 NewsCC licenses help readers, Part MMXII
Espen Andersen writes, "After buying 'Little Brother', I discovered that a page was torn out. Rather than exchange it, I just printed out the missing page from Cory's webpage." Yet another argument for CC books 2 Responses to “CC licenses help readers, Part MMXII”Leave a Reply
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This book has a whole bunch to recommend it: It’s fast-paced, well-written, and the protagonist is engaging in a geeky way, if just a tiny little bit generic. The book is a bit didactic in places. However, since in some ways it’s a fictionalized manual for how to build an underground resistance to an evil government, that’s only to be expected. Really very good, and based on what I remember about my own teenage years,
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ISBN: 0007288425
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this book should be a movie
I had not considered the historicity of books as an element setting them apart, although once you said it, it seems obvious.
Another element that now seems apparent is a book's technology is stable. Recordings on media other than paper, clay, or stone seem to have a short half-life. Four track car stereos are gone. Similarly, beta-max movies are no longer generally viewable.
With care that hard cover book you own can be read by many generations of your family. That makes ownership of quality books a long term investment.