[mirrored at Peter Brantley's shimenawa blog] I’ve spent the last few days in New York, and had the pleasure of meeting with various interesting folks. About which more anon, separately. Many of the conversations revolved around digital books and the future of publishing — what form will books take? Would they be downloadable objects, or [...]

Paul Krugman has an interesting column on the future of publishing, in which he notes (citing Esther Dyson) that in a digital world where copying is easy and perhaps unstoppable, electronic books will be given away for free in order to promote the sales of other goods and services. I am a great admirer of [...]