Metapsychology Online Reviews - The Second Self Le Wiki des BookCrosseurs Francophones !:PagePrincipale Bon plan recyclage pour toute la presse papier Les Groupes Freecycle en France hibouc, des livres numériques gratuits en flash. BookMooch Blog Doom & gloom? As it turns out, yesterday I changed the BM signup form to not ask for your personal address, as i think that spooks people who want to check us out, and BM doesn't actually need it until you try to mooch (and _then_ it gets your home address). I'm also currently working on some "training videos" to help new users ease into the world of mooching. So yes, I am working on things, but with a focus on "tweaking" to help new members come on board, and not so much "radical changes" as I think BookMooch, as a software program, works fairly well. I don't subscribe to the "doom and gloom" outlook, but I think it's also important to face the fact that the glory days of "dead tree books" is behind us, caused by (among other things) the ascendency of eBooks and rising postal costs. If you use alexa.com to look at other "dead tree book" web sites, you'll find that every one is down considerably. On the other hand, I think the worst is behind us. -john
TrocYourCar | Le site 100% Troc mécanique... et Gratuit! Wired 12.10: The Long Tail Forget squeezing millions from a few megahits at the top of the charts. The future of entertainment is in the millions of niche markets at the shallow end of the bitstream. By Chris AndersonPage 1 of 5 next » Chris is expanding this article into a book, due out in May 2006. Story Tools Story Images Click thumbnails for full-size image: In 1988, a British mountain climber named Joe Simpson wrote a book called Touching the Void, a harrowing account of near death in the Peruvian Andes. Random House rushed out a new edition to keep up with demand. What happened? Particularly notable is that when Krakauer's book hit shelves, Simpson's was nearly out of print. This is not just a virtue of online booksellers; it is an example of an entirely new economic model for the media and entertainment industries, one that is just beginning to show its power. For too long we've been suffering the tyranny of lowest-common-denominator fare, subjected to brain-dead summer blockbusters and manufactured pop.
The BookMooch Journals Circul'Livre Technology Review: Emerging Technologies and their Impact By fall 2002, the situation at MIT had reached a turning point. Frustrated by a number of Institute decisions, graduate students pushed for increased transparency, accountability, and student involvement in decision-making. When the next major student-life issue arose–the restructuring of graduate residence hall rents to more equitably reflect differences among rooms–the Graduate Student Council (GSC) was invited to help address it. The GSC worked with student leaders from all graduate residences to develop and conduct a survey of the grad student population and, based on the data obtained, determined an optimal rent structure. In the spring, graduate students faced another challenge. About the same time, MIT began to search for its 16th president. Through these projects, graduate students have proven that, if given an opportunity, they can bring a level of professionalism, dedication, and creative thought to the table that can result in better solutions to campus problems.