Special Report on Books From Forbes

The 12-1-2006 issue of Forbes includes a Special Report, simply titled, Books. The report includes a series of articles on endurance of books, and the role technology has and will play, in their evolving future role.

  • Custom-Built Libraries, By Brandy Slagle
  • Publish And Perish, By Elisabeth Eaves. “Books crumble. Discs degrade. Is the age-old quest to preserve human knowledge just a pipedream?”
  • How The Internet Saved Literacy, By Maureen Farrell. “Reading skills are not eroding; they are just becoming more social–and more closely tied to writing.”
  • The Secret Life Of An Online Book Reviewer, By Helen Coster. “Donald Mitchell has written 2,923 book reviews for Amazon.com–and made $20,000 doing it.”
  • We Stole This Headline, By R. M. Schneiderman. “Universities are increasingly employing software to nab plagiarists. When will the media and publishing houses catch up?”
  • 2008’s Hottest Book?, By David A. Andelman. “HarperCollins is betting big on an American author writing in French about a Gestapo agent.”
  • My Author, My Life, By Hannah Clark. “How far will Robert Jordan’s fans go to keep their favorite write alive?”
  • Video: The Future Of Publishing. “Why the web has been a boon for the literary world.”
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