Challenge to PW editor Sara Nelson: Read E in the bathtub
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The old myth just won’t die. You can read e-books in the bath, contrary to the impression that Sara Nelson, editor of Publishers Weekly, gave. We replicated the E part of the "ultimate e-book experiment" of Chris Steib, shown in the photo.
More importantly, Sara may want to re-examine the math behind her e-book forecast. Check out our July 4 post if you haven’t already.
Also appearing over the holiday weekend, among other items, were:
- ‘Thank you, Adobe Reader 9′: As slim as an overfed elephant and as simple as a Rube Goldberg machine?
- Readius now due in UK, Italy and Germany this fall—and U.S. in early ‘09
- ‘Readers: Born or made?’: Is there a recreational reading gene?
- ‘Proles vs. pros: An experiment in curating’: Applicable to e-books (and P, too)?
- SF fans’ fave books, recession-slowed book sales, yet another Amazon-iPod piece, E vs. paperbacks, DRM-free audio books
- Jazzy read-along book wins ALA-related Odyssey Award for Arnie Cardillo of Live Oak Media
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