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“eBook Market for downloadable books will grow:
* from 10 million in 1999;
* to $100 million in 2000;
* by 400% in each of the next 2 years;
* to $3.1 billion by end of 2004;
* to over $25 billion by 2008.”
“* In comparison, pBook Market is $25 billion in 2000, growing at 7% to 9% per year. In 2008 it will be just over $50 billion.”
Reports David Spiselman,
Cyclopsmedia.com.
book drop link
Thanks to http://aaronland.net/weblog/ for the link to
Book Drop
personal portal links to FotB
“Calebos.org, and everything associated with it, is my contribution to the Web.”
Edward Bilodeau
circle of interactions
FotB continues a conclusion in
review of,
“The Evidence in Hand:Report of the Task Force on the Artifact in Library Collections”, CLIR, November, 2001. The more academics you convene, the less attention will be paid to the obvious.
size of the circle
“As a matter of general archaeological interest I append the quotation as
kindly supplied by Prebendary F.G Bennett, from Bishop Sherburne’s Statutes
[early 16th century]:
‘Also, because (the Philosopher being witness) all things
are corrupted and become decayed in time, to the end and effect that our
muniments may not, so far as we can prevent it, perish in course of time,
we ordain and will that our original purchasings with their indentures,
terriers, lettings, obligations and rentals, be, by the order of Mr. Dean
and the Chapter, first transcribed into a clean, well bound book on paper,
and then, within two years at the most into a parchment book, strongly
bound with choice, thick and close-grained boards; and that the originals
of the old purchasings be placed in our Treasury in strong oaken boxes,
without being folded or rolled up; but let the boxes be of such dimensions
that the muniments may be altogether free from being cracked and rolled
together . We ordain furthermore and will that after the annual Compotus
the boxes be immediately opened and the muniments be turned with careful
examination, lest anything should perish by the boxes becoming old, or by
the eating of worms, or in any other way. And this matter we commit to the
Prebendaries ordained by us with the Sub-Treasurer.’” (Thanks to
Jack Thompson for this excerpt)