If only they could breed the Kindle with the iPhone
Evan Schnittman argues that sales of the Kindle and Sony Reader will likely reach one million by the end of this year.
Evan Schnittman argues that sales of the Kindle and Sony Reader will likely reach one million by the end of this year.
The Smart Set is a weekly feature, compiled and posted by Lauren Cerand, that usually appears Mondays at 12:30 pm, and highlights the best of the week to come. Special favor is given to New York’s independent booksellers and venues, and low-cost and free events. Please send details to Ms. Cerand at lauren [at] maudnewton.com by the Thursday prior to . . .
Like the narrator of his The Good Soldier, Ford Madox Ford had a “genius for creating confusion & a nervous horror of dealing with the results.”
The to-do pile is toppling over, so the week’s blogging forecast isn’t great. For now, I invite you to consider, in view of this photo I took on the subway last week (back in those halcyon days when the train was delayed but not altogether useless), a couple essays on reading that you may have seen earlier this year: Ursula . . .
Margaret Atwood’s Long Pen is just the beginning. The new digital implements are amazingly versatile. (Thanks, Max.)