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The Printed Word: a shrinking footprint - By Bruce McKinney Information, its processing, distribution, search and retrieval is passing through the eye of the needle, to paraphrase the New Testament, the old structures of information giving way to the new: books into databases into full text searches - accessible online by computer and phone. It turns out society's commitment is to information, not to form, and this is tough news for all things printed. The group, that prefers books to electronic data, is...

The Printed Word: a shrinking footprint

- By Bruce McKinney

Information, its processing, distribution, search and retrieval is passing through the eye of the needle, to paraphrase the New Testament, the old structures of information giving way to the new: books into databases into full text searches - accessible online by computer and phone. It turns out society's commitment is to information, not to form, and this is tough news for all things printed. The group, that prefers books to electronic data, is...


Rivals, Others Seek to Derail Google/Publishers Alliance - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman With time running out to file legal objections to the agreement between Google and publishers for the former to sell digitized copies of...	AE: A Perspective on Seven Years - By Bruce McKinney No good deed will go unpunished Seven years ago AE walked out onto the open sun lit field that is books. The day was 3...
What is the Americana Exchange? - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman What is the Americana Exchange? Most people really don't know a lot about this site, but it has many useful features, some of...	The Case for Collecting - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney Everyone collects something. It's a strong human instinct. Most such collections are random and casual, often the initially inadvertent accumulation of...
Shakespearean Suspect Arrives at Court in His Carriage - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman Raymond Scott is no common thief. Whether he is a most uncommon one, time will tell, but the man accused of stealing a...	A Cautionary Tale - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney The IFPDA, the International Fine Print Dealers Association, a New York based international association of print dealers, issued a letter requesting its 165...
What Freshmen Don't Know... and You Should Know - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman Beloit College has issued its annual "Mindset List" of what freshmen entering college this year don't know or have not experienced, and it...	A Benefit for Collectors: Eternal Life - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney For those with a love of reading the value of a book is in its content. It's condition often hardly matters. ...
Some Advice for Booksellers, Russian Bookselling, Abe's Latest Top 10 - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman USA Today recently provided some advice for booksellers. USA Today is probably not where most booksellers look for business advice, and "Ask an...	Commentary: On a Sunday Morning - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney Let the Silent Majority be Heard I have watched with fascination and regret as the America, to which I owe allegiance, has been exposed...
Five New Catalogues Reviewed This Month Five new booksellers' catalogues have come across our desk in the waning days of summer. Jordan Antiquarian Books has produced a catalogue of Americana, including...	Americana, Including Recreational Travel, from Jordan Antiquarian Books By Michael Stillman We just received our first catalogue from Jordan Antiquarian Books, though it is Catalog No. 79 for this Dorset, Vermont, based bookseller. Their...
Literature, Filmscripts and More from Waverly Books By Michael Stillman Waverly Books has issued List 165, a new collection of 181 books and ephemeral items. The focus is primarily on literature and film,...	Literature, Film, Science Fiction and More from James Pepper Rare Books By Michael Stillman James Pepper Rare Books has issued Catalogue 184 of books and ephemera in their fields of specialty, including literature, film, detective and, this...
100 American Historical Documents from the William Reese Co. By Michael Stillman The William Reese Company has issued its 270th catalogue, this one entitled One Hundred American Historical Manuscripts. We always appreciate titles that succinctly...	Latin Americana from Kaaterskill Books By Michael Stillman You wouldn't expect to find the source of a catalogue entitled Latin Americana to be a small town in upstate New York. You...