[ Essay ] Books never die, publishers will

  by  splityarn  Here is a collection of whinings from book publishers feeling threatened by Amazon. Low prices, disappearing retailers, brain-drain…in a word, they are facing death. What happened to the music industry has been occurring in the publishing...

[ Essay ] Can bookstores survive?

  by  darwin.wins  I have been using Amazon Kindle for a few years, and it has completely removed my need/desire/wish for paper books. I am a bookworm, and it was surprising that I could ditch a 30+ year-old habit in mere several months. But...

[ Essay ] The Mirror Ball Effect

  by  Joseph Robertson  I hear there is no original creation any more in terms of artistic activities: Everything we do is a copy or reconstruction of something that already exists.. I don’t go so far to declare this to be always true, but I...

[ Tech Comm ] Visualization = persuasion

  This "Canvus" business model is the future, isn't it? Everything is clear, simplified, and easy to act on. Actually, no. This model does nothing to reduce the traditional structure of business. What it does, however, is making the business model...