anything but a good thing. 

Read more at Yahoo! News

 

Book Blogging — The Next Big Thing?

Book blogging — writing books using the blogging process — is starting to show promise. Note these blog efforts that are making it into print:

Julie Powell’s “Julie & Julia” is the season’s most unusual memoir — a writer’s efforts to master the recipes of Julia Child — and a possible breakthrough for bloggers. Based on postings from Powell’s blog, the book will be published by Little, Brown and Co. (a division of Time Warner, as is CNN) and stores expect strong interest.

Other bloggers with recent deals include Stephanie Klein, who calls her very personal blog, “Greek Tragedy,” and Dana Vachon, an investment banker known as “d-nasty.”

Doctorow E.L. Doctorow’s “The March” is considered a possible breakout novel. “The criteria signing ‘Julie and Julia’ were very similar to what we would use for any book proposal: There was a strong voice, there was a freshness, and a novelty to what she was doing,” says Little, Brown’s Shandler. “This isn’t just a blog that has been printed out into a book. People aren’t interested in that because they read blogs every day. They need to see if the blog can be transformed. You could say that a great blogger is like an excellent guitar player, but the book is like playing piano. Bloggers have a head start because they know music, but they still have to make the adjustment.”

Read more at CNN.com

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