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"During the last several years CUL's online collections have grown considerably. Not only has the number of titles available online increased dramatically, but there has been a significant shift among many researchers in how those collections are being used. In her March 2006 memorandum to Cornell's Deans, Directors, and Department Heads, Sarah Thomas explained the rationale for reviewing part of CUL's journal collection for electronic-only access:"

Main point: the book needs to be re-engineered for the web, taking advantage of the network (cf IfBook) Interesting point: "As wikipedia has demonstrated, collaboration is easiest when documents are constructed using a modular architecture." Favorite comment: "(Incidentally, I hate the word "ebook". It's like calling a car a "gashorse".)"

The Justice department has opened up an inquiry into the antitrust implications of Google's settlement.

Peter Brantley on book server