I was asked to do BookNet Canada’s “Interviews with Industry Innovators.” I did. Here I am, looking a bit pudgier than seems reasonable:
Link at Blip.tv.
I think you have to watch an ad first:
Adults Go Wild Over Latest In Children’s Picture Book Series
CT Moore interviewed me for Geekcast.fm. Below, find the results:
A Parable of the Past
An, er, friend of mine heard an interview on Fresh Air with Scottish director Armando Iannucci about his new film In the Loop (IMDB). He’d never heard of Iannucci, or the movie, or the TV show upon which the movie is based. The audio clips from the movie were so [...]
This has nothing to do with books, but it’s just about the coolest, most wonderful thing I’ve seen on the web in a long time.
Warning: if you have work to do, please do not click on this link.
inbflat.net
John Banville on mortality & immortality:
[via Maud]
This is my presentation at the BookNetCanada Tech Forum in March, titled: Time, Love & Books. Sorry, there is 1 slide only, for you Powerpoint buffs.
I talk about audiobooks, time acquisition, LibriVox, Google, the link, and the digital archaeology of love. And Hinton, Alberta.
Oh and you’ll have to wait a minute [...]
Granta Paul Auster Interview from Granta magazine on Vimeo.
Books are going digital. New York Times had an article about the implications, which reminded me of that famous saying about not knowing history and doomed repeats. Things to remember:
a) this means that if people want a book for free, it’ll be gettable free
b) there’s nothing anyone can do about that
c) the music business [...]
Book Oven co-founder & kick ass tech wrangler, Steph, was caught on camera at Montreal’s Start-up Camp4:
[link: Zelaurent]
