Category Archives: Books

Economics as a Social Science: A Review of ECONned by Yves Smith

Posted on April 8, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

The Mad Biologist gives it two thumbs up.
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There Will Be Books: Raven Used Books Opens in Boston

Posted on March 21, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

One of the things Newbury Street has lacked is a used book store. Now it has one.
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One Reason Why the Imminent Demise of Printed Books Is Ridiculous (and Scary): Libraries

Posted on February 12, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

Electronic publishing will have to figure out a library model. In the midst of The Information Revolution That Is Changing Everything, the last thing we want is for books to be treated the same way as porn.
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Here’s a Technology That Will Revolutionize Publishing

Posted on October 13, 2009 by mikethemadbiologist

Unlike Napster, which made music publishing financially unsustainable, the Espresso Book Machine does not make the production of media ‘open source’–it’s too expensive. Publishing remains profitable, although less so.
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Review Articles or Review Chapters?

Posted on July 4, 2008 by mikethemadbiologist

What’s the incentive for writing a non-peer reviewed book chapter?
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Sunday Sermon: Books Are Weapons

Posted on September 23, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

…in the of ideas–one war I’ll gladly get behind.
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